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Method for water treatment
Assignee: ETANI NANCY A SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF FAMILY TRUST PORTION UNDER ARTICLE B OF KENJI ETAMI REVOCABLE TRUST DATED OCTOBER 28 1996
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Filing: 1987-09-04
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Granted: 1988-10-04
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Expires: 2007-09-04
Abstract
Abstract For water-treatment in swimming pools, cooling towers, hot tubs, and other systems, it is desired to feed various chemicals in small quantities but at optimum rates into the system. In several embodiments of the invention the water is recirculated through the system which usually includes a filter. It has been discovered that the chemicals can be fed by enclosing them in generally spherical plastic capsules suggestive of table tennis balls, but about the size of a base ball. The rate of feeding depends upon the size and number of small holes which are provided, or the user pokes through the shell of the capsule, upon the solubility of the chemical, and upon the flow rate of the water through a strainer, skimmer, or other chamber in the system into which the capsule is introduced. The random orientation of the capsule tends to average out variations. In other embodiments, the capsule is weighted to direct the small holes upward as it rests in quiet water, thereby substantially stopping the flow of chemical; but as the water is sloshed about in use, the chemical is dispensed at a rate proportional to the amount of use. Safety, convenience, and economy are among the asserted advantages. Invention is seen in the new use of such capsules for the purposes indicated.
Inventors
- 👤 Kenji Etani
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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US
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2026-11-08 21:40
CPC Classifications
B; B05; B05B; B05B7/00; B05B7/02; B05B7/04; B01; B01F; B01F21/00; B01F21/20; B01F21/22; C; C02; C02F; C02F1/00; C02F1/001; C02F1/003; C02F1/68; C02F1/685; C02F1/688; B01F33/00; B01F33/50; B01F33/503; C02F1/50; C02F1/52; C02F1/66; C02F1/72; C02F1/76; C02F2103/00; C02F2103/02; C02F2103/023; C02F2103/42; C02F2307/00; C02F2307/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
229 words
A process for feeding water-treatment chemicals into a water system comprising the steps of: (1st) providing a feeder in the form of a shell of water-proof plastic of substantially neutral buoyancy and having a volume between 0.1 and 24 cubic inches and perforated by a plurality of holes each less than three square millimeters in cross section and greater than five thousandths of an inch (0.005") in diameter with an aggregate area of said holes less than 0.02% of the surface area of such feeder; (2nd) containing a dose of water-treatment chemical and selected to have a number and size of said holes to provide a desired rate of feeding of said chemical; (3rd) placing said feeder so as to be free to move about and roll within an intermediate velocity chamber of said water-treatment system which also includes a body of water and means to cause a flow of water from said body through said system at a uniform rate sufficient to treat said system; and (4th) subjecting said feeder to said flow thereby to extract said chemical at a substantially uniform rate, wherein said feeder is small enough, and close enough to spherical in shape and to neutral buoyancy, depending on the flow rate of the water in said system, that it is free to move about and roll in said water when subjected to said flow.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
229 words
A process for feeding water-treatment chemicals into a water system comprising the steps of: (1st) providing a feeder in the form of a shell of water-proof plastic of substantially neutral buoyancy and having a volume between 0.1 and 24 cubic inches and perforated by a plurality of holes each less than three square millimeters in cross section and greater than five thousandths of an inch (0.005") in diameter with an aggregate area of said holes less than 0.02% of the surface area of such feeder; (2nd) containing a dose of water-treatment chemical and selected to have a number and size of said holes to provide a desired rate of feeding of said chemical; (3rd) placing said feeder so as to be free to move about and roll within an intermediate velocity chamber of said water-treatment system which also includes a body of water and means to cause a flow of water from said body through said system at a uniform rate sufficient to treat said system; and (4th) subjecting said feeder to said flow thereby to extract said chemical at a substantially uniform rate, wherein said feeder is small enough, and close enough to spherical in shape and to neutral buoyancy, depending on the flow rate of the water in said system, that it is free to move about and roll in said water when subjected to said flow.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
60 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical is a watersoluble solid, and the rate of feeding resulting from use of said water-soluble solid is low enough that the resulting solution of said chemical in the water within said shell remains substantially saturated for so long as undissolved chemical remains therein, thereby to produce a substantially uniform rate of feeding.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said chemical is substantially alum.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said chemical consists of chlorine compounds.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said chemical comprises germicides from the group consisting of halogenous compounds.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said chemical comprises dry chlorine compounds from the group consisting of calcium hypochlorite, lithium hypochlorite, trichloro-s-triazinetrione, sodium dichloroisocyanurate and potassium dichloroisocyanurate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
20 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said chemical comprises compounds from the group consisting of sodium bisulphate and sodium carbonate.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
The process of claim 2 wherein said chemical comprises scale and corrosion inhibitors from the group consisting of polyphosphates and polyvalent ions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises chelating agents and antiscalants from the group consisting of nitrilotriacetate and ethylene diaminetetraacetate, and polyacrylate polymers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises a low-molecular-weight liquid cationic polymer flocculant.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process of claim 3 wherein said chemical comprises a microbiocide from the group consisting of poly[oxyethylene (dimethylimino)ethylene(dimethylimino)ethylenedichloride], sodium dimethyldithiocarbamate, and disodium ethylene bisdithiocarbamate.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
15 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises the microbiocide simazine, 2-chloro-4, 6-bis (ethylamino-s-triazine.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises a dye.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises a defoaming agent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
11 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises a detergent.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process of claim 1 wherein said chemical comprises corrosion inhibitors from the group consisting of phosphonates and triazoles.
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