(19)
(11) EP 1 039 051 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.10.2002 Bulletin 2002/40

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.09.2000 Bulletin 2000/39

(21) Application number: 00302265.4

(22) Date of filing: 20.03.2000
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: E03D 9/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 25.03.1999 US 275803

(71) Applicant: INTERNATIONAL FLAVORS & FRAGRANCES INC.
New York New York 10019 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Lindauer, Jerome I.
    Hillsdale, County of Bergen, NJ 07642 (US)
  • Falabella, Elizabeth
    Point Pleasant County of Ocean, NJ 08742 (US)
  • Rodriguez, Nikki
    Yonkers, County of Westchester,NY 10705 (US)
  • Meyer, Andrea L.
    Aberdeen, Cnty. Monmouth, NJ 07747 (US)

(74) Representative: Richardson, Kate 
Forrester & Boehmert, Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Refillable apparatus using flushing water and having flow and diffusion control features for deodorizing and/or cleansing and/or aromatizing a toilet basin and process for operation of same


(57) Described is a liquid dispensing apparatus which uses flushing water and which controllably dispenses from a reservoir a metered dosage of deodorizing composition and/or cleansing composition and/or aromatizing composition into a portion of the flushing water (contained in a trough intermediate between the reservoir and a toilet basin) with the resultant composition being thereupon controllably dispensed into the toilet basin during the flushing cycle. The apparatus is easily refilled without the user being required to manually manipulate the dispensing apparatus while it is attached to the toilet basin. Also described is a process for employing the apparatus during the flush cycle.






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