阅读说明：本技术 一种蓄液式马桶刷具 (Liquid storage type toilet brush ) 是由 洪锦华 于 2021-09-23 设计创作，主要内容包括：本发明涉及刷具技术领域,且公开了一种蓄液式马桶刷具,包括马桶,所述马桶的内部一侧固定连接有清洗槽,所述清洗槽的顶端一侧开设有出水口,所述清洗槽的底端开设平面槽,所述清洗槽的底端位于平面槽的上方等距离开设有方形孔。通过清洗槽的形状设置,使清洗槽贴合马桶刷的形状,便于清洁,且清洗槽能够在冲水按钮按压冲水时,清洗槽进行蓄水,使马桶刷在刷马桶的内壁后,在马桶的内部浑浊的水中一次刷洗,再在清洗槽内部干净的水中进行二次刷洗,从而减少同时冲洗马桶和马桶刷所造成的马桶刷表面粘附排泄物的情况,提高了马桶刷的清洁效率,减少了冲水次数,避免了水资源的浪费,通过挤压头和活动杆之间的阻尼作用,提高清洗槽的功能性。(The invention relates to the technical field of brushes and discloses a liquid storage type toilet brush which comprises a toilet, wherein one side in the toilet is fixedly connected with a cleaning tank, one side of the top end of the cleaning tank is provided with a water outlet, the bottom end of the cleaning tank is provided with a plane groove, and the bottom end of the cleaning tank is positioned above the plane groove and is provided with square holes at equal intervals. Shape setting through the washing tank, make the washing tank laminating closestool brush's shape, it is convenient for clean, and the washing tank can press when washing by water button, the washing tank impounds, make the closestool brush behind the inner wall of brush closestool, once scrub in the muddy aquatic of the inside of closestool, scrub again in the inside clean aquatic of washing tank again, thereby reduce the condition that washes closestool and closestool brush caused closestool brush surface adhesion excrement simultaneously, the cleaning efficiency of closestool brush has been improved, the number of times of washing by water has been reduced, the waste of water resource has been avoided, through the damping effect between extrusion head and the movable rod, the functionality of washing tank is improved.)

1. A liquid-storing toilet brush comprising a toilet bowl (1), characterized in that: the closestool is characterized in that a cleaning tank (2) is fixedly connected to one side in the closestool (1), a water outlet (13) is formed in one side of the top end of the cleaning tank (2), a plane tank (3) is formed in the bottom end of the cleaning tank (2), square holes are formed in the bottom end of the cleaning tank (2) and located above the plane tank (3) at equal intervals, a movable head (4) is movably connected to the bottom end of the cleaning tank (2) through the square holes, the movable head (4) is L-shaped, one end, away from the water outlet (13), of the movable head (4) is hinged to the bottom end of the cleaning tank (2), clamping columns (7) are fixedly connected to the front side and the back side of the other end of the movable head (4) respectively, the movable head (4) is slidably connected with sliding strips (8) through the clamping columns (7), and a spring (5) is fixedly connected to the top end of the middle of the movable head (4), the bottom end of the cleaning tank (2) is fixedly connected with an air bag (6) positioned in the spring (5), the top end of the sliding strip (8) close to one side of the water outlet (13) is fixedly connected with a connecting rod (9), the front surface of the cleaning tank (2) is provided with a square groove (10), the inside of the square groove (10) is connected with a sliding piece (11) in a sliding way, one end of the sliding part (11) close to the water outlet (13) is movably sleeved with the outer side of the connecting rod (9), the top end of the sliding part (11) is fixedly connected with a connecting plate (12), the top ends of the sides of the cleaning tank (2) close to the water outlet (13) are respectively and fixedly connected with extrusion heads (14) at equal intervals, the top end of one side of the cleaning tank (2) is hinged with a movable rod (15) located between the two extrusion heads (14), and the top end of the movable rod (15) is hinged with the bottom end of the connecting plate (12).

