Patent ID: 8496817
Filing Date: 2013-07-30
Classification: B01F,C02F

Abstract:
1. A small lightweight dechlorinator for removing chlorine from discharge water from swimming pools and from other chlorinated water, the dechlorinator being adapted to be hand-carried by a person, and comprising: a discharge water receiving portion and a dechlorination portion; the discharge water receiving portion comprising a connection member having an inlet for connection to a source of the discharge water and further having an outlet for connection to the dechlorination portion; the dechlorination portion comprising a mesh structure connected to the outlet of the discharge water receiving portion, the mesh structure having a filter for removing debris from the discharge water; the mesh structure further having a dechlorination tablet support located therein downstream of the filter; the tablet support being a part of the mesh structure and adapted to support a dechlorination tablet in the mesh structure for the discharge water flowing through the mesh structure to contact the tablet and thereby to be dechlorinated; and a tube comprising a first open end and a longitudinally opposed second open end, wherein the first open end of the tube is secured to the connection member, and the mesh structure is at least partially received in the tube, such that the tube is adapted to direct the discharge water over the tablet, and water exiting the mesh structure that has been filtered and dechlorinated exits the second open end of the tube.