JP2916383B2 - Sanitary float - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates are used in sanitary relates sanitary float floating on the water like in the toilets.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In order to prepare a sanitary environment, for example, a toilet containing a cleaning agent for removing dirt from a flush toilet has been proposed. The container containing the cleaning agent is placed on the upper surface of a cleaning water tank that stores water for flowing into the toilet. When water is supplied to the cleaning water tank, the water is supplied to the cleaning water tank from above the cleaning water tank. When the supplied water is applied to the container, the water comes into contact with the cleaning agent contained in the container. By this contact, the cleaning component is dissolved from the cleaning agent, and water containing the cleaning component is stored in the cleaning water tank. Then, after use of the toilet, the water in the flush water tank flows into the toilet and the cleaning component contacts the stain on the entire inner wall surface of the toilet, so that the stain on the entire inner wall surface of the toilet is removed. Washed.

[0003]

By the way, a water trap is provided at the lower part of the flush toilet, and the water trap is filled with water for containing the odor from the waste discharge hole. In general, in a flush toilet, the wall surface of the water trap is easily stained. Therefore, even if it is desired to clean only the inside of the reservoir trap in the conventional container, the cleaning agent components are extracted from all the water in the cleaning tank, so that the consumption amount of the cleaning agent increases. Therefore, it is conceivable to place a conventional container in the reservoir trap. However, the container so will sink into the accumulated water trap, the water flows through the toilet, it swept away by the fluid pressure, thereby causing the clogging.

[0004] In order to solve the problems existing in the prior art, the present invention provides an environment control agent such as a cleaning agent.
An object of the present invention is to provide a sanitary float capable of sublimating or dissolving a component of an environmental conditioner in a liquid in a state where a contained container is floated in the liquid in a reservoir trap.
And

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems] According to the invention described in claim 1, and a float member floating on the liquid, by a housing member provided with a communication hole that communicates the inside and outside on the side surface, accumulated liquid
Constitutes a spherical container body placed inside a trapped water trap
And, while accommodating the environment adjustment agent to adjust the sublimated or melted out in environment from a communication hole in the housing member, before
A partition extending the diameter of the container body into the reservoir trap
The this <br/> and made larger than the distance between the parts and accumulated water trap bottom it is an gist.

According to the second aspect of the invention, the gist is that the environmental conditioner is a fragrance or a surfactant.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the container body floats in the liquid by the buoyancy of the floating member. The liquid penetrates into the housing member of the container body through the communication hole, and comes into contact with the environment control agent. Due to this contact, the components of the environmental conditioner sublime or dissolve into the liquid through the communication holes. Also, depending on the flow pressure
The container body passes between the partition and the bottom of the water trap.
There is no emission.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the components of the fragrance or the surfactant sublimate or dissolve into the liquid through the communication holes.

[0009]

【Example】

(First Embodiment) A first embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in a sanitary float containing a cleaning agent for cleaning a flush toilet will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a sanitary float, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a Western-style toilet. As shown in FIG. 2, a water trap 2 is provided at a lower part of the Western style toilet 1,
The water trap 2 stores water as a liquid. The odor from the discharge passage 3 connected to the water trap 2 is sealed off by the water in the water trap 2. A reservoir main body 4 having a spherical shape is disposed in the reservoir trap 2. A partition 1a of the Western-style toilet 1 extends to the center of the water trap 2. And the diameter of the container body 4 is
It is longer than the distance between a and the bottom of the water trap 2 so that the container body 4 does not enter the discharge path 3.

As shown in FIG. 1, the container body 4 comprises a medicine container case 5 as a container made of synthetic resin and a sealing lid 9 as a floating member made of synthetic resin. The medicine storage case 5 is formed in a concave cross-sectional shape, and contains a hemispherical water-soluble cleaning agent 7 as an environmental conditioner therein. In this embodiment, the detergent 7 is composed of a fragrance, a nonionic surfactant (polyoxyethylene alkyl ether), and a fatty acid ester-based disinfectant (polyethylene sorbitan fatty acid ester).

A large number of communication holes 8 are formed in the peripheral surface of the medicine storage case 5. The medicine storage case 5 is formed by the communication hole 8.
Inside and outside are communicated. Further, a female screw portion 5 a is formed on the inner periphery of the upper end of the medicine storage case 5.

The sealing lid 9 is formed in a substantially hemispherical shape,
0 is provided. A male screw portion 9 is provided on the lower surface of the sealing lid 9.
a is formed to protrude downward. The male screw portion 9a is screwed to the female screw portion 5a of the medicine storage case 5, and the sealing lid 9 is detachable from the medicine storage case 5.
The medicine containing space 11 is constituted by being surrounded by the lower surface of the sealing lid 9 and the inner peripheral surface of the medicine containing case 5.

The buoyancy of the sealing lid 9 causes the container body 4 to move.
Is designed to float on the surface of the water trap 2. That is, the container main body 4 floats in a state where the entirety of the medicine storage case 5 sinks below the water surface, and the water enters the medicine storage space 9 through the communication hole 8 and comes into contact with the cleaning agent 7. It has become.

