Water softening apparatus

Claim 1

FOR WATER SOFTENING APPARATUS HAVING A SOFTENER TANK AND A BRINE TANK, THE IMPROVED CONTROL WHICH COMPRISES; A FIRST SEMI-AUTOMATIC VALVE HAVING AN UPPER BRINE TANK PORT, A LOWER BRINE TANK PORT, A HARD WATER PORT AND AN OUTLET PORT CONNECTED TO SAID SOFTENING TANK, A SECOND SEMI-AUTOMATIC VALVE HAVING A SERVICE OUTLET PORT, A WASTE OUTLET PORT AND A PORT CONNECTED TO SAID SOFTENER TANK, MANUALLY ACTUABLE MEANS FOR SEVERALLY SETTING SAID VALVES IN A FIRST POSITION TO CAUSE THE FLOW OF LIQUID FROM SAID HARD WATER PORT THROUGH SAID VALVES AND THROUGH SAID BRINE AND SOFTENER TANKS TO THE WASTE PIPE FOR REGENERATING AND FLUSHING OPERATIONS, MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID VALVES TO A SECOND POSITION TO CAUSE FLOW OF LIQUID FROM SAID HARD WATER PORT THROUGH SAID VALVES AND THROUGH THE SOFTENER TANK TO THE SERVICE OUTLET PORT, AND SEPARATE AND INDEPENDENTLY OPERABLE TIME CONTROL MEANS OPERTIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND VALVES RESPECTIVELY AND ADAPTED TO BE MANUALLY SET INDEPENDENTLY ONE OF THE OTHER TO TERMINATE THE REGENERATING AND FLUSHING OPERTIONS RESPECTIVELY AT SELECTED DIFFERENT TIMES AND TO INITIATE THE SOFTENING OPERATION AUTOMATICALLY.