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    • 专利摘要:
    The invention relates to a toilet bag for use in a toilet bowl of a toilet, which according to a first embodiment of the present invention is characterized in that it is made of a water-decomposable material and wherein the toilet bag comprises a number of wall parts and one bottom part, wherein the bottom part is adapted to be received at least partially in the drain of the toilet bowl, in the vicinity of the water surface, to collect the faeces and wherein at least one of the wall parts and the bottom part comprises folding lines for corresponding discharge of the toilet bowl form the toilet bag.
    公开号:BE1022198B1
    申请号:E2014/0419
    申请日:2014-06-03
    公开日:2016-02-29
    发明作者:
    申请人:DE VRIES, Jan Antoine；
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    专利说明:

    Short indication: Toilet bag for collecting faeces in a toilet bowl.
    The present invention relates to a toilet bag for collecting feces in a toilet bowl to prevent the attachment of feces in a toilet bowl.
    Toilets generally comprise a toilet bowl in which the faeces can be collected, as well as a water supply to flush the faeces and a drain to drain them into a (public) sewer. Such toilets often come in two different versions, toilets where the toilet bowl is cup-shaped and where the faeces can be collected on a largely flat receptacle before they are flushed away via the drain and the more common toilets nowadays where the toilet bowl is largely drained exists and in this oblique drain, the feces are led directly to the water drain.
    When a person uses such toilets mentioned above, residues of faeces can remain in the toilet bowl and in particular in the drain thereof when flushing the toilet, even if the toilet is pulled through several times. This has to do with the maximum force of the water flow from the water supply, which is often insufficient to flush away all remains of faeces in the pot. These residual faeces are not only perceived as a nuisance and unpleasant from an aesthetic point of view, but are above all unsanitary.
    To remove the remains of faeces, a toilet brush is present in many toilets which can be used to mechanically remove the remains. Alternatively, various chemical cleaning agents can also be used to remove the residues. Cleaning agents, however, have a negative effect on the waste water since they strongly contaminate the water and are often not biodegradable. On the one hand, chemical cleaning agents are often undesirable and, above all, expensive to use.
    On the other hand, the use of a toilet brush is often experienced as unpleasant, its use is unhygienic and the toilet generally needs to be pulled through again, which further increases the costly use of water.
    Consequently, it is an object of the invention to provide a product or device with which at least some of the above problems are prevented or reduced.
    Said object has been achieved with a toilet bag according to a first embodiment of the present invention which is characterized in that it is made from a water-degradable recycled material and wherein the toilet bag comprises a number of wall parts and one bottom part, the bottom part being arranged to at least partially to be received in the drain of the toilet bowl, in the vicinity of the water surface, to receive the feces and wherein at least one of the wall parts and the bottom part comprises folding lines for forming the toilet bag according to the drain of the toilet bowl.
    An advantage of a toilet bag according to the present invention is that it allows the faeces to be efficiently removed without leaving residues in the pot or the water drain. By placing a toilet bag according to the present invention in the toilet bowl prior to using the toilet, a layer is provided between the feces and the toilet bowl, which prevents adhesion of the feces to the toilet bowl. When the toilet bag has collected all the faeces and the toilet is flushed, the bag is flushed away in its entirety through the drain.
    Because the bag is formed by a number of wall parts, an open upper part and a closed bottom part, it is suitable for collecting faeces. The bottom part is thereby formed such that it is suitable to be incorporated in, on or in the vicinity of the water in the water drain. Accordingly, the toilet bag according to the present invention is particularly suitable for the type of toilet that comprises a largely oblique receiving part and wherein this bulk part overflows into the drain of the toilet. A side wall of the toilet bag can herein be placed against the drain and another side wall against the receiving part.
    Because the wall parts are formed in accordance with the drain of the toilet bowl, it is not necessary to clamp it in any other way. The wall parts ensure that the bag abuts the walls of the drain and these hold the bag in place.
    Since, as indicated, there are different types of toilets and in particular toilet bowls, and these comprise drains of different shapes and diameters, a toilet bag with folding lines has the advantage that it can form in a simple but efficient manner to the shape and diameter of the drain of the toilet bowl. In particular, the folding lines are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the wall parts. That is, from the open side over the wall parts to the closed bottom part. According to a specific embodiment, the folding lines are arranged such that they are block-shaped, saw-tooth shaped, triangular or pulse-shaped or are in the form of ribs.
