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US 2014/0175022 A1Published application
Multi-stage dispensers
AssigneeKing Technology, Inc.
InventorJoseph A. King
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Abstract
A multi-stage floatation dispenser for carrying a ballast, which may be a non-water consumable dispersant and at least one water consumable dispersant wherein the weight of the water consumable dispersant decreases as the water consumable dispersant is consumed with the weight of water consumable dispersant and the non-water consumable coordinated with the flotation capacity of a flotation dispenser to provide for either a two stage or a three stage dispensing mode.
Claims29
A multi-stage flotation dispenser for floatingly delivering one or more dispersants to a body of water comprising;
- a housing having a central axis;
- a cylindrical sleeve having a cylindrical opening extending along the central axis;
- an annular flotation chamber located in the housing to provide buoyancy to the flotation dispenser;
- a first container for a water dispersant with a water dispersant located therein that retains its mass when in contact with the body of water, said first container located in the cylindrical opening;
- a second container for a further water dispersant with a further water dispersant therein that losses its mass to the body of water, said first container and said second container located along the central axis with the first water dispersant and the further water dispersant having a specific of gravity greater than one, said further water dispersant having a weight exceeding a weight of the first container and the first water dispersant with the first water container with the first water dispersant and the second container with the further water dispersant either having a total weight less than a buoyancy force of the flotation dispenser or a total weight greater than the buoyancy force of the floating dispenser.
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A multi-stage dispenser for delivering at least one dissolvable dispersant to a body of water comprising;
- a support shell having a central axis;
- a cylindrical sleeve having a cylindrical opening extending along the central axis;
- an annular flotation chamber located in the spherical shell to provide a buoyancy force to the dispenser;
- a first container for a water dispersant that retains its mass when in contact with the body of water, said first container located in the cylindrical opening;
- a second container containing a further water dispersant with the further water dispersant comprising a dissolvable dispersant, said first container and said second container located along the central axis of the dispenser with the dispenser having a first stage where the dispersant and the further dispersant having a total weight greater than the buoyancy force when the further water dispersant is in an undissolved state causing the dispenser, the dispersant and the further dispersant to sink to the bottom of the body of water and a second stage wherein the dispersant and the further dispersant have a total weight less than the buoyancy force as a result of dissolving of the further water dispersant thereby causing the dispenser to float in a first orientation with a portion of the dispenser visible above a water line to thereby provide a visual indication that one can expect to replace the dispenser in the near future, said dispenser having a third stage whereby by the dissolving of the further dispersant changes the center of gravity of the dispenser causing the dispenser to invert thereby providing a further visual indication to either replace the dispenser or to place a fresh charge of the further dispersant into the dispenser.
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A flotation dispenser comprising:
- a housing having a flotation chamber therein;
- a cartridge chamber located in said housing wherein the cartridge chamber is centrally located within the housing;
- a dispenser cartridge located in said cartridge chamber of the flotation dispenser with said dispenser cartridge carrying a water consumable dispersant therein having a specific gravity greater than one, said flotation dispenser buoyantly supporting the dispenser cartridge;
- a fastener for removable securement of the dispenser cartridge in the cartridge chamber to enable replacement of the dispensing cartridge in the housing when the water consumable dispersant in the dispensing cartridge has been consumed;
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- a fluid passageway proximate said dispenser cartridge to allow water to enter the dispenser cartridge and contact the water consumable dispersant therein for water transfer of the consumable dispersant into a body of water when the dispenser cartridge is located below a water line.
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A method of delivering two or more dispersants to a body of water through a flotation dispenser comprising:
- placing a first non-water consumable dispersant in the flotation dispenser;
- placing a water consumable dispersant in a cartridge with the cartridge axially below the non-water consumable dispersant in the flotation dispenser with the water consumable dispersant having a weight greater than a weight of the non-water consumable dispersant;
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- placing the flotation dispenser with the water consumable dispersant and the non-water consumable dispersant in the body of water wherein the weight of the water consumable dispersant in a consumed state is insufficient to maintain the flotation dispenser in a submerged condition.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.