E03D2009/028

Self-cleaning toilet assembly and system

Toilet assemblies having various embodiments of a cleaning system are described herein which include a toilet assembly and a cleaning system. The toilet assembly has a toilet bowl, a tank, a flush valve, and a rim in fluid communication with the bowl through a rim flow path from an outlet of the flush valve to at least one rim outlet port. The flush valve is configured to operate in a flush actuation mode wherein the flush valve is able to provide flush water flow sufficient for the toilet assembly to initiate a flush siphon or provide a wash down flush and to operate in a cleaning actuation mode wherein the flush valve is only partially opened to allow for introduction of a cleaning agent and flush water mixture to the bowl that is insufficient to initiate a siphon but sufficient for cleaning the bowl. The cleaning system includes a reservoir for a liquid cleaning agent, a housing for the reservoir, a supply conduit for receiving fluid from within the reservoir and delivering it to a flush valve, a flow control device capable of controlling flow of cleaning agent and a control system activatable by an actuator feature to initiate a clean cycle by operating the flow control device to deliver a dose of cleaning agent to one or more rim outlets, and operating the flush valve in cleaning actuation mode to introduce flush water to carry the dose of cleaning agent through the at least one rim outlet port into the toilet bowl at a flow rate insufficient to initiate a siphon but sufficient for cleaning the bowl.

Chemical feeding device

A chemical feeding device according to the present invention is for attaching to a water tank of a toilet having a tank main body that has an opening in an upper portion and a lid body that covers the opening of the tank main body, the chemical feeding device including a chemical container storing a chemical solution, a flexible tube through which the chemical solution in the chemical container is fed to the water tank, and an attachment member that supports the tube and is configured to be attachable to an edge of the upper opening of the tank main body. The attachment member includes a receiving part in which a recessed part for receiving the chemical solution that drips from the chemical container is formed. In a bottom portion of the recessed part is formed a discharge hole to which the tube is connected.

Clean toilet and accessories

A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.

Clean toilet and accessories

A toilet that includes a tank configured to hold water from a water supply; a reservoir fluidly connected to the tank and configured to hold a cleaning compound comprising a chemical compound and water from the water supply; and an actuator configured to control a flush cycle of the toilet upon a first activation, the actuator including at least one nozzle fluidly connected to the reservoir and configured to discharge an amount of the cleaning compound external to the tank upon at least one of the first activation or a second activation.

CLEAN TOILET AND ACCESSORIES
20190368178 · 2019-12-05 ·

A toilet that includes a bowl; a tank having a sidewall and a bottom defining a reservoir; a container located inside the reservoir and configured to contain a chemical compound that mixes with water to form a cleaning compound; a connector for coupling the container to the sidewall; and a flush valve. The connector has a bracket coupled to the container, a threaded protrusion that extends from the bracket into a hole in the sidewall of the tank, and a threaded fastener having a threaded body and a head, which is larger radially than the threaded body such that the head contacts an outside of the sidewall in a secured position in which the threaded body threads to the threaded protrusion. The flush valve is fluidly connected to the container to introduce the cleaning compound into the bowl through an outlet in the bottom during a cleaning cycle.

Toilet cleaning devices systems and methods
10494803 · 2019-12-03 · ·

Methods, systems and devices are provided for cleaning a toilet having a toilet bowl, comprising: a storage and control unit comprising: a container configured to store a cleaning material of a first type for cleaning or sanitizing the toilet; a pump for delivering via pipes the cleaning material of the first type; and a power source; a treatment unit comprising: a housing having a cavity that collects and stores flushing tank fluids of the toilet flowing via an opening in the housing; a cleaning material of a second type; a spraying unit, comprising a spraying device to spray the flushing tank fluids mixed with the cleaning materials of the second type via the spraying device into the interior of the toilet bowl; and a rotatable spraying unit to receive the cleaning material of a first type from the pipes and spray it at the toilet bowl cavity; and a bridge to be hung on the toilet bowl rim and hold the treatment unit away and below the toilet bowl rim at the path of the toilet flushing water.

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING ODORS
20190360186 · 2019-11-28 ·

This disclosure relates to systems, methods, and compositions for dispensing multiple compositions into a plurality of containers or atmospheres. In one embodiment, this disclosure pertains to treating and preventing offensive odors arising from toilets. The system includes a base station with at least one bag-on-valve (BOV) canister, which holds one or more compositions. A tube leads from the output of the bag-on-valve canister to a bowl clip and/or to a spray nozzle. The bowl clip can be mounted to a toilet bowl. One example embodiment of the invention includes a bowl clip with a sensor that initiates release of the composition(s) from the bag-on-valve (BOV) canister(s), while another embodiment initiates release of the composition(s) from the bag-on-valve (BOV) canister(s) using a motion sensor or activation switch. The compositions are delivered to treat and prevent offensive odors.

CLEANING SOLUTION DISPENSER DEVICE FOR USE IN A WATER TANK, AND WATER TANK CAPABLE OF DISCHARGING MIXTURE OF WATER AND CLEANING SOLUTION
20190360188 · 2019-11-28 ·

A cleaning solution dispenser system to automatically dispense a predetermined quantity of cleaning solution along with a flush is disclosed. The system includes the flush water tank with at least one through hole, the water tank comprising a tank body and a lid covered on the tank body. The system includes a first container installed outside having a removable stopper to allow the first container to be filled with the cleaning solution, and a tube with one end connected to the firs container at a bottom portion and the other end inserted inside the flush water tank via the at least one through hole. A second container installed inside and on at least one inner wall of the flush water tank and in receipt of the other end of the tube. The first container is adapted to refill the cleaning solution front the first container into second container.

Device and method for toilet odor shielding
10480169 · 2019-11-19 ·

An electronic toilet odor shielding device includes a main body and a container. The main body includes a sensing device and a pump. The container includes an odor shielding compound. The electronic toilet odor shielding device is placed and attached within a toilet water tank of a toilet. The sensing device is configured to sense a toilet water tank flush event and to trigger the pump to draw the odor shielding compound from the container and subsequently to dispense the odor shielding compound into a toilet bowl of the toilet. The odor shielding compound that is dispensed into the toilet bowl forms an odor shielding film on top of a water surface within the toilet bowl.

In-the-bowl dispensing device

Disclosed is an in-the-bowl dispensing device designed to dispense two liquid compositions into a toilet bowl at two separate time intervals. One dispensing action takes place during the flush of the toilet bowl and a second separate dispensing action takes place after the flush of the toilet bowl is complete. In this manner the second liquid composition is retained in the toilet bowl until the toilet bowl is flushed by the next user.