Water conditioner having regeneration means

Claim 1

A WATER CONDITIONER HAVING A HOUSING MEANS HAVING A MINERAL BED THEREIN FOR SERVICE CONDITIONING WATER AND PROVIDING A SUPPLY THEREOF, SUPPLY CONDUIT AND INLET VALVE MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID HOUSING MEANS AND ADAPTED TO DELIVER WATER FOR SERVICE CONDITIONING TO SAID HOUSING MEANS AND THROUGH THE MINERAL BED, A DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS HAVING PRESSURE REDUCTION MEANS THEREIN LEADING FROM SAID MINERAL BED HOUSING TO CONDUCT CONDITIONED WATER FROM SAID BED AND HOUSING MEANS, A TIMER MEANS, A CONTAINER FOR A GENERATION AGENT SUFFICIENT FOR A SINGLE REGENERATION OF SAID MINERAL BED, WATER SUPPLY CONDUIT MEANS HAVING PRESSURE REDUCTION MEANS AND A SECOND VALVE MEANS THEREIN CONNECTING SAID SUPPLY CONDUIT INLET VALVE MEANS WITH SAID REGENERATION CONTAINER FOR SUPPLYING WATER THERETO, CONDUIT MEANS HAVING PRESSURE REDUCTION MEANS THEREIN CONNECTING THE REGENERATION CONTAINER WITH THE DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS LEADING FROM THE MINERAL BED HOUSING FOR A REVERSE FLOW THERETHROUGH TO THAT OF THE SERVICE FLOW FOR SUPPLYING THE REGENERATION AGENT AT REDUCED PRESSURE TO THE MINERAL BED FOR REGENERATING AND BACKWASHING THE SAME, FOLLOWING SAID INTRODUCTION OF REGENERATION AGENT WATER CONTINUING TO FLOW THROUGH SAID REGENERATION CONTAINER TO FLUSH SAME AND TO SLOW RINSE SAID BED, THE DISCHARGE CONDUIT MEANS LEADING FROM SAID MINERAL BED HAVING ITS PRESSURE REDUCTION MEANS THEREIN SO AS TO CAUSE PRESSURE LOSS AND PREVENT PRESSURE BUILD UP IN SAID REGENERATION CONTAINER AND THE CONDUIT LEADING THEREFROM, DRAIN MEANS HAVING A FLUID VALVE HAVING DIA-