    The toilet bag catches the feces, and due to the weight thereof, the bag can, in a special embodiment, be adapted to run under the weight of the feces in the water of the drain. The material from which the toilet bag is made is thereby softened by the solution in the water, which simplifies the flushing of the toilet bag through the drain.
    According to a further embodiment of the invention, the toilet bag comprises four wall parts and the wall parts tapering in the direction of the bottom part.
    As indicated, the wall parts are formed in accordance with the shape of the toilet drain. Since the most common toilets are equipped with a toilet bowl where the receiving surface in the bowl runs obliquely into the drain, and the drain has a smaller diameter than the toilet bowl, in a further embodiment the toilet bag is provided with tapered wall parts. In this way the wall parts fit well with the general shape of such a toilet and the risk of faeces coming next to the toilet bag is reduced.
    According to a further embodiment, the wall parts with the bottom part form a pyramid segment.
    In a simple embodiment, the toilet bag comprises a number of wall parts and bottom part which are connected to each other in such a way that they together form a collecting tray which is suitable for receiving faeces. In particular, it has been found that a shape consisting of four wall parts and a bottom part, the whole forming a pyramid segment, which in particular has a concave course, has a particularly effective effect. This shape fits well with most of today's toilet bowls and is therefore suitable for use in a large part thereof. The bag is therefore shaped like an inverted pyramid. However, it is in particular not a complete pyramid shape but a pyramid whose point portion is absent. Such a pyramid is also known as a pyramid segment or a truncated pyramid or frustum which comprises 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or a plurality of wall parts.
    In an alternative embodiment, the wall parts and the bottom part form a cone segment. In a further embodiment the toilet bag comprises an infinite amount of wall parts, corresponding to a cone shape, or in particular a cone segment corresponding to the above-mentioned pyramid segment with concave wall parts.
    In yet a further embodiment, the walks and the bottom part form a bulb segment. In this embodiment, the toilet bag is formed by a cone segment, the wall portion of which is convex. That is, the wall of which is spherical from the open end to the closed bottom part.
    In a further embodiment, the toilet bag is made of a material comprising fragrances, the fragrances comprising a water-soluble odor-separating additive. The additive herein in particular comprises perfume, linalool, limonene or a combination thereof.
    The faeces often release an unpleasant odor, which odor can be at least partially eliminated or eliminated by an odor-separating additive that may be incorporated into the toilet bag material. Therefore, the odor is only released when the bag comes into contact with water and therefore only when the bag is actually used. This additive can be a perfume but also a rosewood-scented fragrance such as linalool or a lemon-scented fragrance such as limonene. Variants thereof can also be used, and it will be clear to those skilled in the art what those are.
    In another embodiment, the wall parts are shaped such that they close the toilet bag as soon as the feces are received therein.
    The toilet bag can be shaped such that the open top of the bag closes as soon as the faeces are received. The wall parts can therefore be made of thinner material than the bottom part, for example. On the other hand, the wall parts can also be made of thinner material towards the open upper part than towards the closed bottom part, for example.
    The material of the side walls that has not yet come into contact with the water retains its preformed shape. Therefore, before the wall parts of the bag come into contact with water, they do not collapse. However, as soon as flushing occurs, the flushing water will ensure that the wall parts of the bag are pressed from the outside to the inside in order to at least largely close the bag with the faeces contained therein and to remove it without any trace forming through the drain of the toilet can be washed away.
    Alternatively, the fiber build-up can also vary, for example by building up the wall parts from paper comprising shorter fibers than the paper from the bottom part. The shorter the fibers in the paper, the sooner the paper dissolves in water. By manufacturing the wall portions from short fiber-containing paper and the bottom portion from long fiber-containing paper, the pouch in the bottom portion retains its strength to carry the feces and the wall portions collapse faster to close and enclose the feces in the bag before continuing.
    In a further practical embodiment, the material from which the pouch is made comprises citric acid.
