Patent ID: 8636962
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: B01F,B01J,C02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. The method of converting a bulk feeder having an inlet and an outlet to a cartridge system comprising: placing a first stackable cartridge containing a first water treatment material therein with the first stackable cartridge having a bottom inlet and a top outlet in a lower portion of a chamber in the bulk feeder; and stacking a second stackable cartridge containing a different water treatment material therein in the bulk feeder with the second stackable cartridge having a bottom inlet and an outlet with the first stackable cartridge and the second stackable cartridge each including a locater to maintain the top outlet of the first stackable cartridge and the bottom inlet of the second stackable cartridge in fluid alignment therebetween and in series with each other to direct a flow of fluid from a main line upward through the bottom inlet of the first cartridge, the water treatment material in the first cartridge and the outlet of the first cartridge and into the bottom inlet of the second stackable cartridge and the different water treatment material in the second stackable cartridge before discharging the water treatment material and the different water treatment material out of the outlet of the second stackable cartridge and into the main line.