Automatic chlorinator for swimming pools
OwnerWilliam P. Guglielmi, Richard E. Casertainventors
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Abstract
A chlorinator is provided for connection upstream of a pump in a swimming pool water recirculating system which includes a container for holding a supply of chlorinating liquid, a plurality of metering tubes having differing resistances to liquid flow extending into the container with their inlets immersed in the chlorinating liquid, and means for selectively connecting a selected one of the metering tubes to an outlet adapted to be connected to a swimming pool water circulating system. A pressure control valve may be provided between the metering tubes and the outlet and filler means may be provided at the metering tube inlets.
Claims18
In a chlorinator for metering a chlorinating liquid to a swimming pool and having an outlet and a metering system for conducting chlorinating liquid at a metered rate to the outlet, the improvement wherein the metering system comprises a bank of a plurality of independent metering tubes, each having an inlet end for receiving chlorinating liquid and an outlet end, said plurality of metering tubes having restricted liquid passageways of different resistence to liquid flow for metering chlorinating liquid from their inlet to their outlet at differing rates, and selector valve means for selectively connecting the plurality of metering tubes for metering chlorinating liquid to the chlorinator outlet for selectively controlling the metered rate of chlorinating liquid to the swimming pool.
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