Patent ID: 6934973

Claim:
A dispensing device for dispensing an active-substance fluid into the flushing liquid in a toilet bowl, comprising a supply container ( 2 ) for an active-substance fluid, the supply container ( 2 ) having an outlet-side border ( 3 ) and an outlet opening ( 4 ) via which the active-substance fluid can be dispensed into the flushing liquid, the dispensing device further comprising a plate-shaped distributing element ( 6 ), the distribution element having a region of action ( 7 ) over which flushing liquid flows during flushing and a connection region ( 8 ), in which a point of connection ( 9 ) for the outlet opening ( 4 ) of the supply container ( 2 ) is arranged, wherein the interior of the supply container ( 2 ) is connected permanently to the distributing element ( 6 ) via the outlet opening ( 4 ), and the border ( 3 ) is spaced apart by a small distance from the surface of the distributing element ( 6 ), wherein arranged on the top side of the distributing element ( 6 ), on a side of the point of connection ( 9 ) that is directed away from the region of action ( 7 ), is a ventilating channel ( 12 ) that extends through beneath the border ( 3 ) from the longitudinal border of the distributing element ( 6 ) and is open on the top side, and wherein the ventilating channel ( 12 ) has its border closed at the inner end, wherein the ventilating channel ( 12 ) is closed at the inner end by a channel border ( 13 ) projecting upwardly from the top side of the distributing element ( 6 ), wherein the interior of the supply container ( 2 ) is connected to the distributing element ( 6 ) via the outlet opening ( 4 ), wherein a means to impede free flow of the active-substance fluid is provided downstream of the interior of the supply container ( 2 ), wherein the means to impede free flow of the active-substance fluid has a spacer arrangement with spacers ( 14 ) that project upwardly from the top side of the distributing element ( 6 ) and on which the border ( 3 ) of the supply container ( 2 ) stands, and wherein the ventilating channel ( 12 ) abuts the spacer arrangement or is located between two spacers ( 14 ) of the spacer arrangement.