Dispensing systems
AssigneeKing Technology, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A. King, Donald Dalland, Jeffrey D. Johnson
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Abstract
A non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck in the shape of a dissolvable halogen puck when the dissolvable halogen puck is in an undissolved state with the non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck physically interchangeable with a dissolvable halogen puck when placed in a dispenser for normally holding only a set of halogen pucks to enable a single dispersant dispenser to be converted to a dual dispersant dispenser without changing the structure of the single dispersant dispenser by placing a dispenser within a dispenser wherein only one of the dispensers may be provided with adjustable water ports.
Claims26
A non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck in the shape of a dissolvable halogen puck when the dissolvable halogen puck is in an undissolved state with the non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck physically interchangeable with the dissolvable halogen puck when placed in a dispenser for normally holding only a set of halogen pucks with the non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck comprising:
- a top member;
- a bottom member;
- a sidewall joining said side top member to side bottom member to form a closed container having a mineral compartment therein, said container having a plurality of water ports for water to flow in and out of said mineral compartment;
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- a mineral located in said mineral compartment whereby the non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck can be maintained in a dispersing condition when placed . alongside a halogen puck.
A halogen dispenser for normally delivering a single dispersant comprising:
- a housing having a single halogen chamber for normally holding a plurality of halogen pucks in either a stacked or non-stacked condition;
- a plurality of halogen pucks located in the halogen chamber;
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- a non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck located in the halogen chamber with said non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck and said plurality of halogen pucks simultaneously dispensing a dispersant from the non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck and a halogen from the halogen puck whereby the halogen puck changes its shape as it dissolves while the non-dissolvable immersible dispensing puck retains its shape while continuing to dispense the dispersant therefrom.
The method of converting a floating dispenser having only a single dispersant chamber and a single dispersant sanitizing mode to a dual dispersant sanitizing mode that requires less halogen to maintain a body of water in a sanitized condition without altering the structure of the dispenser comprising:
- placing a standalone nondissolvable puck containing a source of ions in the single dispersant chamber of a first dispenser to form a second dispenser within the first dispenser;
- and placing a plurality of water dissolvable halogen pucks within the dispersant chamber of the first dispenser.
The method of decreasing the halogen content in a pool or spa having a floating halogen dispenser with adjustable water ports where the halogen alone normally maintains the pool or spa in sanitized condition for human immersion solely through halogen dispersion from a set of halogen pucks in the halogen dispenser which maintain a level of halogen in excess of 1 ppm in the pool or 2 ppm in the spa when the halogen is chlorine comprising:
- determining a first water port setting of the floating dispenser that maintains a pool or spa in a safe condition for human contact over a first sanitation period when only . the set of halogen pucks are located in the floating dispenser;
- placing at least one mineral puck in a halogen chamber of the floating dispenser wherein the weight of the mineral puck is equal or less than the weight of a halogen puck;
- placing a plurality of halogen pucks in a halogen chamber in the floating dispenser to form a dispenser within a dispenser;
- reducing the water port setting from the first water port setting to reduce the halogen level to a normally unsafe level if only a halogen were used but to a level that sanitizes the water when used in conjunction with a mineral in the mineral puck;
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- placing the floating dispenser in the pool or spa to maintain the pool or spa in a sanitized condition through dispersion of both the halogen and the mineral from the floating halogen dispenser.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.