A portable water-softener, suitable for use in tea-making, shampooing, shaving, and other purposes involving use of small quantities of softened water

Abstract

Abstract 373,734. Softening water. LYNCH, M. E., 32, Newington Green, London. April 20, 1931, No. 11605. [Class 46.] A portable water-softener for use in tea-making, shampooing, shaving, &c., consists of a container for watersoftening material through which water can flow by gravity, the container having an orifice at or near each end and being adapted to be supported with either end uppermost so that it may be reversed when clogged. The container 10 may consist of a metal cylinder having a wire-gauze cone 11, 12, or the like, at each end. The upper cone 11 is carried by a removable slotted sleeve 13 having an enlargement 14 which snaps into a corresponding enlargement 15 in the cylinder. A ring 16 attached to the cone 12 engages an enlargement 17. The gauzes 11, 12 may be corrugated and may be partly of cylindrical or other shape instead of conical The cylinder is not quite filled with base-exchange water-softening material which is therefore disturbed when the apparatus is inverted. The projecting ends of the cylinder 10 are provided with holes 19, 21 to receive a wire or string loop, or a rod or the like for supporting the apparatus from a tap, or in a jug, &c. A discharge funnel or spout may be detachably secured on either end. The apparatus may be connected to a water tap by a rubber connection.

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