SYSTEM

Subject of the Invention The invention relates to a system which is used in sanitary ware products, provides passage of hygienic additive into the sanitary ware product bowl and thus creates a hygienic environment inside the bowl, and a sanitary ware product having said system.

Present State of the Art

Serious hygiene problems occur especially due to the common usage of the toilets in areas such as workplaces, restaurants, cafes, hospitals, shopping malls and houses where we spent most of our life.

In the present state of the art, hygiene providing additives are used in water closets and urinals in both liquid and tablet form. In the event that the additive is used in tablet form, problems such as excessive or poor dissolving of the tablet occur. Regarding the use of additives in liquid form, it is aimed to provide hygiene through the flushing water by means of the liquids inside the tanks which are mounted on the wail surface most of the time. However, this causes problems when there is no mounting place or when the existing mounting place is too narrow.

With the hygienic additive providing system developed within the scope of the invention and the urinal having said system, the cleaning and hygiene of the urinal bowl is provided by means of the hygienic additive which will flow during flushing.

Object of the Invention

The object of the invention is to develop a system which will provide washing of the sanitary ware product bowl with the additive by mixing the hygienic additive easily with the flushing water, and which does not require a separate tank for storing hygienic additive.

Part References

1: Top cover

la: Top cover threaded surface

2: Gauge Rod

2a: Gauge rod threaded surface

3: Tightening piece 3a: Tightening piece top threaded surface

3b: Tightening piece bottom threaded surface

3c: Part comprising tightening piece sealing element housing 3d: Sealing element housing

4.1; 4.2; 4.3; 4.4; 4.5; 4.6, 4.7: Sealing elements

4.1.a: Sealing element mounting section

5: Reservoir

5a: Reservoir top inner threaded surface

5b: Reservoir bottom inner threaded surface

5x: Reservoir top neck section

5y: Reservoir bottom neck section

6: Outer body

6a: Outer body outer threaded surface

7: Ball

8: Inner body

8a: Inner body top vanes

8b: Inner body bottom vanes

8c: Top hole

8d: Bottom hole

9: Connection body

9a: Connection body inner threaded surface

9b: Connection body outer threaded surface

10: Tightening connection part

10a: Tightening connection part inner threaded surface

11: Water dispenser

llx, lly: Water dispenser side branches

llz: Water dispenser front branch

11a, lib: Water dispenser side branch outer threaded surface 11c: Water dispenser front branch outer threaded surface llw: Water dispenser bottom branch

lid: Water dispenser bottom branch outer threaded surface 12: Connection Part

12a: Connection part outer threaded surface 13: Tightening nut

13a: Tightening nut inner threaded surface

14: Urinal

15: Urinal Bowl

16: Mounting hole on the top surface of the urinal

A: Detailed view of the hygienic additive providing system on the urinal

Description of the Figures

Figure 1: Parts of the urinal and hygienic additive providing system according to the invention

Figure 2: Cross sectional view of the parts of the urinal and hygienic additive providing system according to the invention

Figure 2.1: Figure showing the location where the sealing elements are mounted

Figure 2.2: Figure showing the location where the sealing elements are mounted

Figure 3: The urinal and hygienic additive providing system mounted on the urinal according to the invention Figure 3.1: Detailed view of the hygienic additive providing system according to the invention as mounted on the urinal

Figure 4: View of the tightening piece

Figure 4.1: Cross sectional view of the tightening piece

Figure 4.2: Top view of the tightening piece Figure 5: View of the reservoir piece

Figure 5.1: Front view of the reservoir

Figure 5.2: Cross sectional view of the reservoir

Figure 6: Detailed view of the top cover

Figure 7: Detailed view of the water dispenser Figure 8: Cross sectional view of the water dispenser Figure 9: Detailed view of the connection body Figure 10: Detailed view of the tightening connection part Figure 11: Perspective view of the tightening nut Figure 12: Detailed view of the connection part Figure 13: Detailed view of the sealing element Figure 14: Detailed view of the sealing element Figure 15: Detailed view of the gauge rod

Figure 16: Detailed cross sectional view of the outer body, inner body located inside the outer body and the ball located inside the inner body Figure 16. 1: Front view of the outer body, inner body located inside the outer body and the ball located inside the inner body

Figure 17: Figure showing top and bottom holes of the inner body Detailed Description of the Invention

The invention relates to a system which is used in sanitary ware products, provides passage of hygienic additive into the sanitary ware product bowl and creates a hygienic environment inside the product bowl, and a sanitary ware product having said system.

