EP3686361A1 - Cage de bloc-wc et son procédé de fabrication - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP3686361A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: hanger; housing; toilet; spiral spring; basket
Prior art date: 2019-01-22
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EP19218397.8A

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Ingomar Henning

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Henkel AG and Co KGaA

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Henkel AG and Co KGaA

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2019-01-22

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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
- 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
- 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
- E03D2009/026—Devices adding a disinfecting, deodorising, or cleaning agent to the water while flushing using a gel-form substance

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the present invention relates to a toilet basket with a housing for receiving a hygiene product and a hanger for fastening the toilet basket to an edge of a toilet bowl.
the invention further relates to a method for producing such a toilet basket.
Generic toilet baskets are known and are used to hold a hygiene product, for example a solid, powder or gel product, which is used for disinfection, cleaning and / or scenting.
a hygiene product for example a solid, powder or gel product, which is used for disinfection, cleaning and / or scenting.
the filled toilet basket is hung using the hanger over the edge of a toilet bowl in such a way that the housing lies on the inside of the toilet bowl immediately below the rim of the sink.
water runs along the edge of the flush into the toilet bowl and also flushes through the housing of the toilet basket with suitable openings.
a certain amount of the hygiene product stored in the housing is dissolved in each rinsing process and mixed with the rinsing water.
Known toilet baskets generally have a one-piece hanger with a straight shaft, on the end facing away from the housing a hook is formed, which can be placed over the edge of the toilet bowl for attachment.
the disadvantage here is that the length of the shaft is unchangeable and therefore no adaptation to different toilet geometries, in particular to different edge heights, can be carried out. If the rim is very low, the housing hangs far below the rim of the sink, which means that the toilet basket does not hang stable overall. Conversely, if the edge is particularly high, the housing may not be able to be arranged below the rinsing edge, but rather hangs in the area of the edge where it is not adequately washed by water. In addition, the toilet basket also does not hang stable in this case and could, for example, come loose when the toilet seat is opened and fall into the toilet.
hangers for toilet baskets have already been proposed, which are formed in two parts.
the two parts of such a hanger can be connected to one another via a locking mechanism, which offers different setting options and thus enables a certain length adjustment to different toilet edges.
Such two-part hangers are significantly more complex to manufacture and therefore more expensive.
a user has to adapt the two-part hanger to the dimensions of his toilet. For this the user may have to reach into the toilet bowl several times and position the hanger until the correct length setting is found. This is perceived as unsanitary and therefore disadvantageous.
the toilet basket according to the invention comprises a housing for receiving a hygiene product and a hanger of length L adjoining the housing for attachment to an edge of a toilet bowl, the hanger having an end facing the housing and an end facing away from the housing and wherein the hanger is wound from its end facing away from the housing to a coil spring.
the spiral spring is preferably in the form of a spiral, particularly preferably an Archimedean spiral, or for example a logarithmic spiral or a hyperbolic spiral, or variations thereof.
the winding of the hanger into a spiral spring allows the toilet basket to be easily adapted to different toilet geometries, in particular to different edge heights, for example by placing the hanger with the wound spiral spring over the toilet rim and then the housing against the restoring force of the spiral spring inside the toilet bowl is pulled down until it comes to rest below the flush rim or the housing in the toilet is placed below the flush rim and the wound hanger is pulled over the toilet rim.
the coil spring is at least partially unrolled and finally tightens the housing securely in the position below the flushing rim due to the restoring spring force.
the remaining, unrolled part of the spiral spring acts as a hook with which the hanger is fixed to the upper edge of the toilet bowl.
the spiral spring can be unrolled to any length between a minimum and a maximum value.
the resilient spring force of the coil spring always acts, by means of which the housing is clamped below the flushing rim. To this way, an optimal fit and hold of the toilet basket below the flush rim can be achieved for numerous toilet geometries and rim heights.
the adaptation to the edge of the toilet can be done in a single step, which means that a user only has to reach into the area of the toilet bowl once to place the housing or to position it by unrolling and thus pretensioning the spiral spring directly below the flushing rim.
the hanger in the area of the spiral spring in an outer area of the upper edge of the toilet bowl with one hand and pulls the housing down with the other hand on the inside of the toilet bowl until it comes to rest below the flushing rim and there locked, or he places and holds the housing below the flushing rim in the desired position with one hand and with the other hand pulls the hanger on the spiral spring beyond the toilet rim around the top of the toilet bowl, so that the remaining hanger in one latched outside of the upper edge of the toilet bowl.
the spiral spring unrolls by a certain length, depending on the height of the toilet rim. The remaining, unrolled part of the spiral spring presses against the edge of the toilet bowl from the outside. Repeated reaching into the toilet bowl for optimal adjustment is not necessary.
