Patent ID: 7081232

Claim:
Apparatus for preparing a solution of a solid chemical material comprising, in combination: (a) a container for housing solid chemical material, said container having a base, side walls and an open upper end; (b) a lid adapted to be removably mounted onto the open end of said container, said lid having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first opening and a plurality of additional openings spaced from said first opening in said lid; and (c) a housing having a base and side wall extending upwardly from said base, the base and side wall defining a cavity, the perimeter of the top of the side wall defining an opening that is substantially the same shape and size as the perimeter of said lid, the top of the side wall being adapted to mate with a section of the top surface of said lid; inlet and outlet ports in the side wall, said ports being spaced from one another; an upwardly extending nozzle situated within the cavity of the housing, the upper portion of said nozzle having a distributor head that is adapted to mate with and protrude through the first opening in the lid, the protruding portion of the distributor head having at least one orifice that directs fluid discharged from the orifice in a lateral direction; and liquid conduit means connecting the inlet port with said nozzle.