Toilet rim block and rim block cage

US10738450B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Henkel AG & Co. KGaA · DE

Inventors

• Christian Reichert · Weingarten, DE
• Uwe Trebbe · Goldkronach, DE
• Michael Horn · South Setauket, US
• Robert Stephen Cappleman · Duisburg, DE
• Michael Voelker · Towson, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 5, 2018
• Grant date: Aug 11, 2020
• Expiry date: Jun 26, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC E): Fixed Constructions
• CPC primary: E03D2009/026
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A toilet rim block which consists of an outer cover and a core, and to a rim block cage including the toilet rim block. The outer cover includes a first composition and the core includes a second composition. Preferably, the first and the second compositions differ from each other by at least one of the following features: different active substances, different concentration but same active substance, and different viscosity. The outer cover partly encloses the core and the core protrudes on at least one face of the toilet rim block right to the surface as a pole and is exposed. The core is shaped such that the surface of the exposed area changes upon even wear of the surface of the toilet rim block, the surface of the exposed area of the core increasing upon even wear of the surface of the toilet rim block.