    Citric acid prevents limescale deposits and is therefore beneficial to use in a toilet bowl. Due to the permanent presence of water, often with a high lime content, limescale takes place in a toilet bowl. This attack is at least partially eliminated by the citric acid which decomposes in the water the moment it comes into contact with water and therefore does not pose an environmental burden for the water.
    In an alternative embodiment, the toilet bag further comprises at least one lip part which is formed as an extending wall part.
    When at least one of the wall parts extends as a lip part, this offers the possibility of placing the lip part on the receiving part of the toilet bowl and thus giving the toilet bag more stability. In a further embodiment, the lip part can be embodied such that it extends up to or beyond the toilet seat, whereby it gives the possibility of folding it over the toilet seat and thus ensuring even more stability. It also offers the possibility of holding the lip part and thus ensuring that the pouch remains correctly positioned.
    In a further embodiment, the toilet bag is made of a material which is adapted to allow the toilet bag to sink at least partially in water from the drain of the toilet bowl when receiving the feces.
    By using an easily and quickly water-soluble bottom part, for example by using paper with a high amount of short fibers, the toilet bag will quickly sink into the water of the drain when the feces are picked up thereon. This is because under the weight of the feces, the bag will sink into the water, thus further reducing odor emissions and reducing the risk of spore formation. In particular, the pouch dissolves completely in the water over a period of about 8 minutes.
    In an alternative embodiment, the toilet bag comprises material that is biodegradable. In this practical embodiment, the material from which the pouch is made is biodegradable and therefore not harmful to the environment and waste water.
    The invention will be further described below in more detail, in which the figures successively show in:
    Figure 1, in a schematic representation of a toilet in which a toilet bag according to an example of the invention can be used;
    Figure 2 shows, in a schematic representation, the toilet according to figure 1, in which a toilet bag according to a first aspect of the invention is included;
    Figure 3 shows, in a schematic representation, the toilet according to figure 1, in which a toilet bag according to a second aspect of the invention is included;
    Figures 4a-f, in various schematic representations toilet bags according to a first aspect of the invention;
    Figures 5a-g, in various schematic representations of toilet bags according to a second aspect of the invention.
    For the sake of clarity, identical parts are designated in the various figures with the same reference numerals.
    Figure 1 shows a toilet, also called water closet 10. This is a toilet in which there is no question of a flat receiving part as is known from a flush toilet or a bowl-shaped toilet bowl. The faeces are first collected in the flat or bowl-shaped part of the toilet bowl before they are flushed. Nowadays, however, such toilets are used to a lesser extent and more and more use is made of a toilet as shown in figure 1. However, the model shown here is only shown for illustration purposes. Various other variants are conceivable and common and the majority of them are suitable for accommodating a toilet bag according to the invention.
    The toilet 10 of figure 1 comprises a toilet bowl 11. In this case, it is designed as a floating toilet bowl, that is, the toilet bowl is supported at the rear and not at the bottom. Therefore, the underside is free and the water is drained through the rear where the toilet bowl is connected to a sewer connection. The toilet bowl 11 is open at the top 12. Here the user of the toilet can take a seat on the edge and toilet. When toileting, the feces are collected in the oblique collection part 14 or in the overflowing drain 15. Because both parts are slanted, the feces are guided directly to the drain and are taken up there in the water, among other things because of unpleasant odor emission against to go. There is water in the drain 15 of the toilet bowl 11. When the toilet is pulled through, this water will be replaced by new water from the water supply 18. Because constant water remains in the drain 15, it functions as a water trap 16, or siphon.
    Hereby an open connection to the sewer is prevented and the sewer connection 17 is sealed airtightly from the rest of the toilet bowl 11.
    After using the toilet, the toilet can be flushed by pressing a flush button, pulling on a rope or chain or otherwise activating the water supply in the toilet bowl. Water is then led from a reservoir that is not shown in the figure to supply 18 to end up there via the flushing edge 13 in the toilet bowl 11. All faeces and all their remains can be flushed out of the toilet bowl 11 via the drain 15 through the water trap 16 to the sewer connection 17 for further drain to the sewer.