The hygienic additive providing system according to the invention comprises at least one reservoir (5) in which the hygienic additive is stored, at least one outer body (6), at least one inner body (8) located inside the outer body, at least one ball (7) which is located inside the inner body and which can move up and down, and at least one connection body (9). Additionally, there are sealing elements {4.4, 4.5) in the system and the system comprises at least one gauge rod (2) for measuring the amount of hygienic additive left inside the reservoir. Hygienic additive providing system further comprising at least one top cover (1) and at least one tightening piece (3). The use of the hygienic additive providing system developed within the scope of the invention on a urinal will be disclosed by the invention and the urinal having said system is also within the scope of the invention. However, it is also possible to use said hygienic additive providing system with water closet and other sanitary ware products.

The urinal having the hygienic additive providing system developed within the scope of the invention and the parts of the hygienic additive providing system are given in Figure 1 in detail. The section in which the parts are mounted together and their connection with each other are given in Figure 2.

In addition to aforementioned hygienic additive providing system parts seen in Figure 1, the urinal developed within the scope of the invention comprises at least one water dispenser (11). Fixing of water dispenser (11) is provided through at least one tightening connection part (10). The urinal and the location of the parts of the hygienic additive providing system developed within the scope of the invention will be disclosed below in detail by referring to the figures.

Reservoir (5), which is one of the parts of the hygienic additive providing system, contains the hygienic additive that will flow into a urinal bowl (15) during the flushing of the urinal bowl (15). Hygienic additive is stored in said reservoir (5). As it is seen in Figure 2, the inner surfaces of neck sections (5y, 5x) at the bottom and top sections of the reservoir (5) have a threaded structure. Threaded surface (5a) at the reservoir top inner section and the threaded surface (5b) at the reservoir bottom inner section are seen in Figure 2. Said tightening piece (3) is located inside the reservoir top inner threaded surface (5a). As can be seen in Figure 2 and Figure 4.1, the top and bottom parts of the tightening piece (3) have a threaded outer surface. The tightening piece (3) is positioned inside the reservoir top neck section (5x) by fixing the threads on the bottom threaded surface (3b) inside the reservoir top inner threaded surface (5a). Tightening piece comprises thereon a part (3c) comprising a housing (3d) in which at least one sealing element (4.1) is located. The sealing element (4.1) is fixed to this housing (3d) via the mounting surface (4.1.a). Tightening piece (3) passes through a hole (16) located on the top section of the urinal and is located on the reservoir (5) surface positioned in alignment with the hole (16) in the inner section of the urinal, in other words, on the reservoir top inner threaded surface (5a), and thus the reservoir (5) is fixed on the urinal. As can be seen in Figure 2, the gauge rod (2) passing through the tightening piece (3) is positioned in a way to reach inside the reservoir (5). Top cover (1) is positioned on the top section of the gauge rod (2). Top cover (1) comprises at least one threaded surface (la). Gauge rod (2) is fixed on the threaded surface (la) inside the top cover by means of the threaded surface (2a) thereon. Gauge rod (2) is used for detecting the amount of hygienic additive left inside the reservoir. Top cover (1) is fixed on the top threaded surface (3a) located on the tightening piece (3). At least one sealing element (4.2) can be positioned on the reservoir top neck section (5x) through its outer surface in order to provide sealing.

