Water softener for supply lines

Claim 1

A FLUID-CONDITIONING UNIT FOR ATTACHMENT IN FLUID SUPPLY LINES, COMPRISING A T FITTING HAVING A CROSS ARM ADAPTED FOR INSERTION IN THE LINE, AND CONSTITUTING A MIXING CHAMBER, AND A LEG EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY FROM SAID ARM, A CONTAINER FOR A CONDITIONING AGENT CARRIED BY THE OUTER END OF SAID LEG, SAID LEG HAVING A PASSAGE COMMUNICATING BETWEEN SAID CONTAINER AND SAID CHAMBER, SAID PASSAGE HAVING A COUNTERBORE ADJACENT SAID CHAMBER, A CUP THREADEDLY SECURED IN SAID COUNTERBORE, WITH BOTTOM INNERMOST, AND SAID BOTTOM HAVING AN OPENING WITH AN INTERNAL, CURVED SEAT, A PLUNGER LOOSELY MOUNTED IN SAID CUP, FOR SLIDING MOVEMENT, AND HAVING A RESILIENT HEAD ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SAID SEAT, A BELL CRANK LEVER JOURNALLY IN SAID LEG, ON AN AXIS TRANSVERSE TO THE AXIS OF SAID CHAMBER, AND LYING WITHIN SAID CHAMBER, ONE ARM OF SAID LEVER ARRANGED GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CHAMBER AND HAVING A PADDLE AT ITS OUTER END, THE OTHER ARM OF SAID LEVER ARRANGED GENERALLY LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID CHAMBER, AND HAVING A PADDLE AT ITS OUTER END, A LINK PIVOTED AT ONE END TO SAID LATTER PADDLE, AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID PLUNGER, SPRING MEANS ON SAID LEVER, BIASING SAID PLUNGER TO SEATED POSITION AND A CYLINDRICAL BAFFLE CARRIED BY SAID LEG AND EXTENDING INTO SAID CHAMBER, ADJACENT SAID CUP, AND ON THE SIDE THEREOF OPPOSITE THE AXIS OF SWING OF SAID LEVER.