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US 12,570,557 B2Granted
Eroding assembly for chlorinator with removable sieve and weir
AssigneeHammonds Technical Services, Inc.
InventorsCarl L. Hammonds, Jeffrey T. Hammonds, Manuel Tamayo
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Abstract
An eroding assembly for use in water-soluble chemical feeder where a solid chemical material is eroded by water so as to produce a sanitizing solution of dissolved chemical and water having removal components in its structure for ease of cleaning and removal of any undissolved chemical material, particularly the sieve plate and weir.
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An eroding assembly, comprising:
- an eroding chamber,
- the eroding chamber having an eroding chamber upper member and an eroding chamber lower member,
- the eroding chamber upper member having an eroding chamber upper member lower edge and an eroding chamber upper member profile,
- the eroding chamber lower member having an eroding chamber lower member upper edge, an eroding chamber bottom plate, the eroding chamber bottom plate having an opening therethrough, an eroding chamber lower member profile at the eroding chamber lower member upper edge, and an eroding chamber lower member inner diameter,
- the eroding chamber upper member profile identical to the eroding chamber lower member profile,
- the eroding chamber lower member having a pipe entry for input of a tangential pipe entry and sealed against the mixing chamber, and
- the eroding chamber upper member lower edge separated from the eroding chamber lower member upper edge by a first eroding chamber distance;
- the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member maintained along a common central axis and separated by the first eroding chamber distance;
- a weir body,
- the weir body having a plurality of weir perforations therethrough with a weir perforation lowest edge at a weir perforation height from a weir body bottom edge,
- the weir body adapted to contact the eroding chamber upper member at a weir body upper section,
- the weir body configured to be positioned about the eroding chamber wherein the weir perforation lowest edge is positioned below the eroding chamber upper member lower edge and
- the weir body bottom edge by distant the eroding chamber lower member upper edge a sieve plate height, the sieve plate height less than the first eroding chamber distance,
- the weir body having a weir body profile to fit about the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member,
- the weir body having a weir body inner diameter equal to an eroding chamber upper member outer diameter,
- the weir body having a weir body thickness, and
- the weir body having a weir body height greater than difference of the first eroding chamber distance and the sieve plate height;
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- a removable sieve plate,
- the removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first end and a removable sieve plate second end,
- the removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first section, a removable sieve plate second section, a removable sieve plate third section,
- the removable sieve plate first section adjacent the removable sieve plate first end,
- the removable sieve plate third section adjacent the removable sieve plate second end, the removable sieve plate second section intermediate the removable sieve plate first section and the removable sieve plate third section,
- the removable sieve plate second section having the sieve plate height,
- the removable sieve plate second section having a removable sieve plate second section length not less than the sum of the eroding chamber upper member outer diameter and twice the weir body thickness,
- the removable sieve plate second section having a sieve therethrough,
- the removable sieve plate removably positionable in the eroding chamber in an interference fit between the weir body and the eroding chamber lower member, and
- the removable sieve plate slidably removable from the eroding chamber.
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An eroding assembly, comprising:
- an eroding chamber,
- the eroding chamber having an eroding chamber upper member and an eroding chamber lower member,
- the eroding chamber upper member having an eroding chamber upper member lower edge and an eroding chamber upper member profile,
- the eroding chamber lower member having an eroding chamber lower member upper edge, an eroding chamber bottom plate, an eroding chamber lower member profile at the eroding chamber lower member upper edge, and an eroding chamber lower member inner diameter,
- the eroding chamber bottom plate having an opening therethrough,
- the eroding chamber lower member having a pipe entry for input of a tangential pipe entry and sealed against the mixing chamber,
- the eroding chamber upper member lower edge separated from the eroding chamber lower member upper edge by a first eroding chamber distance;
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- the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member maintained along a common central axis and separated by the first eroding chamber distance;
- a weir body,
- the weir body having a plurality of weir perforations therethrough with a weir perforation lowest edge at a weir perforation height from a weir body bottom edge,
- the weir body adapted to contact the eroding chamber upper member at a weir body upper section,
- the weir body configured to be positioned about the eroding chamber wherein the weir perforation lowest edge is positioned below the eroding chamber upper member lower edge and the weir body bottom edge distant the eroding chamber lower member upper edge by a sieve plate height,
- the weir body having a weir body profile to fit about the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member,
- the weir body having a weir body inner diameter equal to an eroding chamber upper member outer diameter,
- the weir body having a weir body thickness, and
- the weir body having a weir body height greater than difference of the first eroding chamber distance and the sieve plate height;
- a removable sieve plate,
- the removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first end and a removable sieve plate second end,
