Salt Bridge Breaking Tool
OwnerCraig Dean Hawesinventor
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Abstract
A salt bridge breaking tool for breaking a salt bridge in a brine tank for a water softener is provided. The salt bridge breaking tool includes a central rod connecting a handle end with a handle and a salt engagement fork end. The salt engagement fork end includes a central prong having a central prong tip and a salt engagement prong that is connected to the central rod and includes a salt engagement prong tip. The salt engagement prong is positioned at an acute angle to the central prong and is helically oriented around the central prong. Rotation of the handle causes the salt engagement prong to rotate relative to the central prong to engage with and mechanically break up a salt bridge.
Claims20
A tool for use with a water softener brine tank, said tool including:
- a handle end having a handle;
- a salt engagement fork end including:
- a central prong having a central prong tip;
- and
- a salt engagement prong having a salt engagement prong tip;
- and
- a central rod connecting said handle end to said salt engagement fork end, wherein said salt engagement prong is attached to said central rod at a prong attachment junction,
- wherein said salt engagement prong is oriented at an acute angle to said central rod,
- wherein said salt engagement prong is oriented helically around said central rod.
A method for breaking up a salt bridge in a brine tank for a water softener, said method including:
- inducing a salt bridge breaking tool into contact with a salt bridge, wherein said salt bridge breaking tool includes:
- a handle end having a handle;
- a salt engagement fork end including:
- a central prong having a central prong tip;
- and
- a salt engagement prong having a salt engagement prong tip;
- and
- a central rod connecting said handle end to said salt engagement fork end, wherein said salt engagement prong is attached to said central rod at a prong attachment junction,
- wherein said salt engagement prong is oriented at an acute angle to said central rod,
- wherein said salt engagement prong is oriented helically around said central rod;
- and
- rotating said handle to induce rotation of said salt engagement prong relative to said central prong to engage said salt engagement prong with said salt bridge and mechanically break said salt bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.