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US 4,702,270 AGranted
Dispersal member
OwnerLloyd H. King, Sr.inventor
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Abstract
A floating dispersal member for controllably dispersing a material into a fluid wherein the dispersal member contains a compartment to hold a dispersant and a visual indicator to alert a person to when the dispersant is dissolved. In another embodiment the flotating dispersal member includes a flotation compartment that holds the dispersal member in an upright condition when there is a dispersant in said dispersal member and a weight which flips the dispersal member in an end-for-end condition when the dispersant is dissolved in said dispersal member.
Claims15
A floating dispersal member having a top and a bottom comprising:
- a cylindrical container having a dispersant compartment for holding a material to be dispersed into a fluid, said dispersant compartment located at the bottom of said dispersal member, said dispersant compartment having a top end and a bottom end;
- a cylindrical housing located on said cylindrical container, said cylindrical housing rotatable to control the amount of fluid to flow through said dispersant compartment;
- flotation means to support said floating dispersal member in a vertical floating condition in the fluid, said flotation means including a flotation compartment located at the top of said floating dispersal member, said flotation compartment operable to provide flotation to said dispersal member;
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- a first plurality of openings located in said dispersant compartment to permit fluid to enter the top of said dispersant compartment to permit dispersal of a material into the fluid whereby the dispersal of material into the fluid causes said floating dispersal member to be vertically displaced upward, a second plurality of openings located in said dispersant compartment to permit fluid to discharge from the bottom of said dispersant compartment as fluid enters said dispersant compartment, said first plurality of openings spaced from said second plurality of openings to permit circulation of fluid through said dispersant compartment;
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- indicating means on said dispersal member to alert a person to a condition where the dispersant reaches a predetermined quantity.
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