Apparatus for the chlorination of water

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE INTRODUCTION OF HYPOCHLORITE INTO A WATER SUPPLY LINE SO THAT THE FLOW RATE OF HYPOCHLORITE ADDED IS RELATIVELY INDEPENDENT OF THE FLOW RATE IN SAID WATER SUPPLY LINE AND INCLUDING A CHAMBER FOR HOLDING A DILUTE SALT BATH, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING ELECTROLYZING MEANS IMMERSED IN SAID DILUTE SALT BATH AND ADAPTED TO ELECTROLYZE SAID SALT SOLUTION INTO SEPARATE CONSITUENTS BY PASSING ELECTRIC CURRENT THERETHROUGH, ONE OF SAID CONSTITUENTS CONSTITUTING AN ELECTRLYZED LIQUID AND THE OTHER OF SAID CONSTITUENTS CONSTITUTING ELECTRLYZED CHLORINES; COMBINING MEANS FOR COMBINING SAID ELECTRLYZED LIQUID AND SAID ELECTRLYZED CHLORINE OUTSIDE SAID ELECTLYZING CHAMBER TO FORM HYPOCHLORITE; AND REGULATING MEANS RESPONSIVE TO THE FLOW RATE IN SAID WATER SUPPLY LINE TO CONTROL SAID INTRODUCTION OF HYPOCHLORITE TO SAID WATER SUPPLY LINE SO AS TO MAINTAIN THE FLOW RATE THEREOF SUBSTANTIALLY INDEPENDENT OF THE FLOW RATE IN SAID WATER SUPPLY LINE, SAID REGULATING MEANS COMPRISING A VALVE HAVING AN ORIFICE VARIABLE WITHIN A RANGE OF OPEN VALUES AND MEANS SENSITIVE TO FLOW RATE N SAID SUPPLY LINE ADAPTED TO INCREASE AND DECREASE THE CROSS-SECTION OF SAID ORIFICE IN INVERSE RESPONSE TO VARIATION IN SAID RATE, SAID REGULATING MEANS BEING INTERPOSED IN THE FLUID CIRCUIT BETWEEN SAID ELECTROLYZING CHAMBER AND SAID WATER SUPPLY LINE.