Classifications

• • 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
  • E03D9/032—Devices connected to or dispensing into the bowl
• • 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
  • E03D2009/024—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing using a solid substance

Definitions

• the invention relates to a container for coated active ingredients.
• Active ingredients such as fragrances or disinfectants are often volatile and / or water-soluble.
• the active substances are encased.
• toilet fragrance stones in toilet baskets.
• the fragrance stones for dispensing fragrance and disinfectant substances contained therein are filled into these baskets, which can be hung in toilet bowls.
• Such a toilet basket is known from DE-OS 34 23 758.
• This is a container for holding an active ingredient stone with a holder and a ring body connected to it and two basket-like shells formed on the end faces thereof, which consist of several clamping ribs made of flexible, resilient material extending approximately axially from the ring body, at least one of which Shell in its side facing away from the ring body has a spring-loaded insertion funnel defined by the free ends of the clamping rib. Fragrance stones can be used in such a container.
• the invention is based on the problem of proposing an automatic opening of the coating of active substances when they are carried away into a container.
• This problem is solved according to the invention by a container described above, in which the shell with the insertion funnel has at least one mandrel, which is integrally formed on the ring body with its lower end, extends freestanding essentially parallel between the unspread clamping ribs and the upper end of which is sharp-edged and in which at least one of the main dimensions of the insertion funnel is smaller than the corresponding main dimension of the active ingredient stone.
• the mandrel is advantageously arranged on a side delimiting the smaller main dimension compared to the active stone.
• the active ingredient stone spreads apart the flexible clamping ribs that define the introduction funnel.
• the coating of the active ingredient stone is slit through the sharp-edged mandrel tip, so that the active ingredients can be dissolved and become effective with water the first time they are washed around. The user only comes into contact with the casing when introducing the active ingredient stone, since the slitting is carried out automatically by the mandrel.
• the dome which is made of the same material as the clamping ribs, is made substantially stiffer by reinforcement and / or profiling in relation to the clamping ribs.
• the formation of the insertion funnel can advantageously be improved in that the clamping ribs are bent inwards at their free end in such a way that the insertion funnel defined by the clamping ribs is conically tapered, the sharp-edged tip of the dome ending below the bent clamping ribs so that the latter is at their Spreading through the introduced active ingredient stone does not get caught on the dome tip, but expose the fixed dome tip.
• An even better insertion effect is achieved if the ends of the clamping rib are integrally connected to segments in the circumferential direction of the insertion funnel.
• the clamping ribs adjacent to the dome are expediently connected to form a smaller segment than the other clamping ribs. This ensures that the smaller segment has greater flexibility than the larger segment or segments and is spread back significantly when the active ingredient stone is introduced, so that the rigid dome is exposed and the coating of the active ingredient stone can be slit open.
• Notches are advantageously provided in the connecting web of the larger segments, as a result of which the connecting webs adapt even more flexibly to the outer contour of the active ingredient stone.
• a practical and aesthetically pleasing solution is achieved when the ring body and shells in the unspread state have a substantially elliptical shape, with a substantially rectangular shape of the ring body being provided in the area of the mandrel molding and the dome being an essentially rectangular shape tapering upwards Has profile.
• the ring body is formed in two parts, the two shells formed on the ring body halves being able to be joined together to form the container by being releasably pushed into one another and thereby being firmly latched by a corresponding device. So that the two container parts are not separated from one another in such an embodiment, the two ring body parts can advantageously be connected by a film hinge and in each case integrally molded, in particular injection molded, together with the shells and the holder.
• Figure 1 shows a container according to the invention in side view.
• Figure 2 shows the top view of the container in the unexpanded state.
• FIG. 3 shows a detail from FIG. 2 in a spread state
• FIG. 4 shows a perspective section of the container according to FIG. 1;
• Fig. 5 is a partially sectioned inner side view of the container
• FIG. 6 shows an active ingredient stone in an enveloping film.
• FIG. 1 an embodiment of the container 1 according to the invention is shown, the holder 4 is only indicated with its attachment to the ring body 5, 6. Basket-like shells 2, 3 are integrally formed on both sides of the ring body 5, 6, the shell 3 being closed on the side facing away from the ring body 6.
• Shell 2 has, on its side facing away from the ring body 5, an execution guide 13 which will be described in more detail later.
• the shells 2, 3 essentially consist of clamping ribs 11, between which slots 7, 8, 12 are arranged. These slots enable the washing medium, for example water, to easily penetrate into the interior of the container when the container 1 is washed around.
• the clamping ribs of the shell 2 are connected to segments 2a, 2b on their side facing away from the ring body 5, at least slots 7, 8 being continuous and causing a separation between the segments 2a and 2b.
• a dome 9 is shown on the left-hand side, which is designed to be free-standing in the shell 2 with an insertion funnel 13 at its upper end.
• a top view of the shell 2 clearly shows its border by the ring body 5 and the division of the shell 2 into the segments 2a and 2b.
• the otherwise elliptical shell 2 with the ring body 5 is bulged approximately at a right angle at the point where the dome 9 is arranged.
• the clamping ribs 11 can be relatively narrow and separated by slots 12, but they can also be made wider, for example on the side that is not freely accessible to the flushing water.
• Fig. 2 the main dimensions A, B of the insertion funnel are designated.
• the spreading effect is illustrated, which is brought about by introducing an active ingredient stone 14 with at least one larger main dimension A ′, B ′ into the introduction funnel 13.
• the top view of the dome 9 is largely covered by the segment 2b. If the active ingredient stone 14 is introduced into the introduction funnel 13, the segments 2a and 2b bend apart. The spread of the smaller segment 2b is larger than that of the larger segment 2a.
• the dome 9 which remains in its position due to its structural arrangement and rigidity, is exposed, so that its sharp-edged tip surrounds the foil 15 which surrounds the active ingredient stone 14 slits open when inserted.
• the illustrated embodiment has a guiding funnel only on one side, i. H. in the bowl 2.
• the container can, however, also be designed with two-sided openings and insertion guides 13 formed therein.
• the container can be formed in two parts, the shell 2 being formed on the ring body 5 and the shell 3 on the ring body 6.
• the holder 4 is arranged on the ring body 5.
• the ring body parts 5 and 6 can be connected by a film hinge (not shown), so that they cannot be separated from one another even when they are not assembled.
• a suitable latching device is to be provided between the ring body parts 5 and 6, by means of which the parts are firmly latched together when pushed into one another.
• the container can also be designed so that the two ring bodies 5 and 6 are firmly connected to each other with the shells 2 and 3 arranged thereon.

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• Details Of Rigid Or Semi-Rigid Containers (AREA)
• Bidet-Like Cleaning Device And Other Flush Toilet Accessories (AREA)
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• Control And Other Processes For Unpacking Of Materials (AREA)
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• Non-Flushing Toilets (AREA)

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