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US 2003/0113245 A1Published application
Neutralizing chemical dispenser with removable cover layer
OwnerJerry F. Robinson SR., Gerald Reid SR.inventors
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Abstract
A device and method for dispensing chemical agents into a body of water includes a plastic, Bucket-like container having the chemical agents disposed therein. The side walls of the container are perforated with a plurality of perforations. Wrapped around the outside walls of the container is a removable cover layer disposed over the perforations. Disposed within the container is a layer of closed cell foam to provide the container with sufficient buoyancy to float at the surface of a body of water. The device is especially useful in the neutralization of pH within a lake or pond.
Claims36
An apparatus for neutralizing a body of water, the apparatus comprising:
- (i) a container having a top, a bottom and side walls, the side walls being perforated with a plurality of side wall perforations, the side wall perforations each having an open area between about 0.004 square inches and about 0.5 square inches;
- (ii) neutralizing agents within the container;
- (iii) a flotation enhancer disposed above said neutralizing agents,
- (iv) a spacer disk loosely disposed horizontally between the flotation enhancer and the neutralizing agents;
- and
- (v) a removable cover layer disposed over the perforations to prevent leakage through the side wall perforations until the cover layer is removed;
- wherein, when the cover layer is removed, the apparatus is adapted to float in a body of water and the neutralizing agents are allowed to seep into the body of water via the side wall perforations.
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An apparatus useful for dispensing neutralizing chemical agents into a body of water, the apparatus comprising:
- (i) a container having a top, a bottom and side walls, the side walls being perforated with a plurality of side wall perforations, the perforations each having an open area between about 0.02 square inches and about 0.05 square inches;
- (ii) dry neutralizing agents within the container;
- (iii) a flotation enhancer disposed above the neutralizing agents;
- (iv) a spacer disk loosely disposed horizontally between the flotation enhancer and the neutralizing agents;
- (v) an anchor tethered to the container via an anchor line;
- and
- (vi) a removable cover layer disposed over the side wall perforations to prevent leakage through the side wall perforations until the cover layer is removed, the cover layer comprising a flexible material;
- wherein, when the cover layer is removed, the apparatus is adapted to float in a body of water and the neutralizing agents are allowed to seep into the body of water via the side wall perforations;
- and
- wherein, when the apparatus is floated in a body of water, the apparatus is adapted such that water from the body of water seeps into the container via the side wall perforations until equilibrium is established, and after equilibrium is established, the apparatus continues to float in the body of water.
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An apparatus useful for dispensing neutralizing agents into a body of water, the apparatus comprising:
- (i) a container having a top, a bottom and side walls, the side walls being perforated with a plurality of side wall perforations, the side wall perforations each having an open area between about 0.004 square inches and about 0.5 square inches;
- (ii) neutralizing agents within the container;
- and
- (iii) a removable cover layer disposed over the perforations to prevent leakage through the side wall perforations until the cover layer is removed;
- and
- wherein said container further comprises a top wall and a bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall is adapted to nest within the top wall of a like container, so that a plurality of containers can be stably stacked upon one another;
- and
- wherein, when the cover layer is removed, the apparatus is adapted to float in a body of water and the neutralizing agents are allowed to seep into the body of water via the side wall perforations.
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An apparatus useful for dispensing neutralizing chemical agents into a body of water, the apparatus comprising:
- (i) a container having a top, a bottom and side walls, the side walls being perforated with a plurality of side wall perforations, the perforation each having an open area between about 0.02 square inches and about 0.05 square inches;
- (ii) dry neutralizing agents within the container;
- (iii) a flotation enhancer disposed above the neutralizing agents;
- (iv) an anchor tethered to the container via an anchor line;
- and
- (v) a removable cover layer disposed over the side wall perforations to prevent leakage through the side wall perforations until the cover layer is removed, the cover layer comprising a flexible material;
- wherein the apparatus further comprises a top wall and a bottom wall;
- wherein the bottom wall is adapted to nest within the top wall of a like container, so that a plurality of containers can be stably stacked upon one another;
- wherein, when the cover layer is removed, the apparatus is adapted to float in a body of water and neutralizing agents are allowed to seep into the body of water via the side wall perforations;
- and
- wherein, when the apparatus is floated in a body of water, the apparatus is adapted such that water from the body of water seeps into the container via the side wall perforations until equilibrium is established, and after equilibrium is established, the apparatus continues to float in the body of water.
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A method for neutralizing a body of water comprising the steps of:
- providing a neutralization container comprising
- (i) a top, a bottom and side walls, the side walls being perforated with a plurality of side wall perforations, the side wall perforations each having an open area between about 0.004 square inches and about 0.5 square inches;
- (ii) neutralizing agents within the container;
- (iii) a flotation enhancer disposed above said neutralizing agents,
- (iv) a spacer disk loosely disposed horizontally between the flotation enhancer and the neutralizing agents;
- and
- (v) a removable cover layer disposed over the perforations to prevent leakage through the side wall perforations until the cover layer is removed;
- removing said cover layer;
- and
- placing said neutralization container in said body of water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.