Patent ID: 12012739

Abstract:
A toilet cleaner device including: a container defining a first chamber and a second chamber, the first chamber communicative with the second chamber, the second chamber storing a cleaner concentrate; the first chamber formed as a tapered vault defined by a base, an apex and an axis passing through a center of the base and a center of the apex, the tapered vault formed by one or more tapered sidewalls sloping towards the axis of the tapered vault in a direction extending from the base to the apex; a first inlet communicative with the first chamber, the first inlet formed at or proximal to the apex; the second chamber having a first end communicative with the first chamber and a second end enclosed by a first barrier defining a gap; a pipe extending from and sealing the gap in the first barrier, the pipe forming a water channel extending between opposing first and second open ends of the pipe, the first open end located at or proximal to the first end of the second chamber and the second open end located at or proximal to the second end of the second chamber; a buoyant actuator coupled by a tether to a stopper, the tether disposed within the water channel, the buoyant actuator disposed proximal to the first open end of the pipe and the stopper disposed proximal to the second open end of the pipe. When the toilet cleaner device is placed in a toilet cistern and filled with water the buoyant actuator provides a buoyant force with a buoyant support vector that opposes a load force exerted by the stopper and the buoyant actuator maintains a buoyant position and tethers the stopper to a closed position blocking water flow through the water channel.