Patent ID: 6920653
Filing Date: 2005-07-26
Classification: A61H

Abstract:
1. A whirlpool bath comprising: a wall including a plurality of jets; a suction line; and a cover over said suction line, said cover having a front plate section with a plurality of flow holes for allowing water to pass through said front plate section and into said suction line, said cover having a rearwardly extending chamber, said rearwardly extending chamber being attached to said front plate section, an inlet hole for allowing water to flow into said chamber and an outlet hole for allowing water to flow outwardly from said rearwardly extending chamber, said chamber for receiving a disinfectant such that water can pass through said inlet hole, mix with said disinfectant and move outwardly of said outlet hole, said inlet hole and said outlet hole being smaller in size than said flow holes, said rearwardly extending chamber and said front plate section being integrally molded as a single part, said inlet hole is formed in said front plate section and said outlet hole is formed in an end of said rearwardly extending chamber remote from said front plate section such that water flowing into said inlet hole passes in the same general direction as water passing through said suction line and to said outlet hole, and said rearwardly extending chamber has radially outwardly extending ribs at an outer peripheral surface.