ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,759, issued on April 8.
"Mixer for ion exchange water softener" was invented by Gilles Hughes (Ridley Park, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a resin chamber containing an ion-exchange water-softening resin, the resin chamber having an inlet connectable to a source of softenable water under pressure, and the resin chamber having an outlet for discharging softened water, and a mixer for mixing the fluid in the resin chamber, wherein the mixer includes an agitator capable of rotating to agitate the fluid; and a drive for the mixer to cause the agitator to rotate."
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