Multiple solid products liquid solution dispenser
AssigneeEcolab USA Inc.
InventorsJared R. Freudenberg, Ryan Jacob Urban
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Abstract
A dispenser system and method for creating and dispensing one or more solutions formed from a plurality of separate and distinct solid products which are eroded or dissolved in a liquid. The one or more solutions may include at least one of a first solid product and a second solid product, dissolved in the liquid. The dispenser system may include one or more dividers within a solution forming assembly of the dispenser system to maintain separation between the first solid product and the second solid product.
Claims17
A dispenser system for creating one or more solutions by dissolving either or both of a first solid product and a separate and distinct second solid product, in a liquid, the dispenser system comprising:
- a housing;
- an inlet portion configured to introduce the liquid into the dispenser system;
- a solid product guide configured to accept insertion of the first and second solid products into the dispenser system;
- a solution forming assembly being at least partially within the housing and including:
- a support structure configured to support the first and second solid products;
- a reservoir proximate to the support structure configured to hold the liquid and the one or more solutions and to allow flow of the liquid into the reservoir and the one or more solutions out of the reservoir, wherein the reservoir has a base from which a divider extends out, the divider forming a first reservoir portion and a second reservoir portion, the first reservoir portion comprising a first plurality of liquid inlets in the base having a total first liquid inlet area, the second reservoir portion comprising a second plurality of liquid inlets in the base having a total second liquid inlet area that is less than the total first liquid inlet area;
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- an outlet portion configured to dispense the one or more solutions, wherein the one or more solutions comprise at least one of the first solid product dissolved in the liquid and the second solid product dissolved in the liquid.
A dispenser system for creating liquid solutions from either or both of a first solid product and a separate and distinct second solid product dissolved in a liquid, wherein the liquid solutions comprise at least a first solution and a second solution, the dispenser system comprising:
- an inlet portion configured to introduce the liquid into the dispenser system;
- a solution forming assembly comprising:
- a support structure configured to support the first and second solid products;
- a reservoir operatively coupled to the support structure, and configured to hold the liquid and the first and second solutions and to allow the flow of the liquid into the reservoir and the first and second solutions out of the reservoir, wherein the reservoir has a base from which a divider extends out, the divider forming a first reservoir portion and a second reservoir portion, the first reservoir portion comprising a first plurality of liquid inlets in the base having a total first liquid inlet area, the second reservoir portion comprising a second plurality of liquid inlets in the base having a total second liquid inlet area that is less than the total first liquid inlet area, wherein the reservoir is positioned proximate the support structure such that the liquid confronts and dissolves the first solid product when the liquid is held in the first reservoir portion and such that the liquid confronts and dissolves the second solid product when the liquid is held in the second reservoir portion;
- wherein the solution forming assembly is configured to form the first solution and the second solution, wherein the first solution and the second solution have different chemical compositions;
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- an outlet portion configured to dispense the liquid solutions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.