Dispenser for Water Treating Agents
AssigneeFloatron, Inc.
InventorMark Sherman
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing solid or liquid water-conditioning/treating agents into a body of water (such as a pool, hot tub, or the like) comprises a hollow body adapted to receive water treating agent which can be solid (tablet form), granular, powder or liquid. The dispenser has an overall specific gravity such that, when the dispenser is substantially empty of water-conditioning/treating agent(s), the dispenser will float, but when the dispenser contains water-conditioning/treating agents, the dispenser will sink.
Claims14
A water treating agent dispenser for dispensing solid or liquid water-conditioning/treating agents into a body of water;
- the dispenser comprising a hollow body;
- having an overall specific gravity such that, when said hollow body is substantially empty of water-conditioning/treating agent(s), the hollow body will float, but when the hollow body contains water-conditioning/treating agents, the hollow body will sink;
- said hollow body comprising:
- an inner surface and an outer surface;
- a plurality of openings formed in said body;
- said openings extending from said outer surface to said inner surface to place an interior of said body in communication with an exterior of said body;
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- an axial positioner and a radial positioner;
- said axial and radial positioners extending from said inner surface of said body and being sized, shaped and positioned to maintain the water treating agent within the body, to position the solid water treating agent spaced from the inner surface of said body, and to allow water to contact all sides of said water treating agent.
A water treating agent dispenser for dispensing a water-conditioning/treating agent into a body of water;
- said dispenser comprising a hollow body having a surface that is at least in part radiused, such that said dispenser can roll on a surface of said body of water;
- the dispenser comprising radial and axial positioning members extending from an inner surface of the hollow body;
- the radial and axial positioning members defining volume spaced from the inner surface of the hollow body;
- the radial and axial positioning members being sized and shaped to maintain the solid water treating agent within the defined volume as the solid water treating agent is depleted during use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.