Toilet tank cleaning solution dispenser
OwnerLouis E. Thyroffinventor
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Abstract
A cleaning agent dispensing system for a toilet includes a transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber configured to mix water with a cleaning agent tablet and a tablet cradle configured to hold a cleaning agent tablet within the transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber. The tablet cradle includes a housing, multiple apertures, in the housing, configured to allow water to flow therethrough, and a three-dimensional opening, in the housing, configured to enable a substantially unobstructed view of a cleaning agent tablet within the transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber.
Claims19
A cleaning agent dispensing system for a toilet, comprising:
- a cleaning agent mixing chamber configured to mix water with a cleaning agent tablet;
- a tablet cradle configured to hold a cleaning agent tablet within said cleaning agent mixing chamber;
- and
- an inlet/outlet member, operatively connected to said cleaning agent mixing chamber, configured to receive water from a fill valve located within a water tank of the toilet and to output cleaning agent solution to an overflow tube located within a water tank of the toilet;
- said cleaning agent mixing chamber including
- a mixing chamber inlet port, located at a top portion of said cleaning agent mixing chamber, configured to enable water from the fill valve to enter said cleaning agent mixing chamber, and
- a mixing chamber outlet port, located at a bottom portion of said cleaning agent mixing chamber, configured to enable cleaning agent solution to be outputted to the overflow tube;
- said inlet/outlet member including
- a water inlet port, located at a top portion of said inlet/outlet member, configured to receive water from the fill valve,
- a water outlet port, located at a top portion of said inlet/outlet member, configured to interface with said mixing chamber inlet port and to deliver water to said cleaning agent mixing chamber,
- a trap, located between said water inlet port and said water outlet port, to trap water from the fill valve such water remains in said trap after a flushing operation of the toilet,
- a cleaning agent solution inlet port, located at a bottom portion of said inlet/outlet member, configured to interface with said mixing chamber outlet port and to receive cleaning agent solution from said cleaning agent mixing chamber, and
- a cleaning agent solution outlet port, located at a bottom portion of said inlet/outlet member, configured to enable cleaning agent solution to be outputted to the overflow tube;
- said water outlet port and said mixing chamber inlet port being configured in correspondence with said cleaning agent mixing chamber to prevent cleaning agent solution from entering said trap;
- said tablet cradle including multiple apertures configured to allow water to flow therethrough and a three-dimensional opening configured to enable a substantially unobstructed view of a cleaning agent tablet within said cleaning agent mixing chamber;
- said three-dimensional opening being larger than an aperture;
- said three-dimensional opening being configured to receive a cleaning agent tablet within said tablet cradle;
- said multiple apertures being configured not to receive a cleaning agent tablet within said tablet cradle.
A cleaning agent dispensing system for a toilet, comprising:
- a transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber configured to mix water with a cleaning agent tablet;
- and
- a tablet cradle configured to hold a cleaning agent tablet within said transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber;
- said tablet cradle including
- a housing,
- multiple apertures, in said housing, configured to allow water to flow therethrough, and
- a three-dimensional opening, in said housing, configured to enable a substantially unobstructed view of a cleaning agent tablet within said transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber;
- said three-dimensional opening being larger than an aperture;
- said three-dimensional opening being configured to receive a cleaning agent tablet within said tablet cradle;
- said multiple apertures being configured not to receive a cleaning agent tablet within said tablet cradle.
A tablet cradle for a cleaning agent dispensing system for a toilet comprising:
- a housing;
- multiple apertures, in said housing, configured to allow water to flow therethrough;
- and
- a three-dimensional opening, in said housing, configured to enable a substantially unobstructed view of a cleaning agent tablet within a transparent cleaning agent mixing chamber;
- said three-dimensional opening being larger than an aperture;
- said three-dimensional opening being configured to receive a cleaning agent tablet within said tablet cradle;
- said multiple apertures being configured not to receive a cleaning agent tablet within said tablet cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.