EP2104773B1 - Système de décharge de fluide actif dans le liquide de chasse d'une cuvette de toilettes - Google Patents

Système de décharge de fluide actif dans le liquide de chasse d'une cuvette de toilettes Download PDF

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EP2104773B1
EP2104773B1 EP07819948.6A EP07819948A EP2104773B1 EP 2104773 B1 EP2104773 B1 EP 2104773B1 EP 07819948 A EP07819948 A EP 07819948A EP 2104773 B1 EP2104773 B1 EP 2104773B1
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Ralph Butter-Jentsch
Matthias LÜKEN
Volker Vanek
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03D—WATER-CLOSETS OR URINALS WITH FLUSHING DEVICES; FLUSHING VALVES THEREFOR
    • E03D9/00—Sanitary or other accessories for lavatories ; Devices for cleaning or disinfecting the toilet room or the toilet bowl; Devices for eliminating smells
    • E03D9/02—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing
    • E03D9/03—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing consisting of a separate container with an outlet through which the agent is introduced into the flushing water, e.g. by suction ; Devices for agents in direct contact with flushing water
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  • the invention relates to a storage container and a system for dispensing at least two active substance fluids according to the preamble of claims 1, 5 and 7.
  • active ingredient fluid means flowable, that is liquid to viscous, possibly gelatinous or pasty or granular or otherwise pourable active substance preparations with cleansing, disinfecting, deodorizing, bleaching and the like. Effect (especially described DE 199 30 362 A1 , as well as in the EP 0 775 741 A1 and the EP 0 960 984 A2 ).
  • Dispensers of the type in question are known under the keyword “toilet bowl” in different versions.
  • dispensing devices for a single active substance fluid are known.
  • the drug fluid is there in a fixed in a holder or interchangeably inserted reservoir with a mounted on the holder reservoir bottom outlet opening arranged.
  • a first known dispensing device for a single active substance fluid the active substance fluid is added via an actuating element (eg made of an open-cell foam) which can be impregnated therewith and acted upon by the irrigation fluid (EP 785 315 A1 ).
  • an actuating element eg made of an open-cell foam
  • the outlet opening of the reservoir after expulsion of a closure member of the reservoir of a holder fixedly arranged on the sealing member is largely closed, so that only a flow path with a small cross-section for leakage of the active ingredient fluid is available.
  • the device works by utilizing the capillary action of the open cell foam.
  • a similar construction is also known with a distribution ribbed plate.
  • Each chamber has a dispenser with a dispensing tube, which exits with its one free end over the bottom of the container into the environment and at its other free end fluid leading surrounded by a cover.
  • the two chambers of the container can be filled via slit-like passages of a cover part of overflowing rinse water, which then exits in the manner of a siphon or overflow via the delivery tube with entrainment of the respective active ingredient in the toilet bowl.
  • the separation of the chambers in the container has the advantage that different media can be used, which would otherwise be detrimental to their desired effect in a common storage in only one chamber. The consistency of the media may vary in the different chambers.
  • valve arrangements are known in which a flushing water acted upon lever is connected to a valve that causes the release of a subset of active fluid from one of the reservoir during rinsing.
  • Other dispensing devices are realized, for example, by capillary action that forms between the drug fluids and appropriately sized dispensing channels, thus preventing free flow of active fluid from the reservoir.
  • the object of the invention is therefore to overcome the described, known from the prior art disadvantages and to provide a delivery system for at least two active fluids, which is to produce in a simple and cost-effective manner and that a simultaneous and uniform delivery of the active fluids in the rinsing fluid of a toilet bowl guaranteed.
  • the object is achieved by a dispensing system according to claims 1 and 5 and by a storage container according to claim 7 for use in a dispensing system.
  • the formation of a single discharge opening for a plurality of active substance fluids ensures that the active substance fluids are dispensed uniformly into the rinsing fluid and prevents uneven delivery, as may occur, for example, in the case of uneven loading of the rinsing plate in toilet rinsers with at least two discharge openings ,
  • a storage container in the sense of this application is a container which is suitable for receiving a flowable or spreadable product.
