Pipe Section Dispenser for Hygienic Sanitary Agent Distribution
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dispensers for cleaning agents, disinfectants, and fragrances in sanitary facilities face issues such as unhygienic handling, incomplete distribution, incompatibility with rimless toilets, damage to flushing tank components, and high production costs, along with safety risks and waste volume increases due to hanging baskets.
Innovation Solution
A pipe section dispenser that integrates into the water inlet of sanitary facilities, allowing for the introduction and partial rinsing of cleaning agents, disinfectants, or fragrances without modifying the toilet, enabling even distribution and easy refilling, compatible with standard and rimless toilets, and using solid, gel-like, or liquid forms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If baskets are hung in the toilet bowl for dispensing cleaning agents, then the cleaning agents can be dispensed during flushing, but the baskets come into contact with urine and faeces making handling unhygienic
Solution Approach 1:
The dispensing function is extracted from the toilet bowl environment and relocated to the water supply line. The pipe section is installed in the cold water supply line before water enters the toilet bowl, completely separating the cleaning agent dispensing location from the contaminated bowl area where urine and faeces are present.
Solution Approach 2:
The pipe section acts as an intermediary device installed in the water supply line. It receives cleaning agents through a sealed access opening, allows them to be dissolved by flushing water, and releases them into the bowl without requiring direct placement in the bowl itself. This intermediary position maintains hygiene while achieving dispensing.
2Quantity of substance
If baskets are positioned in the flushing flow to dissolve contents, then cleaning agents are dispensed, but the baskets impede the rinsing result and distribute agents only locally
Solution Approach 1:
The pipe section is designed to be self-regulating during the flushing process. The access opening remains open during flushing, allowing cleaning agents to be automatically dissolved and dispersed by the flushing water flow itself, without requiring manual intervention or complex mechanical structures that could impede flow.
Solution Approach 2:
The pipe section allows excessive amounts of cleaning agent to be introduced into the system, ensuring complete coverage. The design permits more than the minimum required amount of cleaning agent to be dispensed, guaranteeing that the entire bowl surface is adequately covered rather than just local areas.
3Ease of operation
If cleaning agents are used in the water tank, then dispensing is achieved, but components in the water tank such as valves or seals are damaged
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning agent dispensing function is extracted from the water tank environment and relocated to the cold water supply line. The pipe section is installed upstream before water enters the tank, completely separating the cleaning agent introduction point from the tank components such as valves and seals, eliminating the risk of damage.
4Adaptability or versatility
If structurally adapted bowls with cavities are used for cleaning agents, then solid agents can be used, but production costs increase and rinsing flow experiences pressure loss
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning agent containment function is segmented from the toilet bowl structure itself and placed in a separate, modular pipe section. This allows the bowl to remain a simple, inexpensive ceramic piece while the dispensing function resides in a separate plastic or metal pipe component that can be easily manufactured and installed.
Solution Approach 2:
The pipe section is designed as a universal component that can be installed in standard water supply lines without requiring custom-modified bowls. It works with both solid and liquid cleaning agents, and can be adapted to different toilet types including rimless designs, making it a multi-functional solution that eliminates the need for structurally adapted bowls.
5Ease of operation
If hanging baskets are used for dispensing, then cleaning agents can be delivered, but safety risks arise for children and waste volume increases
Solution Approach 1:
The cleaning agent storage and dispensing function is extracted from the accessible toilet bowl area and relocated to the concealed water supply line infrastructure. The pipe section is installed in the wall or behind the toilet, completely removing the dispensing mechanism from children's reach while maintaining its functional delivery capability during flushing.
Solution Approach 2:
The pipe section serves as a concealed intermediary between the water supply and the toilet bowl. It houses the cleaning agent dispensing mechanism out of sight and reach, using the flushing water flow as the mediator to deliver the cleaning agent to the bowl without requiring any visible or accessible components in the bowl area.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides a hygienic, evenly distributed, and cost-effective dispensing system that is safe, compatible with various toilet types, and reduces waste, allowing for easy refilling and use of different agent forms without damaging components.
Implementation Method 1
the cleaning, disinfecting and/or fragrance substance is inserted through the access opening into the pipe section in such a way that, when inserted, it is in the range from 5% to 60%, preferably in the range from 8% to 55% and particularly preferably in Range of 12.5% to 50%, each based on the diameter of the pipe section protrudes into the pipe section
Data Source
AI summary
The invention relates to a dispenser (10) for dispensing cleaning, disinfecting and/or fragrance substance (20) to a sanitary facility (30), wherein the dispenser (10) has a pipe section (40) that is suitable for being arranged in a water supply to a sanitary facility (30), wherein the pipe section (40) has an openable and resealable access, in particular an access opening (50), through which a cleaning, disinfecting and/or fragrance substance (20) can be introduced into a section (60) of the pipe section (40) adjacent to the access opening and held there in such a way that the cleaning, disinfecting and/or fragrance substance (20) is at least partially surrounded or rinsed away during a flushing process, and to a sanitary facility equipped therewith.