Patent ID: 7695613

Claim:
A chlorinator mounted inline in a swimming pool water purification system, comprising: a housing having an inlet end and an outlet end in communication with the swimming pool bringing water from the pool through the inlet end and back to the pool from the outlet end and an upper compartment having an electronics section; a controller unit contained within the electronics section, the controller unit being electrically coupled to a power source and an at least one electrolyte plate; and a heat sink member in thermal communication with the controller, wherein the flow of the water in the swimming pool water purification system cools the heat sink member, the controller unit, and the electronics section, wherein the heat sink is separated from the water coming in the inlet end by a separation section, the separation section being a concurrent wall of the electronics compartment and the housing in direct contact with the water coming from the pool at the inlet end, the separation section being in direct contact with the heat sink and both the heat sink and the separation section being continually cooled by the water flowing in through the inlet end of the housing.