  • the storage container has a bottom-side discharge opening, from which the active substance fluids emerge.
  • the storage container can be separated from each other by a partition at least in sections.
  • the reservoir are formed in several pieces.
  • the reservoirs have a common, bottom-side discharge opening.
  • two reservoirs are provided, which are preferably separated from each other and each contain a drug fluid. But there may also be several reservoirs for multiple drug fluids.
  • the reservoirs are separated from each other to prevent premature mixing of the drug fluids. They may be physically separate or formed as separate compartments in a contiguous body.
  • a storage container having a bottom-side opening to be formed on the toilet freshener, wherein the active-substance fluids form in the reservoir substantially immiscible phases with vertically extending phase boundaries and the phase boundary is preferably centrally above the discharge opening.
  • the bottom-side discharge opening may be arranged centrally or offset to the center of the toilet rinser.
  • the floors may be sloping, in particular, towards the opening in order to ensure complete emptying of the active substance fluids from the storage containers.
  • the reservoir transparent to allow a level control with respect to the stored drug fluids.
  • the storage container is offered ready made together with a dispenser.
  • the reservoir is configured as a refill or exchange unit.
  • a dispensing device is an arrangement arranged downstream of the dispensing opening of the storage container in the direction of flow of the active substance fluids, which controls the dispensing of the active substance fluids into the rinsing liquid.
  • Control in this context means that a free flow of the active substance fluids is prevented by the dispensing device and a release of product by the dispensing device takes place in particular immediately before, during or after a rinsing process of the toilet.
  • the dispensing may be effected, for example, by the flushing water surge of the toilet bowl, for example, by the Spülwasserschwall opens a valve assembly.
  • the dispenser may also be realized by an arrangement which prevents free flow of the active fluids from the reservoirs, for example by capillary action.
  • the document WO 0240791 is considered to be the closest prior art. The document discloses the features described in the preamble of claims 1, 5 and 7.
  • the flowable drug fluids are particularly configured by their respective viscosities in such that they can form substantially immiscible phases with vertically extending phase boundaries.
  • exactly two different drug fluids form a vertically extending through the reservoir phase boundary, wherein the phase boundary extends approximately centrally above the discharge opening.
  • the active substance fluids for example, do not differ conclusively with respect to their chemical composition, their pH, color, fragrance, flow properties or the like.
  • the drug fluids may have substantially identical or different flow characteristics. By different flow properties, it is possible to provide different mixing ratios of the active fluids to each other.
  • Active substance fluids which are suitable according to the invention are, for example, fragrance phases, in particular perfumed fragrance phases.
  • scent phases usually comprise at least one perfume, preferably perfume oil, at least one surfactant or an emulsifier and water and optionally further ingredients such as preservatives, thickeners, complexing agents, dyes, other surfactants or emulsifiers, stabilizers, lime solubilizer etc.
  • bleaching phases in particular chlorine-containing bleaching phases, preferably bleaching phases based on hypochlorite, wherein the bleaching phases may optionally contain, in addition to the actual bleaching agent and water, further ingredients such as thickeners, surfactants or emulsifiers, neutralizing agents, dyes, fragrances, etc.
  • lime-dissolving active substance phases preferably acidic lime-dissolving active substance phases.
  • Such lime-solubilizing active ingredient phases may contain, in addition to the actual lime solubilizer-preferably an organic or inorganic acid and water-optionally further ingredients such as surfactants, emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances, or preservatives.
  • Such highly concentrated surfactant phases may also contain other conventional ingredients in addition to the surfactants.
  • active-ingredient fluids having an antibacterial and / or fungicidal and / or antiviral active phase, wherein the active-substance phase, in addition to the antibacterial and / or fungicidal and / or antiviral active and water, optionally further ingredients, such as, for example, surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances , Preservative, may contain.
