Buoyant dispensing device

A buoyant dispensing device for dispensing a material into a body of water, said buoyant dispensing device comprising:

• at least one receptacle for containing said material and dispensing said material into said body of water;
• at least one array of vanes circumscribing said at least one receptacle, said at least one array of vanes for absorbing an impulse force from said body of water;
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• at least one array of spokes interconnecting said at least one receptacle and said at least one array of vanes, said at least one array of spokes extending radially outwardly from said at least one receptacle to said at least one array of vanes;
• wherein said at least one array of vanes absorbs said impulse force from said body of water and imparts said impulse force to said at least one receptacle in the form of a rotational reaction force, such that said buoyant dispensing device rotationally and linearly displaces itself within said body of water and said at least one receptacle is maintained a predetermined distance away from another object.

A buoyant chlorine dispenser for treating a swimming pool having a skimmer and a flow of water toward and through said skimmer, said buoyant chlorine dispenser comprising:

• an inner receptacle for containing said chlorine, said inner receptacle having an open end into which said chlorine is inserted, said inner receptacle further having apertures therethrough for permitting said chlorine to escape from said inner receptacle;
• an outer receptacle for housing said inner receptacle therein, said outer receptacle having apertures therethrough for permitting said chlorine to escape from said outer receptacle;
• said inner and outer receptacles being rotatable and fixable with respect to one another so as to enable a varying degree of overlap between said apertures thereof to selectively control the amount of dispensing capability of said buoyant chlorine dispenser;
• at least one array of vanes circumscribing said inner and outer receptacles, said at least one array of vanes for absorbing an impulse force from said flow of water within said swimming pool;
• at least one array of spokes interconnecting said outer receptacle and said at least one array of vanes, said at least one array of spokes extending radially outwardly from said outer receptacle to said at least one array of vanes;
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• at least one guard ring circumscribing said outer receptacle and interconnecting the spokes of said at least one array of spokes;
• whereby said at least one array of vanes absorbs said impulse force from said flow of water and imparts said impulse force to said outer receptacle in the form of a rotational reaction force such that said buoyant chlorine dispenser rotationally and linearly displaces itself from said flow of water flowing into said skimmer.