Flushable bathtub cleaning system

A flushable cleaning system for a bathtub comprising a tub top, a tub bottom, tub walls having an upper edge, and a tub drain hole connected to a drain, which employs a mixture of used bathtub water and a cleaning solvent to clean said tub bottom and said tub walls, said flushable cleaning system comprising a lip positioned around said upper edge of said tub walls, said lip having an underside portion and a track defined in said underside portion;

• a hollow tube being flexible, said tube also being made of materials resistant to said cleaning solvent, said tube disposed within said track;
• a plurality of nozzle support units attached to said tube;
• a plurality of nozzles for use in spraying said mixture on said tub walls, one of said nozzles connected to each of said nozzle support units;
• means to connect said nozzle support units and said nozzles to said tube;
• a drain by-pass valve;
• a drain transfer lever connected to said tub drain hole and also to said drain by-pass valve, said drain transfer lever movable between a first position opening both said drain by-pass valve and said tub drain hole, and a second position dosing said drain by-pass valve;
• a pump;
• a reservoir for holding said cleaning solvent;
• a water line connecting said drain by-pass valve to said pump;
• and a water sensor so that when said used bathtub water is in said bathtub and said drain transfer lever is moved into said first position said used bathtub water enters said tub drain hole and is diverted through said drain by-pass valve, into said water line, through said pump, mixed with said cleaning solvent, moved through said tube, and into said nozzles where said mixture is sprayed onto said tub walls and said tub bottom, said water sensor activating said pump when said used bathtub water flows past said drain by-pass valve, said water sensor also determining when enough of said used bathtub water has moved through said drain by-pass valve and dosing said drain by-pass valve and deactivating said pump allowing said mixture in said bathtub to leave through said tub drain valve and be evacuated through said drain.

A method for flushably cleaning a bathtub with a mixture of used bathtub water and a cleaning solvent, said method comprising the steps of providing used bathtub water and a bathtub having a tub top, a tub bottom, tub walls having an upper edge, and a tub drain hole connected to a drain, said used bathtub water being positioned within said bathtub;

• also providing a lip having an underside portion and a track on said underside portion, a flexible tube, a plurality of nozzles, a plurality of nozzle support units, a drain transfer lever, a pump, a reservoir, a quantity of cleaning solvent, a drain by-pass valve, a water line, and a water sensor;
• installing said lip on said tub top adjacent to said upper edge of said tub walls;
• connecting said nozzle support units and said nozzles to said tube;
• installing said tube in said track;
• connecting said tube to said reservoir;
• connecting said reservoir to said pump;
• connecting said water line between said pump and said drain by-pass valve;
• connecting said water sensor between said drain by-pass valve and said pump;
• connecting said drain transfer lever to said drain by-pass valve and said tub drain hole;
• filling said reservoir with said cleaning fluid;
• moving said drain transfer lever into a position to open said tub drain hole said drain by-pass valve so as to divert said used bathtub water entering said bathtub drain hole through said drain by-pass valve and into said water line instead of being allowed to enter said drain;
• as said used bathtub water moves through said drain by-pass valve, said water sensor sending a signal to said pump to activate it;
• mixing said used bathtub water with said cleaning solvent to form a mixture;
• pumping said mixture through said tube;
• spraying said mixture from said nozzles onto said tub walls and said tub bottom;
• said water sensor determining when enough of said used bathtub water has passed through said drain by-pass valve;
• and when said water sensor has determined that enough of said used bathtub water has passed through said drain by-pass valve, said water sensor causing said drain by-pass valve to close and pump to cease functioning, thereby allowing said mixture in said bathtub to be evacuated through said drain.