  • the active substance fluids are enzyme-containing active substance phases.
  • Such enzyme-containing active substance phases may, in addition to enzyme (s) and water, optionally contain further ingredients such as surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances, preservatives.
  • the active substance fluids used according to the invention are absorbent, in particular odor-absorbing, active-substance phases. These may contain, in addition to the absorbent, in particular odor absorbent, and water, if appropriate, further ingredients such as surfactants or emulsifiers, thickeners, fragrances, preservatives.
  • the dispensing device offers the possibility of using combinations of different active substance fluids in the storage containers, wherein according to a preferred embodiment one of the storage containers contains a fragrance phase, in particular as defined above.
  • active substance fluid combinations to be used are perfumed fragrance phase combined with chlorine bleach (together not storage-stable), perfumed fragrance phase with highly concentrated surfactant phase (foam booster), fragrance phase with lime-dissolving, acidic active phase, fragrance phase with antibacterial active ingredient phase, different acid systems, fragrance phase combined with enzyme-containing active substance phase, perfumed acid phase combined with water-coloring phase, fragrance phase with odor-absorbing phase, perfumed acid phase with active oxygen, perfumed acid phase with active substance phase, thickened with polyacrylate etc.
  • viscous to gel-like active substance fluids with viscosities in the range of a few thousand mPas, in particular 2000 up to 5000 mPas, preferably 2500 to 3500 mPas (measured with Roto-Visko LVTV II, spindle 31, 5 rpm, 20 ° C).
  • Fig. 1 shows a toilet freshener 1 with a first reservoir 2 and a second reservoir 3.
  • the reservoirs are filled with each different drug fluids 4,5.
  • the storage containers 2, 3 are separated from each other at least in sections by a partition wall 6. As in Fig. 1 shown, the partition 6 closes with the bottom 12, 11 from.
  • the partition wall 6 may be formed as a closed surface.
  • the partition wall 6 may also have openings, wherein the openings are designed in such a way that mixing of the active substance fluids 4, 5 is prevented.
  • the partition can therefore be formed in a further embodiment as a close-meshed grid.
  • the partition wall 6 may also be formed as a film or film.
  • the partition 6 is firmly connected to one or both of the reservoir 2.3.
  • the dividing wall 6 has no connection to the storage container, that is, it is floatingly mounted between the active substance fluids 4, 5.
  • Fig. 1 it is also possible to remove the partition 6 from the reservoirs 2, 3 and to configure the active fluids 4, 5 in such a way that the mutually different active fluids form a phase boundary running vertically through the reservoir, the phase boundary being approximately runs centrally above the discharge opening.
  • the storage container 2 has a container neck 8, in which a closure is located in the closed state of the storage container 2, 3.
  • the storage containers 2, 3 are protected against the entry of rinsing liquid from the toilet rinse and each have a bottom 11, 12, the bottoms 11, 12 of the storage containers 2, 3 having a common bottom-side opening 7, from which the active-substance fluids 4 , 5 can escape.
  • the mixing ratio of the active fluids 4, 5 can be influenced by the size and position of the opening 7 as well as by the configuration of the flow properties of the active substance fluids.
  • a container nozzle 8 Extending from the opening 7 in the bottom-side direction is a container nozzle 8, on which there is a downstream delivery device 13 in the direction of flow, which controls the delivery of the active substance fluids 4, 5 into the environment and / or the rinsing liquid.
  • the dispenser may be valve-controlled or may be implemented by an arrangement that prevents free flow of the active fluids, for example by capillary action.
  • the active-substance fluids 4, 5 reach a rinsing plate 9, where they are dissolved and co-washed by the application of rinsing liquid.

