Continuous brine pulsing softener

Claim 1

A METHOD OF REGENERATING ION EXCHANGE MATERIAL UTILIZED FOR THE CONTINUOUS SOFTENING OF HARD WATER PASSING THROUGH A BED OF THE ION EXCHANGE MATERIAL, COMPRISING THE STEPS OF PERIODICALLY REMOVING AN INCREMENT OF THE ION EXCHANGE MATERIAL FROM THE BED TO A REGENERATION CHAMBER ON TOP OF PREVIOUSLY REMOVED INCREMENTS OF MATERIAL, PASSING A BRINE SOLUTION THROUGH THE PREVIOUSLY REMOVED INCREMENTS AND THE NEWLY REMOVED INCREMENT OF MATERIAL AS A CONTINUOUS BED, SUBSEQUENTLY PASSING A FRESH WATER RINSE THROUGH THE INCREMENTS OF MATERIAL IN THE REGENERATION CHAMBER FROM THE SOFTENING BED OF MATERIAL WHEREBY EACH INCREMENT OF MATERIAL IS SUBJECTED TO A PLURALITY OF BRINE PULSES SEPARATED BY RINSE PULSES, AND RETURNING THE LOWERMOST INCREMENT TO THE ION EXCHANGE MATERIAL BED.