Floating dispenser

摘要

A floating dispenser having an external float or an internal float for supporting a cartridge or cartridges for floatingly delivering a dispersant or dispersants to a body of water with the floating dispenser having cartridges rotationally positionable with respect to one another to control the rate of dispensing while the dispenser floats in an upright condition with the floating dispenser changing its flotation orientation in response to consumption of the dispersant or dispersants in the cartridge or cartridges to thereby provide a visual alert to replace a spent cartridge with a fresh cartridge. In addition, the inventions described herein permit changing the dispensing nature of the system from a multiple dispensing system to a single dispensing system without changing the floating characteristics of the floating dispensers through replacement of a dispersant in one of the cartridges with an inert or ballast material that has no effect on the water characteristics.

主权项

1. A floating dispenser comprising:
a first hemispherical dispensing cartridge comprising a first hemispherical cap having a first chamber therein and a set of fluid openings therein for ingress and egress of water therethrough, said first hemispherical dispensing cartridge having a pole region and a base with the first hemispherical dispensing cartridge having a substantially hemi lune shaped gap formed between a set of substantially radial faces of said first hemispherical dispensing cartridge; a second dispensing cartridge having a second chamber therein, said second dispensing cartridge having a base having a set of fluid openings therein for ingress and egress of water therethrough; a flotation member; a batch of non water dissolvable materials located in said first chamber; and a water dispersible material located in the second chamber whereby the batch of non water dissolvable materials in the first chamber and the water dispersible materials in the second chamber causes the center of gravity of the dispenser to be located in the second chamber thereby causing the first hemispherical dispensing cartridge to be normally located at least partially above a water line and the consumption of the water dispersible material in the second chamber transfers the center of gravity of the dispenser from the second dispensing cartridge to the first hemispherical dispensing cartridge to thereby alert an operator to replenish the water dispersible material in the floating dispenser.