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US 9,314,747 B2Granted
Cartridges for bulk feeders
AssigneeKing Technology, Inc.
InventorsJoseph A King, Jeffrey D Johnson
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Abstract
A cartridge system for converting a bulk feeder which delivers a single water treatment material at a high rate to a bulk feeder that delivers two or more water treatment materials at a lower rate through locating a set of dispensing cartridges in the chamber of the bulk feeder with the dispensing cartridges held in position to maintain the fluid outlet port of one of the cartridges in fluid alignment with the fluid inlet port of another cartridge to provide cartridge to cartridge flow without having to circulate the fluid through the chamber of the bulk feeder.
Claims26
A side-by-side cartridge system for reducing over chlorination in a bulk feeder having a single dispensing chamber and a control valve comprising:
- a first cartridge containing a water treatment material therein, said first cartridge having a at least two side members with at least one of the two side members having an outlet port for flow of a liquid therethrough while preventing passage of the water treatment material therethrough;
- a second cartridge containing a water treatment material, said second cartridge having at least two side members with at least one of the two side members having an inlet port for flow of a liquid therethrough while preventing passage of the water treatment material therein from passing therethrough, and
- a locater for engaging a feature of the bulk feeder, said locater having a cartridge compartment for holding said first cartridge and said second cartridge in a static side-by-side condition with the fluid outlet port of the first cartridge in fluid alignment with the fluid inlet port in the second cartridge to thereby provide a direct cartridge to cartridge serial flow of the water through both of the dispensing cartridges when the first cartridge and the second cartridge are located in a chamber of the bulk feeder.
A cartridge system for a feeder comprising:
- a first cartridge containing a biocide therein, said first cartridge having a feature for maintaining a static orientation of the first cartridge in a bulk feeder and a fluid port for flow of a liquid therethrough while preventing passage of solids therethrough;
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- a second cartridge containing a second biocide, said second cartridge having a locater, said second cartridge having an inlet for ingress of fluid therein with the feature of the first cartridge and the locater of the second cartridge engageable with each other for maintaining the fluid port of the first cartridge in fluid alignment with the fluid port of the second cartridge when the second cartridge is located in a first face to face condition with the first cartridge to thereby provide a cartridge to cartridge flow path therebetween.
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 in a free condition therein;
- a bulk feeder valve for control of a water flow into the chamber of the bulk feeder;
- a first dispensing cartridge having a fluid outlet port and a location feature with said first dispending cartridge positionable in an upright condition in a portion of said chamber, said first dispensing cartridge occupying less than an entire volume of the chamber;
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- a second dispensing cartridge having a fluid inlet port and a location feature with said second dispensing cartridge positionable in a further portion of said chamber with said location feature of said second dispensing cartridge and said location feature of said first dispensing cartridge maintaining the fluid outlet port of said first dispensing cartridge in a fluid alignment with the fluid inlet port of said second dispensing cartridge to provide cartridge to cartridge flow of water between the first dispensing cartridge and the second dispensing cartridge before the water is discharged from the inline bulk feeder.
2 more elements
A cartridge system for placement in fluid series in an inline bulk feeder comprising:
- a first cartridge having an elongated chamber for holding and dispensing a first biocide therefrom, said first cartridge having a location feature and a fluid outlet port for flow of fluid from said first cartridge;
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- a second cartridge having a chamber therein for holding a second biocide in solid form therein, said second cartridge having a location feature and a inlet fluid port with the location feature of the first cartridge and the location feature of the second cartridge maintaining the outlet of the second cartridge in fluid alignment with the fluid inlet port of second cartridge to provide cartridge to cartridge flow of water therebetween.
The method of converting a bulk feeder having an inlet and an outlet to a serial cartridge system comprising:
- placing a first elongated cartridge having first face with a fluid outlet port in a portion of a chamber in the bulk feeder;
- placing a second elongated cartridge having a mating face and a fluid inlet port in a face to face condition with the first elongated cartridge wherein the fluid outlet port and the fluid inlet port are in fluid alignment with each other;
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- engaging a feature of the bulk feeder with at least one of the elongated cartridges to maintain the first elongated cartridge and the second elongated cartridge in fluid alignment therebetween and in a serial flow condition with each other;
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- directing a serial flow of fluid into the first elongated cartridge and out of the second elongated cartridge when the first elongated cartridge and the second elongated cartridges are located in a side-by-side condition in a chamber of the bulk feeder.
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A cartridge system comprising a plurality of cartridges for placement in a serial flow condition in a chamber of an inline feeder comprising:
- a first cartridge having a chamber for holding and dispensing a first water treatment material therefrom with said first cartridge having a fluid inlet port and a fluid outlet port;
- a second cartridge positionable in a face-to-face condition with said first cartridge, said second cartridge having an elongated chamber therein for holding a second water treatment material, said second cartridge having a fluid inlet port in fluid alignment with the fluid outlet port in said first cartridge to thereby form a serial flow of fluid from said first cartable to said second cartridge without the fluid flowing into the chamber in the inline feeder wherein the first cartridge and the second cartridge each have feature having a feature for maintaining the fluid outlet port of first cartridge and the fluid inlet port of the second cartridge in fluid alignment with each other when both are present in the face-to-face condition in an inline feeder.
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