Patent EA-004816-B1 (EA)
Title: Device with multiple toilet care action
Inventor: KUNH PETRUS HENRICUS ALOYSIUS
IPC: E03D9/03
Filed: 2001-11-19
Abstract: 1. A device with multiple toilet care action, provided with a reservoir for an active substance and suspension means for suspending the device from the rim of a toilet bowl such that with every flushing operation an active substance is imparted to the flushing water in the toilet bowl, characterized in that the reservoir is provided with at least two compartments for an active substance. 2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that it is provided with a holder, a bottle optionally detachably connected to the holder with at least two compartments for an active substance, and a liquid collecting element, which, when the device is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, is located in the path of the flushing water in the toilet bowl for adding thereto with each flushing operation an active liquid, wherein the contents of the compartments are in a constant communication with the liquid collecting element. 3. A device according to claim 2, characterized in that a connecting element is present with the aid of which the compartments can be brought into communication with each other when the device is put into use. 4. A device according to claim 3, characterized in that, for the design with a detachable bottle, the connecting element, before the bottle is arranged on the holder, seals off the compartments separately. 5. A device according to claim 4, characterized in that the connecting element comprises sealing and releasing means with the aid of which, when the bottle is fitted to the holder or shortly before or after that, air spaces in the top of each of the compartments are brought into communication with each other. 6. A device according to claim 5, characterized in that two compartments are present, and the connecting element is provided with an open, tubular element in each of the compartments, the upper end of which tubular element terminates in a respective air space, and the two lower ends of which tubular elements are in communication with each other, and that further, the sealing and releasing means are formed by two rod-shaped elements, each of which extends through a respective tubular element and each of which, for as long as the bottle has not yet been fitted to the holder, seals off the respective tubular element and, when the bottle is fitted onto the holder, brings the air spaces in communication with each other. 7. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the reservoir is provided with a compartment having disposed therein a block of an active substance which, when the device is suspended from the rim of the toilet bowl, is also located in the path of the flushing water in the toilet bowl for adding to the toilet bowl, with each flushing operation, an amount of the active substance dissolved in the flushing water. 8 A device according to claim 7, characterized in that the block is formed and disposed such that during the greatest part of its service life, during flushing operations, it only partly comes into contact with the flushing water. 9. A device according to claim 8, characterized in that the block is composed and disposed such that during the greatest part of the service life of the block, the part of it coming into contact with the flushing water, is constant. 10. A device according to claim 9, characterized in that the block is beam-shaped and is vertically disposed in the respective compartment. 11. A device according to any one of claims 6-10, characterized in that the respective compartment is disposed between two liquid compartments. 12. A device according to any one of claims 6-11, characterized in that the respective compartment is provided with a discharge opening which is located substantially at the same height as the liquid collecting element. 13. A bottle with a reservoir consisting of several compartments for different active substances, usable in combination with a holder as described in any one of the preceding claims.