2. A liquid storing toilet brush according to claim 1, wherein: the top fixedly connected with water tank (16) of closestool (1), the middle part of water tank (16) is connected with air pocket (17), the bottom fixedly connected with breather pipe (18) of air pocket (17), the bottom outside and gasbag (6) intercommunication that washing tank (2) were run through to the other end of breather pipe (18), the top swing joint of water tank (16) has toilet lid (19), the middle part of toilet lid (19) is connected with bath button (20).

3. A liquid storing toilet brush according to claim 1, wherein: the end, close to the water outlet (13), of the movable head (4) is a round angle, and the round angle at the top end of one side of the movable head (4) protrudes out of the inner bottom surface of the cleaning tank (2).

4. A liquid storing toilet brush according to claim 1, wherein: the sliding piece (11) rotates in a right-angled shape like the Chinese character 'pi', and a straight line where the sliding piece (11) is in sliding connection with the square groove (10) is always parallel to a straight line where the connecting rod (9) is.

5. A liquid storing toilet brush according to claim 1, wherein: the section of the extrusion head (14) is bullet-shaped, and the top end of the extrusion head (14) and the top end of the cleaning tank (2) are on the same plane.

6. A liquid storing toilet brush according to claim 1, wherein: the movable rods (15) are in a cross shape, and the width between the extrusion heads (14) is the same as the width of the middle parts of the movable rods (15).

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of brushes, in particular to a liquid storage type toilet brush.

Background

The closestool can contain excrement that people produced and wash towards the sewer in people's daily life, after daily like the lavatory, press the flush button and wash the excrement in the closestool to the sewer after, if there is the adhesion excrement in the inner wall of closestool, can use the closestool brush to carry out the cleanness of closestool inner wall usually, later press the flush button once more, after partly water washed muddy liquid in the closestool out, put into the closestool brush together again and wash, the closestool brush can be washed relatively clean this moment, but remaining water in the closestool has certain degree of muddy, influence next use, need press the flush button once more and wash the closestool, thereby make the interior surplus water of closestool and closestool brush clean.

Flushing excrement in the toilet, flushing turbid liquid and a toilet brush in the toilet again, and finally flushing to clean residual water in the toilet and the toilet brush so as to press a flushing button for multiple times to flush the toilet and the toilet brush, thereby causing waste of water resources to a certain extent, and storing water in a toilet water tank for multiple times so as to prolong the water storage time of the water tank and influence the cleaning efficiency; and the shape of the water storage groove in the closestool can only clean the outer side of the closestool brush, and certain difficulty exists in cleaning the brush hair of the closestool brush, the closestool brush needs to be brushed back and forth on the inner wall of the closestool, so that excrement on the surface of the closestool brush can be cleaned and shaken off, and the brush hair of the closestool brush splashes out of the excrement and moisture on the surface, so that the cleaning difficulty of the surrounding environment is increased, the use comfort level is reduced, and when the closestool brush is taken out of the inside of the closestool, the moisture on the surface of the closestool brush can drip on the closestool ring, the subsequent use of the closestool is influenced, and the practical difficulty is improved.

Disclosure of Invention

Aiming at the defects of the prior toilet brush in the use process, the invention provides a liquid storage type toilet brush which has the advantages of convenience in cleaning and no dripping, and solves the technical problems in the prior art.

The invention provides the following technical scheme: a liquid storage type toilet brush tool comprises a toilet, wherein a cleaning groove is fixedly connected to one side inside the toilet, a water outlet is formed in one side of the top end of the cleaning groove, a plane groove is formed in the bottom end of the cleaning groove, square holes are formed in the bottom end of the cleaning groove, which is located above the plane groove, at equal intervals, a movable head is movably connected to the bottom end of the cleaning groove through the square holes, the movable head is L-shaped, one end, away from the water outlet, of the movable head is hinged to the bottom end of the cleaning groove, clamping columns are respectively and fixedly connected to the front side and the back side of the other end of the movable head, a sliding strip is slidably connected to the movable head through the clamping columns, a spring is fixedly connected to the top end of the middle of the movable head, an air bag located inside the spring is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the cleaning groove, and a connecting rod is fixedly connected to the top end, close to the water outlet, of the sliding strip, the utility model discloses a washing tank, including washing tank, connecting rod, top fixedly connected with extrusion head, washing tank, top equidistance, the inside sliding connection in square groove has the slider, the slider is close to the one end of delivery port and cup joints with the outside activity of connecting rod, the top fixedly connected with connecting plate of slider, the washing tank is close to the top equidistance of delivery port one side and is fixedly connected with extrusion head respectively, one side top of washing tank articulates there is the movable rod that is located between two extrusion heads, the top and the connecting plate bottom of movable rod are articulated.

