ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,260, issued on May 27.

"Chlorinator with onboard flow sensor" was invented by Kevin Doyle (Pompano Beach, Fla.) and Rakesh Reddy (Boca Raton, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chlorinator device for generating chlorine in a body of water includes a housing with an inlet and outlet end, a flowrate sensor mounted within the housing to measure water flowrate, and an electrolyte plate mounted within the housing to contact flowing water and convert salt into chlorine. The device can include an external controller for processing flowrate information, obtaining information from a cloud platform or other external sources, and controlling...