Solid regenerating mineral dissolver

Claim 1

IN A WATER CONDITIONING SYSTEM OF THE TYPE IN WHICH WATER FLOWS OVER SOLID REGENERATING MINERAL AND DISSOLVES SAME TO PROVIDE AN EXPANDABLE CONCENTRATED REGENERATING LIQUOR SOLUTION, THEREBY CONSUMING SAID MINERAL AND NECESSITATING REPLENISHMENT THEREOF, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: (I) AN INTEGRAL CONTAINER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING: (A) MOVALBE MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID SOLID MINERAL, (1) SAID MOVABLE MEANS DIVIDING SAID CONTAINER INTO AN UPPER SOLID MINERAL COMPARTMENT AND A LOWER CONCENTRATED LIQUOR COMPARTMENT, (B) PARTITION MEANS DEFINING A MIXING COMPARTMENT, (1) A RAW LIQUID INLET AND A REGENERATING LIQUID OUTLET IN SAID MIXING COMPARTMENT, (C) MEANS FOR REGULATING THE QUANTITY OF CONCENTRATED REGENERATING LIQUOR FLOWING FROM SAID CONCENTRATED LIQUOR COMPARTMENT INTO SAID MIXING COMPARTMENT COMPRISING: (1) A PAIR OF HOLLOW TUBULAR MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH IS TELESCOPICALLY RECEIVED IN THE OTHER, (2) CONDUIT MEANS PROVIDING A LIQUID FLOW PATH FROM SAID CONCENTRATED LIQUOR COMPARTMENT INTO THE INTERIOR OF ONE OF SAID TUBULAR MEMBERS WHICH HAS A CLOSED BOTTOM END, (3) ONE OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICAL SLOT THEREIN, (4) THE OTHER OF SAID MEMBERS HAVING AN OPENING SPIRALLING ALONG ITS SIDE WALL, (5) SAID SLOT AND SAID OPENING BEING ALIGNED TO DEFINE AN OUTLET PASSAGE INTO SAID MIXING COMPONENT FOR CONCENTRATED REGENERATING LIQUOR FLOWING INTO SAID MEMBER HAVING A CLOSED BOTTOM END, (6) ONE OF SAID MEMBERS BEING ROTATABLE, (7) ROTATION OF SAID ROTATABLE MEMBER CAUSING DIFFERENT PORTIONS OF SAID SLOT AND OPENING TO BE ALIGNED SO THAT THE VERTICAL LOCATION OF SAID OUTLET PASSAGE IS ADJUSTABLE, AND THE QUANTITY OF CONCENTRATED LIQUOR FLOWING INTO SAID MIXING COMPARTMENT IS THEREBY CONTROLLABLE, (D) MEANS FOR INDICATING EXTERNALLY OF SAID CONTAINER WHEN SAID SOLID MINERAL HAS BEEN CONSUMED, (E) MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS PASING THROUGH AN OPENING IN SAID PARTITION MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID MOVABLE MEANS TO SAID INDICATING MEANS, (F) SAID OPENING IN SAID PARTITION MEANS BEING LOCATED ABOVE THE HIGHEST VERTICAL LOCATION OF SAID OUTLET PASSAGE, AND (II) PANEL MEANS HAVING AN OPENING THEREIN RECEIVING A PORTION OF SAID CONTAINER SO AS TO EXPOSE A FRONT WALL OF SAID CONTAINER ASSEMBLY, AND (A) A PORTION OF SAID FRONT WALL BEING PIVOTABLE AWAY FROM SAID PANEL MEANS SO AS TO EXPOSE SAID SOLID MINERAL COMPARTMENT FOR LOADING.