Suction filter sanitation device
OwnerRoy W. Mattson JR., Paulette C. Ogden +1inventors
InventorsRoy W. Mattson JR., Paulette C. Ogden, Philip I. Ogden
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Abstract
A system to sanitize water in a whirlpool bathtub, spa, swimming pool, and other water vessels comprising improvements to U.S. Pat. No. 6,395,167 and incorporating an antimicrobial chemical dispenser.
Claims21
In combination with a whirlpool bathtub, said whirlpool bathtub having a tub, the tub having an inside surface, a closed loop plumbing system, a water pump and output jets, the improvement comprising:
- a housing assembly having a mounting surface for providing a flush mount to an inside of a tub, below a fill line of the tub;
- said housing assembly having an input orifice and an output orifice, and a shape to enable drainage;
- said input orifice having a vertically oriented porous pop off faceplate;
- a removable filter located rearward of a front surface of said faceplate and adjacent to said input orifice;
- a chemical dispenser located rearward of said front surface of said faceplate and adjacent to said input orifice;
- wherein said chemical dispenser houses a chemical, thereby providing a suction device to take water in the tub, and to pass water through said filter and said chemical dispenser;
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- wherein said chemical dispenser has one or more openings to release said chemical when contacted with water.
A combination purification device and suction device comprising:
- a housing assembly having a mounting surface for providing a flush mount on an inside surface of a whirlpool bathtub, below a fill line of the whirlpool bathtub;
- wherein said housing assembly is attached to a suction line of said whirlpool bathtub;
- the housing assembly having an input orifice and an output orifice, and a shape to enable drainage;
- said input orifice having a vertically orientated porous faceplate;
- a removable filter located rearward of the front surface of said faceplate and adjacent to said input orifice;
- a removable chemical dispenser located rearward of the front surface of said faceplate and adjacent to said input orifice;
- said chemical dispenser housing a chemical, thereby providing a suction device to take water in the whirlpool bathtub, and to pass water through said filter and said chemical dispenser;
- wherein said chemical dispenser has one or more openings to release said chemical into the suction line of said whirlpool bathtub when contacted with water;
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- wherein the chemical inhibits a growth of bacteria in said whirlpool bathtub.
In combination with a whirlpool bathtub, said whirlpool bathtub having a tub, the tub having an inside surface, a closed loop plumbing system, a water pump and output jets, the improvement comprising:
- a housing assembly having a mounting surface for providing a flush mount on an inside surface of a whirlpool bathtub, below a fill line of the whirlpool bathtub;
- said housing assembly having an input orifice and an output orifice, and a shape to enable drainage;
- said input orifice having a vertically orientated porous faceplate;
- a removable filter located rearward of the front surface of said faceplate and adjacent to said input orifice;
- a chemical dispenser located rearward of the front surface of said faceplate and adjacent to said input orifice;
- wherein said chemical dispenser houses a replenishable chemical;
- wherein said chemical dispenser has one or more openings to release said chemical into a suction line of said closed loop plumbing system when contacted with water, not only when said whirlpool bath is activated;
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- wherein said chemical inhibits a growth of bacteria in said whirlpool bathtub.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.