Patent ID: 9714129
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: B01F,B65D,C02F,Y10T

Claim:
1. An indexable universal cartridge for a dispersant material in either an open or a closed fluid system comprising: a housing having a chamber therein for carrying said dispersant material, said housing having a one or more diffusion ports therein to permit transfer of said dispersant material from said chamber; a sleeve having one or more diffusion ports therein, said sleeve includes an axially resiliently yieldable region having an upper axially resilient band located above a circumferential slot in the sleeve and a first lower axially resilient band and a second lower axially resilient band located below the circumferential slot in the sleeve, said axially resilient yieldable region extending partially around a circumference of said sleeve to normally inhibit rotation of an index tab integral with said housing but resiliently yieldable in response to an external torque between said housing and said sleeve, said circumferential slot having a plurality of notches for engaging an extension of the index tab to maintain the housing and the sleeve in a linked condition; and a first sealing rib located proximate one side of said one or more diffusion ports of said sleeve and a second sealing rib located proximate an other side of said one or more of said diffusion ports of said sleeve, said first sealing rib and said second sealing rib forming a fluid seal between said sleeve and said housing to inhibit lateral fluid transfer therepast and to encourage fluid transfer through a transport area defined by an alignment of the one or more of the diffusion ports in said housing and the one or more of the diffusion ports in said sleeve.