Patent ID: 9266757
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: B01F,B01J,C02F

Claim Text:
1. A chemical feeder comprising: (a) a housing comprising a housing base and a housing sidewall that together define a housing chamber within said housing; (b) a support plate comprising a base plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, said support plate residing within said housing chamber and being positioned above an inner surface of said housing base, said support plate further comprising a plurality of arcuate extensions extending upward from said upper surface of said base plate and radially outward relative to a center of said plurality of arcuate extensions to define an impeller pattern, (c) at least one inlet in said housing through which a feed liquid is introduced into said housing, said at least one inlet being positioned below said support plate; and (d) at least one outlet in said housing through which a treated liquid comprising dissolved chemical material is removed from said housing, wherein at least some of said feed liquid introduced through said inlet flows through said plurality of arcuate channel apertures, contacts said solid chemical material supported on or above said support plate, and forms said treated liquid.