A brine maker including a hopper having an open upper end and an open lower end with the hopper being configured to receive salt therein. A solids screen is positioned at the lower end of the hopper. A receiving tank having an open upper end is positioned below the solids screen. An overflow tube is positioned in the hopper and has an upper end positioned below the upper end of the hopper. When the level of salt brine reaches the upper end of the overflow tube, the salt brine will overflow into the overflow tube and will pass downward therethrough the solids screen and into the receiving tank. The invention includes a second embodiment wherein an overflow panel with an upper end is positioned in the hopper thereby creating a passageway into which brine overflow may pass thereinto and pass through the solids screen into the receiving tank.

A solution making system and apparatus are described. The solution maker mixes a chemical or slurry with a solvent to a desired concentration. The concentration of the solution is monitored by one or more methods. Based upon this measurement, the concentration of the solution may be adjusted.

Systems and methods for blending fluids are provided. A blended fluid may be obtained by mixing a first fluid from a first fluid source with a second fluid from a second fluid source. The blended fluid may be pumped by a pump arranged downstream of a point at which the first and second fluids are mixed, wherein no other pumps are upstream of the pump. First and second flow control valves that control the flow rate of the first and second fluids, respectively, are adjusted so as to reach a target flow rate of the blended fluid, the blended fluid having a target blend of the first fluid and the second fluid.

A dissolver capable of increasing the dissolution rate, includes a tank body, a feeding pipe, a connecting moveable rod, and a moveable disc, the feeding pipe is communicated with the tank body, and being configured to flow raw materials into the tank body. The connection movable plate is slidably mounted inside the feeding pipe, the raw materials flows into the tank body or is prevented flowing when the connection movable plate slides from an inner front side to an inner rear side of the feeding pipe. The connecting moveable rod, provided with an end inserted into the feeding pipe to connect to the connection moveable plate, and the other end exposed outside the feeding pipe. The moveable disc is connected to the other end of the connecting moveable rod, and driven to rotate and enable the connection movable plate slide inside of the feeding pipe.

A water filter apparatus for use in filtering particles out of a water supply is provided. The apparatus comprises a multiple layered mesh type filter housing having a top proximal end and a bottom distal end, wherein the top proximal end comprising dual projected passageways adapted to be connected with an upstream water supply and for the addition of the soap powder, solution and detergent to the upstream water prior to the filtration process, The cup or cone shaped funnel is attached, either at the side or at the top of the said top proximal end of the purifier as shown in figs. The funnel act as the passage for detergent or soap powder, mixed inside the purifier before entering the filter. The device enables the mixing of the soap powder or detergent with the upstream water prior to the process of filtration executed by the mesh arrangement. The water and soap powder combination provided in the form a powder solution is in-let into the mesh arrangement for filtration which avoids the formation of scaling in the washing machine and the formation of the white patches in the washed clothes. The filtering device comprises at least six filtering meshes of varied micron sizes sandwiched between the top proximal end and the bottom distal end. The meshes are arranged in such a fashion as to comprise the larger micron sized mesh closer to the top proximal end with correspondingly decreasing micron sized meshes to the bottom distal end. The more important aspect of the invention being that the water purifier is capable of cleaning the filter and cartridge through backwash or reverse wash process by connecting the said purifier arrangement in the upside down position to the said tap water inlet.

A solid product dispenser can be used to form a dilute liquid solution from a block of solid concentrate. In cases where only a small amount of liquid solution is needed, the solid product dispenser may dissolve the block of solid concentrate quickly and substantially uniformly to provide a solution of controlled concentration. This can be contrast with larger dispensing applications where a dispenser may dissolve a block of concentrate slowly at the start and more rapidly as the dispensing progresses, producing a solution with an average concentration higher than if only a small amount of solution were produced using the dispenser. In one example, the solid product dispenser includes a fluid distribution reservoir and a solid product reservoir positioned inside of the fluid distribution reservoir and over a platform on which the solid product sits. High pressure fluid flows between the two reservoirs, turbulently contacting the solid product.

An insert for a liquid-holding container may include a body comprising a wall, open first and second ends, and a lumen extending from the open first end to the open second end. The insert also may include a plurality of first openings formed in the wall, the first openings being situated between the first and second ends, and each of the first openings defining an area, and one or more second openings formed in the wall, the one or more second openings being situated between the first and second ends, each of the one or more second openings defining an area that is greater than the area defined by any of the first openings, where at least one of the one or more second openings is situated closer to the first end than any of the first openings, and wherein each of the first and second openings is sized to permit the passage of a liquid.

Systems and methods for blending fluids are provided. A blended fluid may be obtained by mixing a first fluid from a first fluid source with a second fluid from a second fluid source. The blended fluid may be pumped by a pump arranged downstream of a point at which the first and second fluids are mixed, wherein no other pumps are upstream of the pump. First and second flow control valves that control the flow rate of the first and second fluids, respectively, are adjusted so as to reach a target flow rate of the blended fluid, the blended fluid having a target blend of the first fluid and the second fluid.

The present disclosure is directed to an in-line soluble media delivery system. In at least one embodiment, the system may comprise a housing including an inlet port and an outlet port. The inlet port may accept a liquid flow (e.g., water). A soluble media (e.g., fertilizer, herbicide, pesticide, etc.) in the delivery system may be exposed to the liquid flow, and may dissolve in the liquid over time. At least one filter may allow the liquid flow, now comprising at least some of the gradually dissolving media, to exit the system without allowing the bulk of the soluble media to exit. In at least one embodiment the system may comprise two filters with different porosity.

A rehydration capsule, and a method of rehydrating media within such capsule, the capsule including a capsule body having an inlet and an outlet, a member proximate the inlet having at least an opening therethrough, a filter proximate the outlet, and a hollow flow tube corresponding to each of said at least one opening mounted to the member and having an inlet at one end aligned with the at least one opening and having at least one opening through its body.