Patent ID: 6341385
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: E03D

Abstract:
A toilet bowl fluid dispensing system for cleaning and disinfecting toilets through the adding of chlorinated water to the bowl refill tube from the water inlet through an intermediate container containing a chlorine tablet with the container having a lid shaped for coupling to the bowl refill tube comprising, in combination:a toilet tank in a rectilinear configuration with a bottom, side walls, and an open top adapted to support water to be dispensed to a toilet bowl upon flushing, the water normally having an upper limit at a water line prior to flushing; a vertically disposed rigid water inlet tube, extending upwardly through the bottom and into the tank above the water line and having a valve at its upper extent to allow the flow of water upon flushing; a vertically disposed rigid bowl refill tube extending upwardly through the bottom and into the tank above the water line and adapted to receive water from the water inlet tube for replacing water lost from the tank upon flushing; a container adapted to receive and contain a chlorine tablet, the container being positioned within the tank adjacent to the inlet water tube and the bowl refill tube with a tubular line coupling the inlet water tube and the container, the container having a closed bottom and an open top with a cylindrical side wall there between and a coupling component on the side wall adjacent to the upper edge thereof, the container adapted to be in the water of the tank with the majority of its extent beneath the water line; a lid having a coupling component at its lower extent adapted to separably couple to the coupling component of the container for sealing engagement therewith, the lid having an inlet opening adapted to receive the end of the inlet water tube from the water inlet line for providing supplemental water to the container for essentially filling the container and the lid upon flushing, the lid being hollow and in the shape of an elephant's head and formed to include a hollow trunk, extending laterally from an intermediate portion of the lid coupling the lid to the top of the bowl refill tube for providing a positioning support between the lid and the refill tube at a contact point on the refill tube during operation and use, the trunk having an inlet and a vertically oriented outlet positioned in the bowl refill tube with a raised inverted U-shaped intermediate extent there between and hooked over the free upper end of the refill tube; and a float ball positioned to float on the top of the water of the tank at the water line and adapted to fall with the flushing of the toilet and to rise with the addition of water to the tank upon receipt of water into and through the bowl refill tube and with an arm coupling the float ball and the valve for opening the valve and then closing the valve in response to the movement of the ball and the arm for thereby controlling the flow of water to the tank as well as the dispensing of chlorine.