    The toilet bowl as shown in Figure 1 is of the type in which the sewer connection 17 is present at the rear of the toilet bowl. With this type of toilet, the rinse water reservoir is often also concealed at the rear of the toilet. This reservoir is therefore not shown in Figure 1. However, the toilet bag according to the invention is also suitable for being accommodated in a type of toilet where the water reservoir is integrated in the toilet or in the toilet bowl.
    Figure 2 shows a toilet 20 like the toilet in Figure 1, but in this case the toilet bowl is provided with a toilet bag 19a according to a first aspect of the invention. As shown in Figure 2, the toilet bag is provided with a number of side parts or side walls and one bottom part that abuts against the water in the drain 15 of the water seal 16. In the figure, the pouch is in contact with or very close to the water. This is a practical embodiment which is for illustrative purposes only. In alternative variants, the bag may also be positioned at some distance from the water, or may even be partially incorporated in the water. This depends on both the shape and dimensions of the bag 19a as well as the shape and dimensions of the toilet bowl 11.
    Because the bag is included in the transition from the collecting part 14 to the drain 15, it is suitable for catching the faeces there when using the toilet. Because the bag is made of a material that is degradable in water, but where the material is not so rapidly degradable in water that it already decomposes before it has passed water seal 16, the faeces can be retained in this for some time. At least for the period of time required between the moment the bag 19a comes into contact with the water in the water seal 16, or the drain 15, and the moment it is moved to the sewer connection 17, the material from which the bag is made must cannot be dissolved in the water. The person skilled in the art will understand therefrom which material is suitable for this, which may inter alia lie in the paper comprising a specific fiber length or in combination of long paper fibers and short paper fibers.
    The pouch as shown in figure 2 is of such a shape that it is formed in accordance with the shape of the drain 15 of the toilet bowl. This means in the case of the toilet bowl 11 of Figure 2 that it has an asymmetrical shape in which the wall parts are at different angles with respect to the bottom part. In another embodiment, these wall parts can also differ in length. Since the majority of contemporary toilets comprise a toilet bowl similar to the toilet bowl 11 as shown in Figure 2, such an asymmetrical toilet bag fits well with such toilet pots.
    The toilet bag 19a is, as stated, made from a water-degradable material, for example from paper with relatively short paper fibers. In particular from recycled paper. When faeces end up in the bag during use of the toilet, the bag will at least partially sink into drain 15 under the weight thereof. Because the drain 15 near the water seal 16 decreases in diameter, the wall parts of the bag will be forced inwards. As a result, the bag will, as it were, fold shut, so that the risk of the faeces coming out of the bag decreases. The process of folding the bag shut can be further promoted in that the wall parts are made of a thinner material or that they comprise, for example, more or only short paper fibers which dissolve more quickly in water.
    The bag as shown in Figure 2, but also as shown in Figure 3 or in other embodiments of the invention comprises water-degradable material. In particular, the pouch is made of material that comprises substantially wholly or wholly degradable recycled paper. In a simple embodiment, the bag can be manufactured from one layer, which is preferred from a cost-technical aspect. However, in a preferred embodiment the bag is made up of several layers, which makes the bag stronger and reduces the risk of tearing. In this preferred embodiment, the time required for the bag to completely dissolve in the water is between 8 and 10 minutes. The person skilled in the art will understand from this how the bag must be manufactured or which structure of fibers or additives the bag must comprise. It has been found that with such a dissolution time the pouch is on the one hand sufficiently strong to be able to capture the faeces and on the other hand dissolves quickly enough to minimize the chance of blockages.
    Figure 3 shows an alternative form of a toilet bag 19b according to a second aspect of the invention. This bag is symmetrical, which means that all wall parts are the same. This has the advantage that positioning of the bag in the toilet is not orientation-sensitive. The bag according to figure 2 has straight side walls. However, in a special embodiment, these wall parts are not straight, but hollow, such that they are formed in accordance with the curvature of the drain 15 and therefore connect well thereto.
    In figures 4a-4f a toilet bag 19a according to a first embodiment of the invention is shown from different perspectives. This pouch is formed as a truncated pyramid or a pyramid segment with the pyramid on its narrow truncated side thereof having a closed bottom part 21b. The bottom part 21b comprises on its four sides wall parts 21a which are also mutually connected to form a bag or receiving part. The bag as shown is asymmetrical and comprises two wall parts that correspond as well as two wall parts that are different. As can be seen in particular from Figs. 4c-4e, the wall parts are not formed by a straight plane, but are concave when viewed from the inside of the toilet bag.