Preferably, the top fixedly connected with water tank of closestool, the middle part of water tank is connected with the gas bag, the bottom fixedly connected with breather pipe of gas bag, the other end of breather pipe runs through the bottom outside and the gasbag intercommunication of washing tank, the top swing joint of water tank has the toilet lid, the middle part of toilet lid is connected with the bath button.

Preferably, one end of the movable head close to the water outlet is a round angle, and the round angle at the top end of one side of the movable head protrudes out of the inner bottom surface of the cleaning tank.

Preferably, the shape of the sliding part is in a shape of rotating a right angle in a shape of 'pi', and a straight line where the sliding part is in sliding connection with the square groove is always parallel to a straight line where the connecting rod is located.

Preferably, the cross-sectional shape of the extrusion head is bullet-shaped, and the top end of the extrusion head and the top end of the cleaning tank are on the same plane.

Preferably, the movable rod is in a cross shape, and the width between the extrusion heads is the same as the width of the middle part of the movable rod.

The invention has the following beneficial effects:

1. according to the invention, through the shape arrangement of the cleaning groove, the cleaning groove is made to be fit with the shape of the toilet brush, so that the cleaning groove is convenient to clean, and when a water flushing button is used for pressing water to flush, the cleaning groove stores water, so that the toilet brush is brushed in muddy water in the toilet after brushing the inner wall of the toilet, and then is brushed in clean water in the cleaning groove for the second time, thereby reducing the condition that excrement is adhered to the surface of the toilet brush due to simultaneous flushing of the toilet and the toilet brush, improving the cleaning efficiency of the toilet brush, reducing the flushing frequency, avoiding the waste of water resources, and meanwhile, through the damping action between the extrusion head and the movable rod, the duration for opening the square hole by the movable head is limited, so that the effect of flushing water first and then storing water by the cleaning groove is achieved, and the functionality of the cleaning groove is improved.

2. According to the invention, the side surface of the extrusion head and the interval arrangement between the extrusion heads are arranged, so that the water of the brush hair of the toilet brush can be extruded completely through the extrusion between the extrusion heads in the process of cleaning the toilet brush, meanwhile, the attachments on the surface of the toilet brush can be scraped completely through the action of the extrusion heads, thus the cleaning efficiency of the toilet and the toilet brush is improved, the water on the surface of the toilet brush is prevented from dropping on the outer side or the toilet ring, the use comfort of the toilet brush is improved, and the extrusion heads can clean the interval positions in each water storage process for cleaning.

3. When the movable head is in rotary transmission through the flushing button, the protruding round corner end of the movable head rotates to the position right below the square hole around the hinge joint, the square hole and the round corner protruding end of the movable head are cleaned through water under flushing, when the movable head is in transmission through the connecting plate, the connecting rod and the like, the protruding round corner end of the movable head rotates to the position far away from the square hole around the hinge joint, turbid liquid, which is scrubbed by a toilet brush in the cleaning tank, is prevented from flowing through the outer side of the movable head, and therefore sustainability and cleanliness of the movable head in the using process are improved through control of the rotating angle.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic front view of the structure of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a side view of the present invention with a partial structure cut away;

FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of a portion of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of the structure at A in FIG. 1 according to the present invention;

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of the structure at B in FIG. 2 according to the present invention.

In the figure: 1. a toilet bowl; 2. a cleaning tank; 3. a planar slot; 4. a movable head; 5. a spring; 6. an air bag; 7. a position clamping column; 8. a slide bar; 9. a connecting rod; 10. a square groove; 11. a slider; 12. a connecting plate; 13. a water outlet; 14. an extrusion head; 15. a movable rod; 16. a water tank; 17. air bags; 18. a breather pipe; 19. a toilet lid; 20. a flush button.

