IL103662A - Apparatus for preventing scale formation in water systems - Google Patents

Abstract

An apparatus for preventing scale formation in systems wherein a fluid is conducted through a fluid delivery system, the combination comprising: a housing (12) configured for connection in fluid flow with said system and having an inner chamber (18) with a generally cylindrical surface and an entrance end opening (20) and an exit end opening (22), diameters of said openings being less than the diameter of said inner chamber; flow control rib means (30) formed on said inner surface; a longitudinally extending unitary imperforate generally metallic member (14) having a turbulence creating surface and diameter less than the diameter of said inner chamber and greater than the diameter of said openings; means (27, 28) for supporting said unitary member in said chamber in coaxial alignment with said inner surface and spaced from said entrance and exit openings; and fluid feedback means (24, 26) formed within said chamber adjacent at least one of said exit opening or said entrance opening for causing fluid flowing through said conduit to at least partially reverse itself for causing greater turbulence than that caused by said rib means and the surface of said unitary member to thereby prevent the formation of scale in the fluid delivery system.