Apparatus for mixing chemical products under running water

Claim 1

In a device for homogeneously mixing chemical products with water in which the chemical product is embodied in a water-splittable cartridge, said device comprising an enclosure and means subdividing the enclosure into a magazine dimensioned to receive the cartridge and a mixing chamber with one side of the magazine open to the mixing chamber, said mixing chamber having a low height relative to the magazine diameter, stop means positioned to engage the cartridge to retain the cartridge within the magazine with a free surface of the cartridge exposed to the mixing chamber, said mixing chamber being formed of a splitting zone and a homogenization zone with the splitting zone adjacent the magazine, an outlet in communication with the homogenization zone, at least one inlet in communication with the mixing chamber for the introduction of water into the mixing chamber for engagement with the free surface of the cartridge whereby chemical product is split from the cartridge into the splitting zone and homogenized with water in the homogenization zone before issuing from the outlet, the improvement in which the inlets for the introduction of water into the mixing zone are situated beyond the plane separating the magazine from the mixing chamber.