Detailed Description

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present invention will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings in the embodiments of the present invention, and it is obvious that the described embodiments are only a part of the embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the embodiments. All other embodiments, which can be derived by a person skilled in the art from the embodiments given herein without making any creative effort, shall fall within the protection scope of the present invention.

Referring to fig. 1-3, a liquid storage type toilet brush comprises a toilet 1, a cleaning tank 2 is fixedly connected to one side inside the toilet 1, a water outlet 13 is formed at one side of the top end of the cleaning tank 2, a planar tank 3 is formed at the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2, square holes are formed at the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2 above the planar tank 3 at equal intervals, a movable head 4 is movably connected to the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2 through the square holes, the movable head 4 is shaped like an "L", one end of the movable head 4 far away from the water outlet 13 is hinged to the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2, a clamping column 7 is fixedly connected to the front and the back of the other end of the movable head 4 respectively, a sliding bar 8 is slidably connected to the movable head 4 through the clamping column 7, a spring 5 is fixedly connected to the top end of the middle part of the movable head 4, an air bag 6 inside the spring 5 is fixedly connected to the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2, and a connecting rod 9 is fixedly connected to the top end of the sliding bar 8 near the water outlet 13, square groove 10 has been seted up in the front of washing tank 2, the inside sliding connection in square groove 10 has slider 11, slider 11 is close to the one end of delivery port 13 and is cup jointed with the outside activity of connecting rod 9, slider 11's top fixedly connected with connecting plate 12, washing tank 2 is close to the top equidistance of delivery port 13 one side and is fixedly connected with extrusion head 14 respectively, one side top of washing tank 2 articulates there is movable rod 15 that is located between two extrusion heads 14, the top of movable rod 15 is articulated with connecting plate 12 bottom, the top fixedly connected with water tank 16 of closestool 1, the middle part of water tank 16 is connected with air pocket 17, the bottom fixedly connected with breather pipe 18 of air pocket 17, the other end of breather pipe 18 runs through the bottom outside and the gasbag 6 intercommunication of washing tank 2, the top swing joint of water tank 16 has toilet lid 19, the middle part of toilet lid 19 is connected with bath button 20.

Wherein, the movable rod 15 rotates to drive the connecting plate 12 to move along a downward arc path, the transmission is applied to the connecting rod 9, because the sliding strip 8 and the connecting rod 9 are relatively fixed, the moving path of the connecting rod 9 moves along the direction below one side of the same plane, the movable rod 15 rotates to apply to the sliding strip 8, the moving paths of the sliding strip 8 and the connecting rod 9 are the same, but the sliding strip 8 is horizontally connected with the clamping column 7 in a sliding manner, and one side of the movable head 4 is hinged with the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2, so that the clamping column 7 can only rotate relative to the hinged part of one side of the movable head 4 and horizontally slide relative to the sliding strip 8, namely, the connecting plate 12 rotates and moves downwards relative to one horizontal plane by a certain height, the connecting plate 12 drives the connecting rod 9 and the sliding strip 8 to move downwards relative to a height, and drives the clamping column 7 to rotate downwards, and correspond rotatory different angles, when the movable rod 15 is pressing the bath button 20 and is rotatory certain angle for power, movable head 4 also rotates certain angle, movable head 4 is rotatory to finish being located under the quad slit, rinse the quad slit and the fillet overhang of movable head 4 through the water of punching down, when movable rod 15 is rotatory under the effect of toilet brush thrust, movable head 4 has rotated certain angle, movable head 4 is rotatory to finish being located the quad slit below of self articulated direction one side, avoid washing the outside that the muddy liquid of toilet brush flowed through movable head 4 inside washing tank 2, and before movable head 4 counter-rotation reachs under the quad slit, the inside muddy liquid of washing toilet brush that washes of washing tank 2 finishes flowing out.

Wherein, slider 11's shape is a rotatory right angled "pi" style of calligraphy, the straight line at slider 11 and square groove 10 sliding connection's part place is parallel all the time with the straight line at connecting rod 9 place, make slider 11 in the gliding while of square groove 10 inboard, can control the inclination of slider 11 itself in fact, thereby angle control through slider 11, further control connecting rod 9's inclination, make connecting rod 9 remain unified inclination throughout the transmission process, thereby accomplish the transmission process, improve the transmission stability of whole device.