the winding axis of the coil spring i.e. the axis around which the spiral spring is wound is essentially perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the hanger.
the hanger is wound at least over half its length L as a spiral spring when not in use.
the hanger is wound in the unused state at least over three-quarters of its length L as a spiral spring.
the invention provides that the hanger is designed as a spiral spring over a large part of its length.
a straight shaft section can adjoin the length section of the hanger wound as a spiral spring in the region of the end of the hanger facing the housing.
the hanger is made in one piece. This is advantageous in terms of production technology and thus lowers the production costs.
the housing and the hanger can also be formed in one piece, ie the hanger is produced together with the housing and molded onto it in a common manufacturing step.
the housing and the hanger can be manufactured as two separate parts, ie the hanger is manufactured separately from the housing and then connected to the housing.
the invention also relates to a method for producing a toilet basket according to the invention.
the hanger can be produced by lamination of a stretched and an unstretched film. To do this, the two different foils are first brought together. The desired shape of the hanger is then punched out of this film composite. Subsequent activation by means of heat pulls the stretched film together, which forms the spiral spring in combination with the unstretched film. The hanger manufactured in this way is finally connected to a housing.
the hanger can also be manufactured using an injection molding process.
the coil spring can be injection molded directly using a suitable mold. It is also conceivable that a plastic band forming the spring is first produced by the injection molding process in the unrolled state - that is to say largely flat. Through a special process control it can be achieved that the strip then rolls up to a spiral spring after removal from the mold. For this purpose, for example, different cooling conditions produced by suitable temperature control can be used to influence the shrinkage in such a way that a kind of bimetal effect is achieved in the plastic.
an initially flat plastic strip can be formed into a spiral spring by kinking and rolling up, as is known from rolled-up sheet metal measuring tapes.
a toilet basket according to the invention designated as a whole by 1, is shown. It comprises a housing 2, which is used to hold a hygiene product. This can be, for example, a solid or powdery or gel-like product.
the housing 2 can be opened to fill the housing 2 with the hygiene product. Through openings or breakthroughs in the wall of the housing 2, not shown in the figures, water can enter the housing 2 and hygiene product dissolved in the water can exit the housing 2 again.
a hanger 3 is molded onto the housing 2 and is used to fasten the toilet basket 1 to an edge of a toilet bowl.
the hanger 3 has an end 3a facing the housing 2 and an end 3b facing away from the housing 2. Starting from its end 3b facing away from the housing 2, the hanger 3 is wound into a spiral spring 4. In the completely unrolled state, the hanger 3 has a length L between the end 3a and the end 3b.
the length L can be approximately 20 cm, for example.
the hanger 3 is more than three quarters of its length L in Figure 1 wound as a spiral spring. Only in the area adjacent to the end 3a remains a straight shaft section 3c, along which the hanger 3 is not rolled up.
FIG Figure 2 shows a further exemplary embodiment of the toilet basket 1 according to the invention. It essentially corresponds to that in FIG Figure 1 illustrated embodiment, with the only difference that the straight shaft portion 3c is shorter. The consequence of this is that the part of the hanger 3 wound up to form a spiral spring 4 almost reaches the housing 2. The hanger 3 is thus wound over almost its entire length L to the coil spring 4.
a longer straight shaft section 3c, as in FIG Figure 1 shown, can have advantages in terms of packaging, among other things, since in a blister pack several toilet baskets 1 can be nested in one another such that the housing 2 of one toilet basket 1 comes to rest in the region of the straight shaft section 3c of the second toilet basket 1. A tight packing is possible in this way.
the length of the straight shaft section 3c can be based on the dimensions of the housing 2.
the hanger 3 is wound up to the spiral spring 4 that the spiral spring 4 in the in Figures 1 and 2 shown rest position, ie in the unused state, has about 3 complete turns.
the hanger 3 and the housing 2 formed in one piece and manufactured in an injection molding process from a suitable plastic.
the injection mold already has a spiral shape.
FIGs 3 and 4 show an inventive toilet basket 1 attached to the edge 5 of a toilet bowl 6.
the Figure 4 shows a section of a toilet bowl 6 with an edge 5 of a height H2.
the height H1 is greater than the height H2.
the part of the hanger 3 wound up to the spiral spring 4 is shown in the illustrations of FIG Figures 3 and 4 held in an outside region 7 of the rim 5, while the housing 2 on the inside of the toilet bowl 6 is pulled down against the restoring force of the spiral spring 4 along the rim 5 until it comes to rest below a flush rim 8 of the toilet bowl 6.
the part of the hanger 3 wound up to the spiral spring 4 unrolls, whereby the higher the edge 5 of the toilet bowl 6 is, the more it unrolls.
a comparison of the Figures 3 and 4 shows that a longer section of the spiral spring 4 of the hanger 3 is unrolled at an edge 5 with a high height H1 than with an edge 5 with a lower height H2.
a longer section of the hanger 3 remains wound up to the spiral spring 4 at an edge 5 with a lower height H2 than with an edge 5 with a larger height H1.
the winding of the hanger 3 into a spiral spring 4 thus allows flexible and continuous adaptation to different edge heights of toilet bowls 6.
the restoring force of the spiral spring 4 in the position of the toilet basket 1 ensures a firm and stable fit of the toilet basket 1.

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DE102019200739.2A DE102019200739A1 (de)	2019-01-22	2019-01-22	WC Körbchen und Verfahren zu dessen Herstellung

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