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Lavatory cleaning block

US5763376A · kind A · utility

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33Claims
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Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateJun 9, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC11D17/0056
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A toilet cleaning block that releases a halogen containing sanitizing agent in a controlled, substantially constant rate for about 2 to about 4 months of constant contact with water and is then completely dissolved in the water comprises an admixture of about 50% to about 80% by weight of a halogen containing sanitizing agent, about 20% to about 40% by weight of a bulking agent such as aluminum hydroxide, about 0% to about 20% by weight sodium bicarbonate, and about 1 to about 20% by weight of a sacrificial dissolution rate regulating agent such as sodium chloride.

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