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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2013
Ecolab Usa Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Jason D. Hedlund, Lake Elmo, MN (US);
John E. Thomas, River Falls, WI (US);
Richard Ryan Carroll, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Louis Holzman, St. Paul, MN (US);
Edward J. Snodgrass, Inver Grove Heights, MN (US);
Bernardo Parlange, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Ecolab USA Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for dispensing a solution of a solid product in a fluid. A freestanding apparatus comprises an inlet portion through which fluid enters, a reaction portion in which the fluid encounters and dissolves the product to form a solution, and an outlet portion from which the solution exits the apparatus. Fluid may encounter product from a single direction or multiple directions. The apparatus may be configured to receive a particularly shaped solid product, and may comprise a lid or gate to prevent fluid from contacting the product undesirably.