Regeneration system for water softening plant

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IN APPARATUS OF THE KIND DESCRIBED REQUIRING CONNECTION ONLY WITH A SOURCE OF UNTREATED WATER AND THE ATMOSPHERE FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY REGENERATING THE WATERSOFTENING SUBSTANCE FROM A PLURALITY OF WATER-SOFTENER TANKS, THE COMBINATION AS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF AN OPEN TOP CONTAINER ADAPTED TO INITIALLY RECEIVE SAID SUBSTANCE FROM SAID TANKS; AN OPEN TOP PROCESSING DRUM OF GREATER HEIGHT THAN THE CONTAINER; CONCUIT STRUCTURE COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONTAINER ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF THE LATTER AND EXTENDING UPWARDLY THEREFROM TO A POINT OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE DRUM ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE LATTER; A VENTURI TUBE CONNECTED INTO SAID CONDUIT STRUCTURE AND PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET IN COMMUNICATION WITH THAT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE LEADING TO THE DRUM, A SUCTION INLET IN COMMUNICATION WITH THAT PORTION OF THE STRUCTURE LEADING TO THE CONTAINER, AND A PRESSURE JET INLET; FLUID CARRYING MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH SAID PRESSURE JET INLET AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SOURCE; FLUID CARRYING MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE CONTAINER AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SOURCE; DRAIN MEANS, INCLUDING A FILTERING MANIFOLD AND A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE DRUM ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF THE LATTER; A FLUID-CARRYING ASSEMBLY, INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED CLOSURE VALVES, COMMUNICATING WITH THE DRUM ADJACENT THE BOTTOM OF THE LATTER AND WITH THE DRUM ADJACENT THE TOP OF THE LATTER; CONDUIT MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE FLUID-CARRYING ASSEMBLY BETWEEN THE VALVES, OF THE LATTER AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SOURCE; FLUID CARRYING STRUCTURE, INCLUDING A PAIR OF SPACED CLOSURE VALVES, COMMUNICATING WITH THE FLUID-CARRYING ASSEMBLY BETWEEN THE VALVES OF THE LATTER AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SOURCE; A VENTURI TUBE CONNECTED INTO SAID FLUID CARRYING STRUCTURE AND PROVIDED WITH AN OUTLET IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE VALVE OF THE FLUID-CARRYING STRUCTURE NEAREST SAID FLUIDCARRYING ASSEMBLY, A PRESSURE JET INLET IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE VALVE OF THE FLUID CARRYING STRUCTURE NEAREST SAID SOURCE, AND A SUCTION INLET; PIPE MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE SUCTION INLET OF THE LAST-MENTIONED VENTURI TUBE AND WITH THE ATMOSPHERE; AN OPEN TOP RECEPTACLE ADAPTED TO HOLD A QUANTITY OF BRINE-FORMING SALT; FLUID-CARRYING MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE RECEPTACLE AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SOURCE; FLUID-CARRYING MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE SUCTION INLET OF THE LAST-MENTIONED VENTURE RIBE AND WITH THE RECEPTACLE; A WATER-SOFTENER TANK HAVING AN INLET AND AN OUTLET; FLUID-CARRYING MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE COMMUNICATING WITH THE INLET OF THE LAST-MENTIONED TANK AND ADAPTED FOR CONNECTION WITH SAID SOURCE; FLUIDCARRYING MEANS, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTLET OF THE LAST-MENTIONED TANK AND WITH THE FLUID-CARRYING ASSEMBLY BETWEEN THE VALVES OF THE LATTER; AND DELIVERY PIPE STRUCTURE, INCLUDING A CLOSURE VALVE, COMMUNICATING WITH THE DRUM ADJACENT THE BOTTOM THE DELIVERY PIPE STRUCTURE IN COMMUNICATION WITH THE ATMOSPHERE BEING DISPOSED FOR REDELIVERY OF REGENERATED WATER-SOFTENER SUBSTANCE INTO ONE OF SAID FIRST-MENTIONED TANKS.