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US3290698A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Bathroom deodorizer

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-08-10
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Granted: 1966-12-13
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Expires: 1984-08-10
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Russell J Joyner
  • 👤 Harold L Thatcher

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 01:05
CPC Classifications
E; E03; E03D; E03D9/00; E03D9/02; E03D9/03; E03D9/033; E03D9/037; E03D2009/024

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 338 words
IN A TOILET TANK INCLUDING AN INLET PIPE FOR SUPPLYING INCOMING WATER, A SHUT-OFF VALVE CONNECTED TO SAID INLET PIPE AND INCLUDING AN OUTLET AFTERFILL PIPE, A FLOAT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SHUT-OFF VALVE, SAID TANK INCLUDING AN OUTLET ORIFICE LEADING TO A TOILET BOWL, A VALVE SEAT DISPOSED ON THE INLET SIDE OF SAID OUTLET ORIFICE, AN OVERFLOW-PIPE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH SAID TOILET BOWL AROUND SAID VALVE SEAT AND HAVING AN UPPER END DISPOSED ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL OF SAID TANK; AN IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A CONTAINER MOUNTED WITHIN SAID TANK ABOVE THE NORMAL WATER LEVEL FOR THE RECEPTION OF CHEMICAL GRANULES, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, A SCREEN OPERATIVELY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND HAVING AN UPSTANDING SIDE SCREEN PORTION DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER INTO A CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION AND A CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION, AN INLET ORIFICE IN ONE OF SAID UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID INLET ORIFICE TO SAID AFTERFILL PIPE FOR WATER COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, A CONDUIT SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID INLET ORIFICE FOR CONDUCTING THE FLOW OF WATER FROM SAID AFTERFILL PIPE AND OPENING AT ITS OPPOSITE END INTO SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION FOR EMPTYING WATER THEREIN, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL PORTION BETWEEN ITS ENDS TRAVERSING ABOVE SAID CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION, SAID LONGITUDINAL PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPRAY ORIFICES ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF FOR SPRAYING A PORTION OF THE WATER FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT ONTO SAID CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION, AN OUTLET ORIFICE IN ONE OF SAID WALLS AND DISPOSED BELOW SAID INLET ORIFICE, SAID OUTLET ORIFICE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTAINER OUTLET ORIFICE TO SAID UPPER END OF THE OVERFLOW PIPE FOR WATER COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, WHEREBY SAID WATER SPRAYED ONTO SAID CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION FLOWS THROUGH SAID SCREEN INTO SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION WHERE IT JOINS THE WATER EMPTYING INTO SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION FROM SAID CONDUIT OPEN END FOR OUTFLOW THROUGH SAID OUTLET ORIFICE TO SAID OVERFLOW PIPE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 338 words
IN A TOILET TANK INCLUDING AN INLET PIPE FOR SUPPLYING INCOMING WATER, A SHUT-OFF VALVE CONNECTED TO SAID INLET PIPE AND INCLUDING AN OUTLET AFTERFILL PIPE, A FLOAT OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SHUT-OFF VALVE, SAID TANK INCLUDING AN OUTLET ORIFICE LEADING TO A TOILET BOWL, A VALVE SEAT DISPOSED ON THE INLET SIDE OF SAID OUTLET ORIFICE, AN OVERFLOW-PIPE COMMUNICATING DIRECTLY WITH SAID TOILET BOWL AROUND SAID VALVE SEAT AND HAVING AN UPPER END DISPOSED ABOVE THE WATER LEVEL OF SAID TANK; AN IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING A CONTAINER MOUNTED WITHIN SAID TANK ABOVE THE NORMAL WATER LEVEL FOR THE RECEPTION OF CHEMICAL GRANULES, SAID CONTAINER HAVING A BOTTOM WALL AND UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, A SCREEN OPERATIVELY DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER AND HAVING AN UPSTANDING SIDE SCREEN PORTION DIVIDING THE INTERIOR OF SAID CONTAINER INTO A CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION AND A CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION, AN INLET ORIFICE IN ONE OF SAID UPSTANDING SIDE WALLS, MEANS CONNECTING SAID INLET ORIFICE TO SAID AFTERFILL PIPE FOR WATER COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, A CONDUIT SUPPORTED WITHIN SAID CONTAINER CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID INLET ORIFICE FOR CONDUCTING THE FLOW OF WATER FROM SAID AFTERFILL PIPE AND OPENING AT ITS OPPOSITE END INTO SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION FOR EMPTYING WATER THEREIN, SAID CONDUIT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL PORTION BETWEEN ITS ENDS TRAVERSING ABOVE SAID CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION, SAID LONGITUDINAL PORTION HAVING A PLURALITY OF SPRAY ORIFICES ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF FOR SPRAYING A PORTION OF THE WATER FLOWING THROUGH SAID CONDUIT ONTO SAID CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION, AN OUTLET ORIFICE IN ONE OF SAID WALLS AND DISPOSED BELOW SAID INLET ORIFICE, SAID OUTLET ORIFICE COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION, AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONTAINER OUTLET ORIFICE TO SAID UPPER END OF THE OVERFLOW PIPE FOR WATER COMMUNICATION THEREWITH, WHEREBY SAID WATER SPRAYED ONTO SAID CHEMICAL GRANULE RECEIVING PORTION FLOWS THROUGH SAID SCREEN INTO SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION WHERE IT JOINS THE WATER EMPTYING INTO SAID CONTAINER OUTLET PORTION FROM SAID CONDUIT OPEN END FOR OUTFLOW THROUGH SAID OUTLET ORIFICE TO SAID OVERFLOW PIPE.

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