Water conditioning system

Claim 1

IN A WATER SOFTENING SYSTEM FOR A DWELLING THE IMPROVEMENT COMPRISING: I. WATER SOFTENING MEANS PERIODICALLY REQUIRING A SUPPLY OF REGENERATING LIQUID, (A) SAID WATER SOFTENING MEANS BEING PLACED IN A FIRST LOCATION IN SAID DWELLING, II. A CONTAINER FOR STORING A REPLENISHABLE SUPPLY OF A REGENERATING MINERAL FOR DISSOLVING TO FORM SAID REGENERATING LIQUID, (A) SAID CONTAINER BEING DEFINED BY EXTERIOR WALLS, (B) INTERIOR WALLS DIVIDING SAID CONTAINER INTO (1) A REGENERATING MINERAL COMPARTMENT, AND (2) A MIXING COMPARTMENT WHERE CONCENTRATED REGENERATING LIQUOR IS DILUTED TO PROVIDE SAID REGENERATING LIGUID, (C) MEANS PROVIDING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN SAID REGENERATING MINERAL COMPARTMENT AND SAID MIXING COMPARTMENT, (D) SAID MIXING COMPARTMENT HAVING (1) FLEXIBLE HARD WATER INLET CONDUIT MEANS, AND (2) FLEXIBLE REGENERATING LIQUID OUTLET CONDUIT MEANS, (E) SAID CONTAINER BEING PLACED IN A SECOND LOCATION IN SAID DWELLING SPACED A SUBSTANTANTIAL DISTANCE FROM SAID FIRST LOCATION (F) MEANS MOVABLY SUPPORTING SAID CONTAINER ABOVE THE FLOOR OF SAID DWELLING, SAID SUPPORTING MEANS COMPRISING VERTICAL PANEL MEANS COOPERATING WITH MEANS SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSING SAID CONTAINER, AND SAID CONTAINER BEING MOVABLE RELATIVE TO SAID ENCLOSING MEANS, WHEREBY SAID REGENERATING MINERAL COMPARTMENT IS EXPOSED TO PROVIDE ACCESS FOR REPLENISHING SAID MINERAL III. SAID FLEXIBLE REGENERATING LIQUID OUTLET CONDUIT MEANS PROVIDING A FLEXIBLE HYDRAULIC CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID CONTAINER AND SAID WATER SOFTENING MEANS FOR SUPPLYING REGENERATING LIQUID THERETO, AND IV. MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE QUANTITY AND TIME FO FLOW OF SAID REGENERATING LIQUID TO SAID WATER SOFTENING MEANS.