Water treating apparatus

Claim 1

A BYPASS WATER TREATING APPARATUS COMPRISING A PRESSURE VESSEL CONTAINING THE TREATING AGENT; A DISTRIBUTOR MEMBER HAVING TOP, BOTTOM AND INTERMEDIATE PORTIONS; THE BOTTOM PORTION OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR MEMBER BEING ADAPTED FOR REMOVABLE SEALING ATTACHMENT TO THE TOP OF SAID PRESSURE VESSEL; THE TOP PORTION OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR HAVING A CIRCULAR CYLINDRICAL PUMP CHAMBER; THE BOTTOM OF SAID PUMP CHAMBER BEING DEFINED BY THE THE TOP SURFACE OF SAID TOP PORTION; SAID DISTRIBUTOR MEMBER HAVING A WATER INLET PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE INTERMEDIATE PORTION THEREOF TO THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE UPPER SURFACE OF SAID TOP PORTION; A WATER INLET LINE CONNECTING SAID WATER INLET PASSAGE WITH A WATER SERVICE CONDUIT; A WATER DISTRIBUTION TUBE ATTACHED TO AND DEPENDING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID PRESSURE VESSEL FROM THE APPROXIMATE CENTER OF THE UNDER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM PORTION. A WATER PASSAGE EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM THE PERIPHERY OF THE TOP SURFACE OF THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID DISTRIBUTOR MEMBER AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE TOP END OF SAID DISTRIBUTION TUBE; A LIQUID OUTLET PASSAGE EXTENDING FROM THE UNDER SURFACE OF SAID BOTTOM PORTION TO THE OUTSIDE OF SAID INTERMEDIATE PORTION; A LIQUID OUTLET LINE CONNECTING SAID LIQUID OUTLET PASSAGE WITH THE WATER SERVICE CONDUIT UPSTREAM OF THE CONNECTION OF THE WATER INLET LINE WITH SAID WATER SERVICE CONDUIT;