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US 9,039,988 B2Granted
Stackable cartridges for bulk feeders
AssigneeKing Technology, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A. King, Jeffrey D. Johnson
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Abstract
A set of vertically stackable interacting cartridges for improving the delivery of biocide of a bulk feeder by positioning the stackable cartridges in a stacked condition within a chamber in the bulk feeder wherein the stackable cartridges are maintained in vertical interacting flow alignment with each other to provide enhanced control of the delivery of the biocide carried within each of the stackable cartridges without replacing the control valves of the bulk feeder.
Claims21
A cartridge system for reducing over chlorination in a bulk feeder having a single dispensing chamber comprising:
- a first vertically stackable cartridge 50 containing a batch of minerals therein, said first stackable cartridge having a top member and a bottom member each having an opening for flow of a liquid therethrough while preventing passage of the minerals therethrough, said stackable cartridge including a locator for engaging a feature of the bulk feeder to thereby maintain a fixed rotational position of the stackable cartridge with respect to the bulk feeder;
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- a second vertically stackable cartridge 70 containing a batch of halogen in solid form, said second stackable cartridge having a bottom member having a bottom inlet for ingress of liquid therethrough while retaining the batch of halogen in solid form therein, said second stackable cartridge vertically stacked on top of said first stackable cartridge to provide a diametrical flow path therebetween and an inline vertical flow path from said first stackable cartridge to said second stackable cartridge whereby a portion of the liquid flows through the batch of halogen and through a top outlet in the second stackable cartridge with said second stackable cartridge including a locator for maintaining a fixed rotational position of the second stackable cartridge with respect to the first stackable cartridge.
A cartridge system for a feeder comprising:
- a first stackable cartridge containing a biocide therein, said first stackable cartridge having a locator and a bottom port for flow of a liquid therethrough while preventing passage of solids therethrough;
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- a second stackable cartridge containing a second biocide, said second stackable cartridge having a locator, said locator on the second stackable cartridge having a spout and the locator on first stackable cartridge having an outlet wherein the spout engages the outlet of the first stackable cartridge to maintain the first stackable cartridge and the second stackable cartridge in a fixed rotational condition with respect to each other, said second stackable cartridge having an inlet for ingress of liquid therein with the locator of the first stackable cartridge and the locator of the second stackable cartridge engageable with each other for maintaining the first stackable cartridge in vertical fluid alignment with the second stackable cartridge when the second stackable cartridge is stacked on top of the first stackable cartridge to thereby provide an inline vertical flow path from the bottom port of said first stackable cartridge to an inlet of said second stackable cartridge.
A system for converting a bulk feeder system to a multiple cartridge system comprising:
- an inline bulk feeder having a chamber therein for normally holding a halogen in tablet or puck form;
- a bulk feeder valve for control of water flow through an inlet in the bulk feeder;
- a first stackable cartridge positionable in a lower portion of said chamber, said first stackable cartridge occupying less than an entire volume of a lower portion of the chamber to thereby provide a fluid chamber proximate said first stackable cartridge;
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- a second stackable cartridge positionable in an upper portion of said chamber with said second stackable cartridge having a locator to maintain the first stackable cartridge in a fluid alignment with the first stackable cartridge to enable a portion of the water directed into a chamber in the first stackable cartridge to flow in a continuous vertical direction from the first stackable cartridge and into a bottom inlet of the second stackable cartridge before being discharged through a top outlet of the inline bulk feeder.
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A cartridge system for placement in fluid series in an inline bulk feeder comprising:
- a first vertically stackable cartridge having a chamber for holding and dispensing a first biocide therefrom, said first stackable cartridge having a bottom inlet for a vertical flow of fluid through the first stackable cartridge, said first stackable cartridge having a top fluid outlet for flow of fluid therethrough;
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- a second vertically stackable cartridge stackable in fluid series on top of said first stackable cartridge, said second stackable cartridge having a chamber therein for holding a second biocide in solid form therein, said second stackable cartridge including a fluid locator for maintaining the second stackable cartridge in fluid alignment with the first stackable cartridge and a fluid outlet for discharging the fluid from the first stackable cartridge after the fluid flows through the second stackable cartridge.
A cartridge system for placement in an inline feeder comprising:
- a first vertically stackable cartridge having a chamber for holding and dispensing a first water treatment material therefrom;
- a second vertically stackable cartridge stackable on top of said first stackable cartridge, said second stackable cartridge having a chamber therein for holding a second water treatment material with each of said vertically stackable cartridges having a bottom inlet and a top outlet for flow of water through the water treatment material therein and a feature for maintaining the first stackable cartridge and the second stackable cartridge in fluid alignment with each other when both are present in an inline feeder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.