Patent ID: 6989095

Claim:
A fluid conditioner adapted for connection to fluid conduits for receiving and modifying flowing fluids thereby suspending solid materials and inhibiting the formation of precipitates within the fluid conduit downstream of the fluid conditioner comprising: a circular container, having a top, an inside and an outside and further having an inside circumference within said inside thereof and an outside circumference on said outside thereof; a lid adapted to be received by said container attached to said top of said container; an inlet port having a low side affixed to said container and in communication with said inside of said container; an outlet port having a high side affixed to said container and in communication with said inside of said container; wherein said inlet port and said outlet port are located opposite each other on said outside circumference of said container near said top of said container; an angled ledge formed within said inside of said container extending about said inside circumference of said container between said low side of said inlet port to said high side of said outlet port; a basket having a top and an inside placed within said inside of said container an angled lip formed circumferentially about said top of said basket wherein said angled lip fits against said angled ledge thereby forming a seal between said basket and said inside of said container, and; an insert, manufactured from a metal alloy capable of modifying the flowing fluid, placed within said inside of said basket comprising a plurality of plates having a plurality of fluid apertures bored through said plates; and, a connection shaft connecting between said plurality of plates said connection shaft capable of affixing each of said plurality of plates in a parallel relationship one to the other whereby said basket and said insert cause the flowing fluid passing through the fluid conditioner from said inlet port of said container to said outlet port of said container to follow a convoluted flow path while said insert modifies the flowing fluid thereby suspending solid materials and inhibiting the formation of precipitates.