Chlorination apparatus and method
OwnerPeter L. Alexanderinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for providing a solute to a solvent, the apparatus comprising a feed line where the feed line comprises a mixer-injector having at least a body with a carrier stream inlet, an additive stream inlet, and an outlet, a metering valve for controlling an amount of solute to supply to the solvent, a flow meter to determine the amount of solute to supply to the solvent, a strainer to remove a foreign substance from the solute, a cleanout valve, an additive feed line, a solenoid valve to control when a release of the solute to the flow meter is made, and a shut-off valve to prevent the release of said solute to the solvent.
Claims20
A swimming pool purification apparatus, said apparatus comprising a feed line comprising:
- (a) a mixer-injector having at least a body with a carrier stream inlet, an additive stream inlet, and an outlet;
- (b) a metering valve where a first end is connected to said additive stream inlet of said mixer-injector;
- (c) a flow meter where a first end is connected to a second end of said metering valve;
- (d) a cleanout valve;
- (e) a purification additive feed line;
- (f ) a solenoid valve where a first end is connected to said additive feed line;
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- (g) a shut-off valve where a first end is connected to a second end of said cleanout valve.
An apparatus for providing a solute to a solvent, said apparatus comprising a feed line where said feed line comprises:
- (a) a mixer-injector having at least a body with a carrier stream inlet, an additive stream inlet, and an outlet;
- (b) a metering valve for controlling an amount of solute to supply to said solvent;
- (c) a flow meter to determine said amount of solute to supply to said solvent;
- (d) a strainer to remove a foreign substance from said solute;
- (e) a cleanout valve;
- (f) an additive feed line;
- (g) a solenoid valve to control when a release of said solute to said flow meter is made;
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- (h) a shut-off valve to prevent said release of said solute to said solvent.
A method for introducing a chemical into a body of water, said method comprising:
- (a) supplying water for entry into a body of water through a mixer-injector comprising a carrier stream inlet, an additive stream inlet, and an outlet;
- (b) allowing a controller to detect a decrease in a chemical in said body of water;
- (c) if a decrease in said chemical is detected, allowing said controller to open a solenoid valve allowing said chemical to flow to said mixer-injector for mixture with said body of water;
- (d) providing a flow meter controllable by a flow meter valve to establish an amount of said chemical to flow to said mixer-injector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.