Disposable float dispenser
AssigneeColeco Industries, Inc.
InventorCharles T. Schaub
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Abstract
A float dispenser is adapted to be floated in a body of water such as a swimming pool, to dispense in the water a soluble solid material carried by the dispenser. The dispenser includes a flotation element from which an apertured receptacle is supported below the water. The receptacle is divided into separate compartments. A single tablet of water soluble material is located within each compartment so that the tablet segregated from the other tablets to expose its maximum surface areas to the surrounding water. The dispenser may be made of two identical integral half sections of molded plastic material which are locked together to lock the tablets within their individual compartments. After dissolution of the tablets, the dispenser may be discarded and replaced with another.
Claims12
In a float dispenser, the combination comprising:
- (a) a flotation element having a lower wall portion and a density less than that of water:
- (b) a receptacle element depending from said lower wall portion of said flotation element and supported thereby, said receptacle element being a generally cylindrical cage comprised of a pair of vertically extending mating semi-cylindrical members locked together, said receptacle element having an outer wall defining an enclosure with apertures disposed over substantially the entire surface thereof for passage of water through the provided enclosure, said receptacle element also including at least one divider disposed within and extending across the full width of said enclosure to divide said enclosure into at least two segregated storage compartments each having said apertures in the outer wall thereof for passage of water through each of said compartments, said divider being provided by portions attached to the inner surface of said outer wall of said semi-cylindrical members and extending inwardly across said enclosure, said divider having apertures therein to permit passage of water therethrough;
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- (c) at least one tablet of water-soluble material disposed within said receptacle, each of said compartments containing not more than one of said tablets;
- said dispenser being disposable and said divider cooperating with said outer wall to fully segregate said compartments whereby to retain and segregate each said tablet within its associated compartment, said apertures in said outer wall and said divider permitting water to flow through said outer wall and divider into contact with substantially the entire surface of said tablet in any one of said compartments.
In a disposable float dispenser, the combination comprising:
- (a) a pair of vertically extending, mating half sections of molded synthetic plastic material locked together to form a flotation element having (i) a flotation element defining a hollow chamber and having a float member disposed therein, said flotation element including a lower wall portion and having a density less than that of water, (ii) a receptacle element depending from said lower wall portion of said flotation element and supported thereby, said receptacle element being a generally cylindrical cage comprised of a pair of vertically extending mating semi-cylindrical members locked together, said receptacle element having an outer wall defining an enclosure with apertures therein disposed over substantially the entire surface thereof for passage of water through said cage enclusre, said receptacle element also including at least one divider disposed within said cage enclosure and extending across said enclosure to divide it into at least two segregated storage compartments, each compartment having said apertures in its outer wall for passage of water therethrough and being adapted to retain and segregate therein a charge of water-soluble material, said divider being provided by portions attached to the inner surface of said outer wall of said semi-cylindrical members and extending inwardly across said enclosure, said divider having apertures therein to permit passage of water therethrough;
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- (b) at least one tablet of water-soluble material, each tablet being segregated in a separate one of said storage compartments, said dispenser being disposable and said divider cooperating with said outer wall to fully segregate said compartments whereby to retain and segregate each said tablet within its associated compartment, said apertures in said outer wall and said divider permitting water to flow through said outer wall and divider into contact with substantially the entire surface of said tablets in any one of said compartments.
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