- the removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first section, a removable sieve plate second section, a removable sieve plate third section,
- the removable sieve plate first section adjacent the removable sieve plate first end,
- the removable sieve plate third section adjacent the removable sieve plate second end, the removable sieve plate second section intermediate the removable sieve plate first section and the removable sieve plate third section,
- the removable sieve plate second section having the sieve plate height,
- the removable sieve plate second section having a removable sieve plate second section length not less than the sum of the eroding chamber upper member outer diameter and twice the weir body thickness,
- the removable sieve plate second section having a sieve therethrough,
- the removable sieve plate removably positionable in the eroding chamber in an interference fit between the weir body and the eroding chamber lower member,
- the removable sieve plate slidably removable from the eroding chamber;
- the removable sieve plate first section having a removable sieve plate first section profile at the removable sieve plate first end adapted to facilitate imposition of the removable sieve plate into the eroding chamber between the eroding chamber lower member and the weir body;
- the removable sieve plate third section having a removable sieve plate third section profile at the removable sieve plate second end, the removable sieve plate third section profile complementary to the removable sieve plate first section profile;
- a second removable sieve plate with a second sieve therethrough, the second sieve having a second erosion rate, the second erosion rate different from an erosion rate of the sieve;
- the second removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first section profile at a second removable sieve plate first end complementary to the removable sieve plate third section profile;
- the removable sieve plate is adapted to be driven across the eroding chamber between the eroding chamber lower member and the weir body from an eroding chamber first side to an eroding chamber second side by the second removable sieve plate;
- the weir body repositionable to provide the plurality of weir perforations at a weir perforation second height;
- the weir body having a plurality of weir body sections;
- a plurality of weir body retention clips affixed to the eroding chamber adapted to removably laterally retain each of the plurality of weir body sections;
- wherein at least one of the plurality of weir body retention clips is attached to the eroding chamber upper member;
- wherein the weir body is resiliently flexible;
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- two eroding chamber lower member keys, each of the two eroding chamber lower member keys extending upward from the eroding chamber lower member upper edge at opposing sides of the eroding chamber lower member, the two eroding chamber lower member keys sized to tightly accommodate the removable sieve plate slidably positioned between them.
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An eroding assembly, comprising:
- an eroding chamber,
- the eroding chamber having an eroding chamber upper member and an eroding chamber lower member,
- the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member defined by a slidably removable sieve plate,
- the eroding chamber lower member in communication with a mixing chamber tank,
- the slidably removable sieve plate having a sieve therethrough adapted to provide fluid communication between the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member,
- a weir body removably attached to the eroding chamber upper member and adapted to limit fluid communication from the eroding chamber upper member to a mixing chamber tank.
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An eroding assembly, comprising:
- an eroding chamber,
- the eroding chamber having an eroding chamber upper member and an eroding chamber lower member,
- the eroding chamber upper member having an eroding chamber upper member lower edge,
- the eroding chamber lower member having an eroding chamber lower member upper edge,
- the eroding chamber lower member having a pipe entry for input of a tangential pipe entry and sealed against the mixing chamber,
- an eroding chamber bottom plate at a bottom of the eroding chamber lower member, the eroding chamber bottom plate having an opening therethrough,
- the eroding chamber upper member lower edge separated from the eroding chamber lower member upper edge by a first eroding chamber distance;
- a removable sieve plate,
- the removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first end and a removable sieve plate second end,
- the removable sieve plate having a removable sieve plate first section, a removable sieve plate second section, a removable sieve plate third section,
- the removable sieve plate first section adjacent the removable sieve plate first end,
- the removable sieve plate third section adjacent the removable sieve plate second end, the removable sieve plate second section intermediate the removable sieve plate first section and the removable sieve plate third section,
- the removable sieve plate second section having a sieve therethrough adapted to provide fluid communication between the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member, and
- the removable sieve plate slidably removable from the eroding chamber, and
- a weir body,
- the weir body extending below the eroding chamber upper member,
- the weir body having a weir perforation lowest edge positioned below the eroding chamber upper member lower edge,
- the weir body having a weir body bottom edge distant the eroding chamber lower member upper edge a sieve plate height,
- the weir body configured to retain water above the removable sieve plate up to a weir height when the removable sieve plate is positioned between the eroding chamber upper member and the eroding chamber lower member and the weir body contacts the removable sieve plate and a sieve flow rate through the sieve is less than an eroding chamber flow rate into the eroding chamber.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.