Water conditioner

Claim 1

A FLUID CONDITIONING APPARATUS CONNECTABLE TO A SOURCE OF FLUID UNDER PRESSURE, COMPRISING IN COMBINATION; (A) A FLUID CONDITIONING CARTRIDGE CLOSED AT ONE END AND OPEN AT THE OTHER; (B) A FLUID INLET EXTENDING THROUGH THE CLOSED END OF THE CARTRIDGE; (C) FLUID DISTRIBUTING MEANS DISPOSED IN THE CLOSED END OF SAID CARTRIDGE AND INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF RADIAL FINS INTEGRAL WITH THE CLOSED END AND A POROUS DISTRIBUTING DISC DEFINING A PLURALITY OF FLUID CHAMBERS, AND A PLURALITY OF SPACED PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM SAID FINS FOR SPACING THE DISC THEREFROM SAID DEFINING FLUID PASSAGEWAYS BETWEEN ADJACENT FLUID CHAMBER; (D) A REMOVABLE CLOSURE CAP SECURED TO THE OPEN END OF THE CARTRIDGE IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH; (E) A FLUID OUTLET EXTENDING THROUGH THE CAP; (F) A ROTATABLE FLUID DELIVERY SPOUT COMMUNICATING WITH THE OUTLET; (G) A HOUSING ENCLOSING THE CARTRIDGE INCLUDING MEANS FOR MATING ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID REMOVABLE CLOSURE CAP; AND (H) RETAINING MEANS COACTING BETWEEN THE HOUSING AND THE CLOSED END OF SAID CARTRIDGE.