Next, the operation and effect of the container configured as described above will be described. The container body 4 floats on the water stored in the water trap 2 by the sealing lid 9, and the water flows into the communication hole 8.
And penetrates into the medicine accommodating space 11 to come into contact with the cleaning agent 7. Due to this contact, the cleaning agent 7 gradually dissolves in water, and the cleaning component of each cleaning agent 7 accumulates in the reservoir trap 2 through the communication hole 8. Since the cleaning component spreads downward from near the water surface of the water trap 2, the concentration of the cleaning component becomes uniform. Then, the inside of the water trap 2 is filled with water containing a cleaning component, and the water contacts the dirt attached to the inner wall surface of the water trap 2 to perform sterilization. By this sterilization, a bad smell is not generated, and a good-quality scent is released by the fragrance component. Further, when the washing water of the Western-style toilet bowl 1 is flushed, dirt can be easily removed by the water pressure.

Accordingly, in the container of the first embodiment, the components of the cleaning agent 7 are dissolved with a small amount of water in the reservoir trap 2, so that the consumption of the cleaning agent 7 is economical. Moreover, when the Western-style toilet 1 is not used, the water containing the components of the cleaning agent 7 and the dirt in the reservoir trap 2 are always in contact, so that the contact time can be lengthened and the cleaning effect can be improved.

The medicine storage case 5 is provided with the water trap 2.
, The cleaning component of the cleaning agent 7 spreads downward. Therefore, the concentration of the cleaning component in the water trap 2 can be easily made uniform.

(Second Embodiment) Next, a second embodiment will be described. However, the description of the same or equivalent configuration as that of the first embodiment is omitted, and the same reference numeral is given.

As shown in FIG. 3, a partition plate 15 as a semicircular partition member is provided in the medicine container case 6. The partitioning plate 15 divides the medicine storage space 11 into two spaces 11a and 11b. Although not shown, the cleaning agent 7 shown in the first embodiment is stored in one space 11a, and the fragrance 16 is stored in the other space 11b.

Therefore, in the container of the second embodiment, the cleaning component of the cleaning agent 7 is dissolved from the communication hole 8 corresponding to the space 11a, and the communication hole 8 corresponding to the space 11b.
The fragrance component of the fragrance 16 elutes from the water. Therefore, the medicine storage space 11 is divided into two space portions 11a,
By dividing into 11b, drugs of different components can be accommodated.

[0021]

The above embodiments deviate from the spirit of the present invention.
The following changes may be made without departing from the scope. ( 1 ) As the surfactant, other than the detergent 7, an emulsifier, a dispersant, a solubilizer, an antistatic agent and the like may be used. ( 2 ) The shape of the communication hole 8 is not only circular but also triangular or square.
It may be changed to Do any shape.

( 3 ) In addition to the fragrance 16 and the detergent 7, a bactericide, a disinfectant and the like may be contained. ( 4 ) In the second embodiment, the medicine accommodating space 11 is divided into two by the partition plate 15, but if it is more than two, it may be divided into any number such as three or four. Drugs having different components may be accommodated.

[0024] (5) In the above first and second embodiment,
Although the sealing lid 9 and the drug storage case 5 are detachably screwed together, the male screw portion 9a and the female screw portion 5b other than the screwing are omitted, and the sealing lid 9 is detachably attached to the drug storage case 5. You may make it fit.

( 6 ) The medicine storage case 5 in the first and second embodiments may be formed of a transparent synthetic resin. By this configuration, ∎ it can remaining amount of the internal drug in readily determined.

( 7 ) Although the Western style toilet 1 is used in the first and second embodiments, a Japanese style toilet may be used in addition to the Western style toilet 1. ( 8 ) In the first and second embodiments, the solid detergent 7 and the fragrance 16 are used, but the granular detergent 7 and the fragrance 16 are used.
May be used.

[0027] (9) In the above sealing lid 9 the first and second embodiment has been made of a synthetic resin, in addition to this, by omitting the hollow portion 10 may be formed of a material such as Styrofoam.

While the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, technical ideas other than the claims that can be grasped from the embodiments will be described below together with their effects. (A) The sanitary float according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the storage member (5) is provided with a partition member (15) for partitioning the storage space (11) for the environment control agent into two or more. According to this configuration, each of the storage spaces 11a and 11b partitioned by the partition member 15 contains an environmental conditioner having a different component, and two or more different components can be sublimated or dissolved in the liquid. .

[0029]

As described above in detail, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the components of the environment control agent are sublimated or dissolved in the liquid while the container body is floating in the liquid in the reservoir trap . Not only can it
Dissolved in a small amount of liquid, reducing consumption of environmental conditioner
And the container body is filled with water by fluid pressure.
The effect of not being discharged from the trap
There is .

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the fragrance is
A better quality fragrance is released and surfactant
This has the effect that dirt on the water trap is easily removed.
You.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a container body according to a first embodiment.

FIG. 2 is also a cross-sectional view of a Western style toilet.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a container body in the second embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the container body.

[Description of Signs] 1 ... Toilet, 1a ... Partition section, 2 ... Sump trap, 4 ... Volume
Container main body, 5 ... Chemical accommodating case (accommodating member), 7 ... Cleaning agent (environment adjusting agent), 8 ... Communication hole, 9 ... Sealing lid (floating member).

Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] And 1. A float member floating on the liquid, by a housing member provided with a communication hole that communicates the inside and outside on the side surface, the liquid reservoir
The spherical body of the container placed in the trap
And an environment-controlling agent for sublimating or melting out from the communication hole to adjust the environment in the housing member.
At the same time, the diameter of the container body was extended into the reservoir trap.
Greater than the distance between the partition and the bottom of the water trap
Sanitary float, characterized in that it has. 2. The sanitary float according to claim 1, wherein the environmental conditioner is a fragrance or a surfactant.