Wherein the movable rods 15 are in a cross shape, the width between the extrusion heads 14 is the same as the width of the middle part of the movable rods 15, the side surface of the middle part of the movable rods 15 can deform, and the middle part of the movable rod 15 can be made of rubber material, which is convenient for damping with the extrusion head 14, so that only the middle part of the movable rod 15 and the extrusion head 14 can perform contact damping during the whole process of rotating, transmitting and damping of the movable rod 15, and in the whole transmission process of the movable rod 15, the middle part of the movable rod 15 is always positioned between the extrusion heads 14, therefore, the length of the damping time of the movable rod 15 to the extrusion head 14 is controlled through the rotation angle of the movable rod 15, the length of the square hole opened by the movable head 4 is further controlled, under the condition that the cleaning of the toilet brush in the cleaning groove 2 is finished, the movable rod 15 has a large rotation angle and long damping time, so that the internal impurities can completely flow out.

Referring to fig. 4, the cross-sectional shape of the squeeze head 14 is bullet-shaped, and the top end of the squeeze head 14 and the top end of the cleaning tank 2 are on the same plane, the shape of the squeeze head 14 is set, so that the side surface of the squeeze head 14 and the interval between the squeeze heads 14 are set, in the process of cleaning the toilet brush, the water in the brush bristles of the toilet brush is squeezed completely through the squeezing between the squeeze heads 14, meanwhile, the attachments on the surface of the toilet brush can be scraped completely through the action of the squeeze head 14, thereby improving the cleaning efficiency of the toilet, preventing the water on the surface of the toilet brush from dropping on the outer side or the toilet ring, improving the use comfort of the toilet brush, and the water outlet 13 of the cleaning tank 2 is lower than the other top ends of the cleaning tank 2, so that when moving out of the cleaning tank 2, who overflows through the interval between the squeeze heads 14, thereby flushing the interval between the squeeze heads 14 and the surface of the squeeze heads 14, keeping the extrusion head 14 clean.

Referring to fig. 5, the end of the movable head 4 close to the water outlet 13 is a round angle, the round angle at the top end of one side of the movable head 4 protrudes out of the inner bottom surface of the cleaning tank 2, and the top end quarter part of the protruding end of the movable head 4 is deformable, so that the movable head 4 can protrude out of the bottom end part of the cleaning tank 2 through the movable head 4, the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2 is convenient for the cleaning process of the toilet brush to be rubbed and cleaned, the cleaning degree is improved, and the cleaning efficiency is improved.

The use method (working principle) of the invention is as follows:

when people go to the toilet and do not need to use a toilet brush for cleaning, the flushing button 20 is pressed down and loosened, the bottom end of the flushing button 20 is pressed to the top end of the air bag 17, the air bag 17 is compressed instantly, air in the air bag 17 enters the air bag 6 through the vent pipe 18, the air bag 6 is expanded and the spring 5 is extended, the air bag 6 pushes the other end of the movable head 4 to rotate towards the direction far away from the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2, the movable head 4 at the bottom end of the cleaning tank 2 is far away from the inside of the square hole, the protruded side of the movable head 4 rotates to the position right below the square hole, meanwhile, the clamping column 7 at one side of the movable head 4 drives the sliding strip 8 to move downwards, the sliding strip 8 drives the connecting rod 9 to move towards the bottom end of one side, the connecting rod 9 drags the sliding piece 11 to slide at the inner side of the square groove 10, the connecting plate 12 at the top end of the connecting rod 9 drives the movable rod 15 to rotate towards the outer side of the cleaning tank 2 under the dragging action of the connecting rod 9, the movable rod 15 rotates to the corresponding position of one side of the inside of the extrusion head 14, at the moment, the inside of the water tank 16 continuously flushes water to the inside of the closestool 1, excrement is flushed down, the inner wall of the closestool 1 has no attachment, water also flushes to the inside of the washing tank 2 and flushes out through the square hole at the bottom end of the washing tank 2, the protruding end of the movable head 4 is flushed and enters the inside of the closestool 1, meanwhile, the spring 5 at the top end of the middle part of the movable head 4 elastically pulls the movable head 4 to rotate towards the direction close to the square hole at the bottom end of the washing tank 2, the movable head 4 is pulled by the spring 5 and extrudes the air bag 6, the air in the air bag 6 is blown to the inside of the air bag 17 through the vent pipe 18, the movable head 4 rotates back to the inside of the square hole and seals the square hole, meanwhile, the clamping column 7 at one side of the movable head 4 drives the sliding strip 8 to move upwards, the sliding strip 8 drives the connecting rod 9 to move towards the top end of one side, connecting rod 9 drags slider 11 to slide in the inboard of square groove 10, connecting plate 12 on connecting rod 9 top drives movable rod 15 rotatory to the inboard direction of washing tank 2 under the pulling effect of connecting rod 9, movable rod 15 makes the slow initial position of getting back to of movable rod 15 because of the material damping of extrusion head 14 between extrusion head 14, make the inside of washing tank 2 connect remaining flushing water volume and retaining greatly, when the inside of washing tank 2 holds the back full, water flows to the inside of closestool 1 through the interval between the extrusion head 14.