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  1. Système de délivrance de fluides actifs en particulier dans le liquide de rinçage d'une cuvette de toilettes, comprenant
    • un premier réservoir (2) contenant un premier fluide actif (4),
    • au moins un deuxième réservoir (3) contenant un deuxième fluide actif (5) différent du premier fluide actif (4),
    • les réservoirs (2, 3) étant configurés de façon à empêcher les fluides actifs (4, 5) de se mélanger dans les réservoirs et le liquide de rinçage d'entrer dans les réservoirs (2, 3),
    • le premier réservoir (2) comportant un premier orifice de délivrance (7a) ménagé au fond (12) et le deuxième réservoir (3) comportant un second orifice de délivrance (7b) ménagé au fond (13),
    caractérisé en ce que
    • le premier orifice de délivrance (7a) et le second orifice de délivrance (7b) forment un orifice de délivrance commun (7) par lequel le premier fluide actif (4) et le second fluide actif (5) sortent des réservoirs (2, 3),
    • un dispositif de délivrance (13) étant prévu en aval de l'orifice de délivrance commun (7) des réservoirs (2,3) par référence au sens d'écoulement des fluides actifs, lequel dispositif de délivrance commande la délivrance des fluides actifs (4, 5) dans le liquide de rinçage.
  2. Système de délivrance selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les réservoirs (2, 3) sont formés d'une seule pièce.
  3. Système de délivrance selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que les réservoirs (2, 3) comportent une paroi de séparation commune (6).
  4. Système de délivrance selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que la paroi de séparation (6) se termine par le fond (12, 13).
  5. Système de délivrance de fluides actifs, en particulier dans le liquide de rinçage d'une cuvette de toilettes, comprenant
    • un premier réservoir (2) contenant un premier fluide actif (4) et au moins un deuxième réservoir (3) contenant un deuxième fluide actif (5) différent du premier fluide actif (4),
    • les réservoirs étant conformés de façon à empêcher le liquide de rinçage d'entrer dans le réservoir,
    • le premier réservoir (2) comportant un premier orifice de délivrance (7a) ménagé au fond (12) et le deuxième réservoir (3) comportant un second orifice de délivrance (7b) ménagé au fond (13),
    • un dispositif de délivrance (13) étant prévu en aval de l'orifice de délivrance commun (7) des réservoirs (2, 3) par référence au sens d'écoulement des fluides actifs, lequel dispositif de délivrance commande la délivrance des fluides actifs (4, 5) dans le liquide de rinçage,
    caractérisé en ce que
    • les fluides actifs (4, 5) forment dans les réservoirs respectifs des phases orientées sensiblement horizontalement,
    • le premier orifice de délivrance (7a) et le second orifice de délivrance (7b) forment un orifice de délivrance commun (7) par lequel le premier fluide actif (4) et le second fluide actif (5) sortent des réservoirs, et
    • les fluides actifs (4, 5) sont configurés de telle sorte que les fluides actifs (4,5) sont empêchés de se mélanger.
  6. Système de délivrance selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la limite de phase des fluides actifs (4, 5) s'étend à peu près au milieu à travers l'orifice (7).
  7. Réservoir destiné à des fluides actifs, en particulier en vue d'une utilisation avec un système de délivrance de fluides actifs dans le liquide de rinçage de la cuvette de toilettes, comprenant
    • un premier réservoir (2) contenant un premier fluide actif (4),
    • au moins un deuxième réservoir (3) contenant un deuxième fluide actif (5) différent du premier fluide actif (4),
    • les réservoirs (2, 3) étant configurés de façon à empêcher les fluides actifs (4, 5) de se mélanger dans les réservoirs et le liquide de rinçage d'entrer dans les réservoirs (4, 5),
    • le premier réservoir (2) comportant un premier orifice de délivrance (7a) ménagé au fond (12) et le deuxième réservoir (3) comportant un second orifice de délivrance (7b) ménagé au fond (13),
    caractérisé en ce que
    • le premier orifice de délivrance (7a) et le second orifice de délivrance (7b) forment un orifice de délivrance commun (7) par lequel le premier fluide actif (4) et le second fluide actif (5) sortent des réservoirs (2, 3).
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