Dispensing systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10030401-B2
Application number	US-201715731337-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 30, 2017
Priority date	Jul 16, 2014
Publication date	Jul 24, 2018
Grant date	Jul 24, 2018

Abstract

A system for limiting the flow from a dispensing valve when a dispensing cartridge is replaced with the system including a dispenser cartridge with a cam and a water socket with a flow limiter therein that is activeable in response to the position of the dispenser cartridge in the dispensing valve and operable in response to an upstream fluid pressure in the dispensing valve.

First claim

We claim:

1. A method of on-the-go reconfiguring a dispensing valve from receiving a first set of dispensing cartridges where the first set of dispensing cartridges contain a bottom inlet and a bottom outlet of a first size to receiving a second set of dispensing cartridges wherein each of the second set of dispensing cartridges have a bottom inlet and a bottom outlet of a second size which is a different size than the bottom inlet and the bottom outlet of the first set of dispensing cartridges comprising:
removing the first set of dispensing cartridge from a chamber in the inline dispenser;
inserting a converter having a first top socket with a first flow limiter and a second top socket with a second flow limiter and a first bottom socket and a second bottom socket into a chamber in the inline dispenser;
frictionally engaging the first bottom socket of the converter with a first socket of the dispensing valve and frictionally engaging the second bottom socket of the converter with a second socket of the inline dispenser; and
frictionally engaging a first bottom socket of the second set of dispensing cartridges with the first top socket of the converter and a second bottom socket of the second dispensing cartridge with the second top socket of the converter;
engaging a cam in the first dispenser cartridge socket with the first flow limiter in the converter to deactivate the first flow limiter to form a first flow path between the bulk feeder and the first dispenser cartridge socket.

2. The method of claim 1 including engaging a second cam in the second dispenser cartridge socket with the second flow limiter in the converter to deactivate the second flow limiter to form a further fluid path flow between the bulk feeder and the first dispenser cartridge socket.

3. A method of on the go reconfiguring a bulk feeder usable in either an industrial water treatment application or a nonindustrial water treatment application to a bulk feeder for receiving a water dispersant contained in a dispenser cartridge comprising:
inserting a converter having a peripheral edge, a first top cartridge socket having a first flow limiter and a first bottom socket and a second top cartridge socket having a second flow limiter and a second bottom socket into a chamber in the bulk feeder; and
securing the converter to the bulk feeder;
securing the converter to the bulk feeder comprises engaging the peripheral edge of the converter with a frusto conical sidewall of the bulk feeder by axially forcing the converter into the bulk feeder until the first bottom curvilinear lip on the converter is in engagement with a first curvilinear lip of the bulk feeder to form a fluid passage between the bulk feeder and the converter and the second curvilinear lip on the converter is in engagement with a second curvilinear lip of the bulk feeder to form a further fluid passage between the bulk feeder and the converter; and
including the step of frictionally engaging a first dispenser cartridge socket with a top cartridge socket on the converter including the step of frictionally engaging the first dispenser cartridge socket with the top cartridge socket on the converter to form a fluid passage between the first dispenser cartridge socket and the second top cartridge socket on the converter and the second dispenser cartridge socket with the second top socket of the converter and a second dispenser cartridge socket with a second top socket of the converter to form a fluid passage between the second dispenser cartridge socket and the second cartridge socket of the converter;
engaging a cam in the first dispenser cartridge socket with the first flow limiter in the converter to deactivate the flow limiter to form a first flow path between the bulk feeder and the first dispenser cartridge socket.

4. The method of claim 3 including engaging a second cam in the second dispenser cartridge socket with the second flow limiter in the converter to deactivate the second flow limiter to form a further fluid path flow between the bulk feeder and the first dispenser cartridge socket.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the first dispenser cartridge socket and second dispenser cartridge socket are extended from a common dispenser cartridge compartment.

6. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of securing the converter comprise securing the converter to the bulk feeder through frictional engagement of a peripheral edge of the converter with a sidewall of a bulk feeder.

Assignees

• King Joseph
• Johnson Jeffrey
• Freeberg Paul
• Guy David
• Goeman Terry
• Schomburg Kenneth V
• King Tech Inc

Inventors

• King Joseph
• Johnson Jeffrey
• Freeberg Paul
• Guy David
• Goeman Terry
• Schomburg Kenneth V

Classifications

• E04H4/1281 Primary

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