The hygienic additive providing system according to the invention comprises threaded surfaces on the outer section and inner section of the connection body (9). Connection body is fixed on the reservoir bottom inner threaded surface (5b) via the threaded surface (9b) it has in the outer section. The outer body (6), which is one of the parts of the hygienic additive providing system, also has a threaded surface (6a) on its outer surface. Outer body outer threaded surface (6a) is fixed on the connection body inner threaded surface (9a). Inner body (8) is positioned inside the outer body (6). At least one sealing element (4.3) is positioned between the outer body (6) and the reservoir (5). The inner body (8) comprises bottom vanes (8b) on the inner bottom section, and top vanes (8a) on the top section. The inner body (8) comprises liquid passage holes on both the top and the bottom sections thereof. Top hole (8c) provides passage of hygienic additive from the reservoir (5) to the inner body (8), and bottom hole (8d) provides passage of the same from the inner body (8) to the urinal bowl (15). A ball (7) which moves up and down is positioned inside the inner body (8). Inner body top vanes (8a) and bottom vanes (8b) are flexible and provide sealing with the pressure applied by the ball (7). Such that; when the ball (7) leans on the top vanes (8a) in its up position, applies pressure on the vanes and the vanes provide sealing by bending. In this position, the ball (7) closes the top hole (8c) to liquid passage and prevents hygienic additive passage from the reservoir (5) to the inner body (8). In the same manner, when the ball (7) is in down position, it applies pressure on bottom vanes (8b) and the vanes (8b) provide sealing by bending. In this position, the ball (7) closes the bottom hole (8d) to liquid passage and prevents hygienic additive passage from the inner body (8) to the urinal bowl (15). The bail (7) is positioned inside the inner body (8) in a way to close the bottom hole (8d) when there is no clean water passage into the urinal bowl (15), and in up position in a way to close the top hole (8c) inside the inner body (8) when there is clean water passage into the urinal bowl (15).

Tightening connection part (10) is mounted on the reservoir connection body (9) via the bottom section. The inner surface of the tightening connection part (10) is threaded and tightening connection part inner threaded surface (10a) is fixed on the connection body outer threaded surface (9b). Water dispenser (11) is positioned on the tightening connection part by close fitting. Water dispenser (11) has five branches. Water dispenser side branches (llx, lly), water dispenser front branch (llz) and water dispenser bottom branch (llw) are shown in Figure 7 and Figure 8. The rear branch of the water dispenser is not shown in the figures. In the preferred use, one of the side branches will be used as water inlet and the front branch will be used as water outlet. Clean water, entering from one of the side branches (llx, lly) exits through the front branch (llz) and flows inside the urinal bowl (15). In accordance with the use, the water dispenser branches can be adjusted in a way that one of them is the water inlet and the other is the water outlet. Together with a sealing element (4.6), at least one connection part (12) is placed on the front branch (llz), which is the outlet branch on the water dispenser (11), and at least one tightening nut (13) is positioned thereon as seen in Figure 2. At least one sealing element (4.7) is positioned between the connection body (9) and the water dispenser (11).

In the hygienic additive providing system and the urinal (14) on which said system is positioned, passage of additive into the urinal bowl (15) is initiated by clean water flow into the urinal. Clean water flow into the urinal bowl (15) is initiated by activation of the solenoid valve by sensing systems such as photocell sensor, or by pressing a button activating the clean water flow manually. The ball (7) moves upwards in the inner body (8) as the air pressure inside the inner section of the water dispenser increases when the clean water received from one of the water dispenser side branches (llx,lly) passes into the front branch (llz), which is the outlet branch, during clean water flow into the urinal bowl (15); and the bottom hole (8d) on the inner body is opened and through this hole, the hygienic additive is mixed with the clean water flowing into the urinal bowl (15) and flows into the urinal bowl. When the ball (7) is in up position, it provides sealing and closes the top hole (8c) on the inner body by means of the top vanes (8a). As soon as the clean water flow stops, the ball (7) moves downwards and opens the hole (8c) on the top section of the inner body and from the reservoir (5) hygienic additive fills into the inner body (8) through this hole. The ball (7) completes its downward movement and settles on the base of the inner body (8) and providing sealing by means of the bottom vanes (8b) in this section, it closes the bottom hole (8d) for liquid passage and prevents passage of the hygienic additive located in the inner body (8) into the urinal bowl (15). When the system is not active, as the ball (7) is positioned in a way to close the bottom hole (8d) inside the inner body, the hygienic additive filled in the inner body (8) from the reservoir (5) is kept inside the inner body until the next flushing process and there will not be any flow into the urinal bowl (15). In the preferred embodiment, the sealing elements are preferably gasket or washer. Thanks to the hygienic additive providing system developed within the scope of the invention and the urinal having said system, flow of a specific dosage of additive into the urinal bowl with the flushing water is provided and the problems seen in the present state of the art and especially in the use of tablets are eliminated.