    Figures 5a-5g show a toilet bag 19a according to a second embodiment of the invention from different perspectives. This bag is similar to the bag of Figures 4a-4f in the form of a pyramid and in particular an inverted truncated pyramid or pyramid segment. Also in this embodiment the wall parts 21a are concave from the inside. In particular, a number of folding lines 22 are included in this embodiment. These folding lines can also be included in other embodiments of the bag, such as, for example, the embodiment shown in Figs. 4a-4f. The folding lines extend in the longitudinal direction 22a over the wall parts 21a and extend over the entire surface. In this figure, three folding lines are visible per wall section. Alternatively, more or fewer folding lines can be included, depending on the size of the bag.
    Figure 5f clearly shows that the underside 21b of the toilet bag is also provided with a number of folding lines which are arranged there in a 2-dimensional grid over the bottom part 21b. As a result, the bottom part is adjustable in size in two directions and it is suitable to be accommodated in different toilets with various dimensions. Depending on whether the size of the drain is smaller, the folding lines will ensure that the bag will have a smaller bottom part surface and thus can cover at least virtually the entire water surface in the drain. The folding lines in these figures are only shown as examples. Different shapes of folding lines are conceivable and suitable for use. Examples are perforated folding lines, diluted folding lines and folding lines with a sawtooth, triangle, square wave, sine wave or similar pattern. In a practical embodiment the bag is provided with 2 folding lines of 20 mm per wall part.
    The bag is shown in these figures in the state in which it has not (yet) come into contact with water. The bag therefore still has the original folded shape. In this form, the pouch is formed by a bottom part 21b that is square and has a surface of 60 x 60 mm. The top side 21c is rectangular and has a surface of 120x130 mm. The height of the bag is the same everywhere and measures 100 mm. It is clearly visible from Figure 4f that the folding lines 22 are present over the entire height of a first wall part 22a and extend over the bottom part 21b to the opposite wall part 22a. These folding lines enable the bag to expand upon contact with water and to take a maximum shape in which the bottom part has an area of 100x100 mm and on the top side 170x160 mm. The height remains the same in this case.
    权利要求:
    Claims (14)
    [1]
    Conclusions
    A toilet bag for collecting faeces to prevent the attachment of faeces in a toilet bowl, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is made comprises water-degradable material and wherein the toilet bag comprises a number of wall parts and one bottom part, the bottom part being adapted to be received at least partially in the drain of the toilet bowl, in the vicinity of the water surface, to receive the feces and wherein at least one of the wall parts and the bottom part comprises folding lines for forming the toilet bowl according to the drain of the toilet bowl toilet bag.
    [2]
    A toilet bag according to claim 1, wherein the toilet bag comprises four wall parts and which four wall parts tapering towards the bottom part.
    [3]
    A toilet bag according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wall parts and the bottom part form a pyramid segment.
    [4]
    Toilet bag according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the wall parts and the bottom part form a cone segment.
    [5]
    Toilet bag according to one of the preceding claims, wherein the folding lines are designed as ribs.
    [6]
    A toilet pouch according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the folding lines are shaped such that they are adapted to allow the pouch to expand upon contact with water such that it assumes a shape corresponding to the drain of the toilet bowl.
    [7]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is made further comprises a water-soluble odor-separating additive, wherein the additive comprises in particular perfume, linalool, limonene or a combination thereof.
    [8]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the wall parts are shaped in such a way that the toilet bag hereby closes as soon as the feces are received therein.
    [9]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is made further comprises citric acid.
    [10]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the toilet bag further comprises at least one lip part which is formed as an extending wall part.
    [11]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is made is adapted to sink the toilet bag at least partially in water from the drain of the toilet bowl when receiving the feces.
    [12]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is made is adapted to cause the wall parts of the toilet bag to enclose the faeces at least partially when receiving the feces, and in particular when flushing the toilet at least almost entirely.
    [13]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is made comprises biodegradable material.
    [14]
    A toilet bag according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the material from which the toilet bag is formed such that it is arranged to be stackable.
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