Fluoride delivery device for water system
AssigneeK.C. Industries, LLC
InventorSteven McCarter
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Abstract
The fluoride tablet feeder device is a device for dissolution of fluoride tablets into a water stream. The device is specifically designed for the fluoride tablets disclosed and claimed by U.S. Pat. No. 10,485,738 titled Tablet for Fluoridating Potable Water, which is incorporated by reference. The crux of ideal dissolution of fluoride tablets in a flowing water supply is total immersion of the tablets, with water flowing around all tablet sides for even dissolution.
Claims18
A device for dissolution of fluoride tablets into water, the device comprising:
- a column to hold the fluoride tablets;
- a water inlet at a base of the column;
- a water outlet at a top of the column;
- the water flowing into the column at the water inlet, flowing up the column and through the fluoride tablets, the water exiting the column at the water outlet;
- whereby water flows from the base of the column upward to ensure that water must flow from the water inlet to the water outlet.
A device for fluorinating water that allows water flow only if fluoride tablets are fully immersed, the device comprising:
- a column;
- the column including a top and a base;
- a hollow internal space inside the column to hold fluoride tablets;
- a water inlet to carry water into the column;
- a water outlet to carry water out of the column;
- the water outlet higher within the column that the water inlet;
- the water outlet connecting to an outlet riser, the outlet riser carrying water out of the column;
- an overflow water level;
- the overflow water level even with a height of the water outlet, such that when the water rises to the water outlet, it overflows into the water outlet;
- whereby water flows through the column from bottom to top, ensuring that water cannot pass through the column unless the column is full of water up to the overflow water level.
A system for consistently fluorinating water regardless of flow rate, the system comprising:
- a column with a bottom-mounted inlet and a top-mounted outlet;
- the column including a space for a multiplicity of fluoride tablets;
- whereby water enters the bottom-mounted inlet, flows up through the column, around the multiplicity of fluoride tablets, and out the top-mounted outlet, thus ensuring that whether the flow rate of water is high or low, the water must reach the top-mounted outlet to leave the column.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.