Patent ID: 7347935
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: B01F,C02F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. In combination: an inline dispenser having a dispenser housing with a closed chamber, and a dispenser valve for directing a main fluid stream therethrough, said inline dispenser housing having a fluid inlet port for directing a secondary fluid stream originating from said main fluid stream into the closed chamber in the dispenser housing and a fluid outlet port for directing said secondary fluid stream out of the closed chamber in the dispenser housing and back to said main fluid stream, said dispenser valve having an inline dispenser controller for controlling the size of said secondary fluid stream directed through said closed chamber; a first container located in said dispenser housing for dispensing a first water purification material therefrom as water flows through said first container; and a second container located in said housing for dispensing a second water purification material therefrom as water flows through said second container, said second container replaceable without replacing said first container or vice versa, said second container having a fluid port spaced from a fluid port in said first container to provide an open flow path between the fluid port in said first container and the fluid port in said second container as materials are dispensed from said first container and said second container, said first container and said second container dimensioned such that a member extending above the fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port supports a bottom portion of the second container in a spaced condition above the fluid inlet port and the fluid outlet port so that the second container cannot block the fluid outlet port or the fluid inlet port of the dispenser and preclude fluid flow through the closed chamber.