US 5,004,025 AGranted

Method and apparatus for slowly dispensing a solution for unclogging drains

OwnerDavid L. Robbinsinventor

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Abstract

An anti-drain clogging device used to containerize and dispense anti-clogging solution into a drain pipe in a controlled slow flow manner over an extended period of time. The anti-drain clogging device has a main container section for holding anti-drain clogging solution and a dispensing section for directing the anti-drain clogging solution from the container section to the inlet of a drain pipe. The device has both a liquid-tight, stable storage mode that the device is placed in prior to use and an operational mode where the device is adjustably fixed over a drain pipe inlet. In the operational mode, the dispensing section is adjusted to a chosen position over the opening of the drain pipe inlet by adjusting a support collar attached to the device. In this position, anti-clogging drain solution drips from the dispensing section in a controlled, slow manner into the drain pipe to steadily dissolve, layer by layer, the clogging and sediment in the pipe over a period of time.

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Dependent claims

an anti-clogging solution container and drop dispenser device for containerizing and slowly dispensing a drain unclogging solution into an inlet of a clogged drain comprising:

(a) a container having a main body portion including a surrounding side wall structure and a bottom;
(b) the bottom being indented such that the side wall structure extends downwardly there past so as to define an open space between the bottom and the underlying support surface when the container is sitting in an upright position on the support surface;
(c) an openable and closeable vent formed in the bottom of the container;
(d) a top forming a part of the container and a dispensing neck integral with the top and extending therefrom, the neck having a remote end and having threads that extend substantially the entire distance from the remote end of the neck to the top of the container;
(e) a first top enclosure secured to the open end portion of the dsipensing neck for totally closing the container so as to maintain the container closed prior to dispensing;
(f) a dispenser attachable to the open end of the neck and adapted to effectively replace the first top enclosure for dispensing drain anti-clogging solution from the container such that wherein the drain anti-clogging solution may be slowly dispensed;
and
(g) an adjustable support collar threaded on the neck between the top and the dispenser and movable back and forth thereon between the top and the dispenser for supporting the container above the drain inlet, the collar having a circumferential bearing surface for engaging and resting upon the drain inlet and wherein the position of the container and dispenser can be adjusted by rotating the support collar about the neck such that the container and dispenser can both be moved up and down with respect to the drain inlet.

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An anti-clogging solution container and drop dispenser device containerizing dispensing anti-drain clogging solution into an inlet of a clogged drain comprising:

(a) a container having a main body portion with a side wall structure, a top, and a bottom;
(b) a dispenser section connected to the top of the main body portion, wherein the dispenser section provides a means for dispensing an anti-drain clogging solution into a drain pipe inlet in a relative slow manner over an extended period of time whereby the clogs and sediment within the drain are exposed to and are slowly dissolved by the solution;
(c) the dispensing section including a neck extending from the top and a drain dispenser secured to the neck. the neck having a remote end and having threads that extend substantially the entire distance from the remote end of the neck to the top of the container;
and
(d) an adjustable support collar threaded on the neck between the top and the dispenser and movable back and forth thereon between the top and the dispenser for supporting the container above the drain inlet, the collar having a circumferential bearing surface for engaging and resting upon the drain inlet and wherein the position of the container and dispenser can be adjusted by rotating the supprt collar about the neck such that the container and dispenser can both be moved up and down with respect to the drain inlet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.