When people need to use the toilet brush to clean, the flushing button 20 is pressed and loosened, the steps are repeated, excrement is attached to the inner wall of the toilet 1, the inner wall is cleaned by using the toilet brush, the toilet brush is placed into the water storage cleaning groove 2 to be cleaned after the cleaning, the bottom of bristles of the toilet brush brushes is brushed and cleaned at the round corner top end of the movable head 4 and the inner bottom end of the cleaning groove 2, the toilet brush is cleaned, after the cleaning is finished, the toilet brush is transversely dragged from the inner part of the cleaning groove 2 to the top end of the extrusion head 14, the bristles of the toilet brush push the side surface of the connecting plate 12 and push the connecting plate 12 and the movable rod 15 to move towards the direction of the extrusion head 14, namely the bristles of the toilet brush also reach the inner part of the extrusion head 14, the bristles of the toilet brush are extruded by the extrusion head 14, so that the bristle brush can move out from the other side of the extrusion head 14 without moisture, and the connecting plate 12 and the movable rod 15 are pushed to the outer part of the other side of the extrusion head 14, the closestool brush is placed on the outer side, meanwhile, the connecting plate 12 drives the connecting rod 9 to move, the sliding strip 8 transversely moves downwards, the movable head 4 opens the square hole at the bottom end of the cleaning groove 2, the protruding round end of the movable head 4 is not in the vertical direction of the square hole after rotating, muddy water in the cleaning groove 2 flows out and flows to the inner part of the closestool 1, at the moment, the spring 5 at the top end of the middle part of the movable head 4 elastically pulls the movable head 4 to rotate towards the direction close to the square hole at the bottom end of the cleaning groove 2, the movable head 4 is pulled by the spring 5 and extrudes the air bag 6, air in the air bag 6 is blown towards the inner part of the air bag 17 through the vent pipe 18, the movable head 4 rotates back to the inner part of the square hole and seals the square hole, meanwhile, the clamping column 7 at one side of the movable head 4 drives the sliding strip 8 to move upwards, the sliding strip 8 drives the connecting rod 9 to move towards the top end at one side, the connecting rod 9 pulls the sliding piece 11 to slide on the inner side of the square groove 10, connecting plate 12 on connecting rod 9 top drives movable rod 15 to the inboard direction rotation of washing tank 2 under the pulling effect of connecting rod 9, and movable rod 15 makes the slow initial position that gets back to of movable rod 15 because of the material damping of extrusion head 14 between extrusion head 14, presses the bath button 20 once more, makes the inside turbid liquid of closestool 1 washed once more, and the inside of washing tank 2 is washed the back and is held water, waits for carrying out the use next time.

It is noted that, herein, relational terms such as first and second, and the like may be used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Also, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that a process, method, article, or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed or inherent to such process, method, article, or apparatus.

Although embodiments of the present invention have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes, modifications, substitutions and alterations can be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the invention, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.