公开(公告)号：US20230084245A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-16

申请号：US17791638

申请日：2021-01-20

Applicant: Harvey Water Softeners Limited

Inventor： W R Sargeant ,  G M Halligan

IPC: G01F23/28 ,  C02F1/42 ,  B01J49/06 ,  B01J49/75 ,  B01J49/85 ,  G01F25/20

Abstract: A water softener apparatus comprising a housing having a chamber for accommodating at least one compressed salt block having an elongated block form, the configuration accommodating the compressed salt block within the chamber with its longitudinal axis in a vertical orientation. The water softener apparatus includes a manually detachable front cover enclosing the chamber and a non-touch salt level indicator device arranged in or on the front cover of the housing above the chamber to determine a salt level from an upper end face of the compressed salt block accommodated in the chamber, the non-touch salt level indicator device determining the salt level from the upper end face of the compressed salt block through a wall of the front cover of the housing. The non-touch salt level indicator device is a battery powered device and the water softener apparatus is a non-electric powered water softener apparatus.