US 11,718,542 B2
Electrolytic biocide generating system for use on-board a watercraft
Louis Ciro Cosentino, Palm Beach Gardens, FL (US); and Daniel L. Cosentino, Wayzata, MN (US)
Assigned to ElectroSea, LLC, Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed by ElectroSea, LLC, Wayzata, MN (US)
Filed on May 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/318,290.
Application 17/318,290 is a continuation of application No. 16/152,176, filed on Oct. 4, 2018, granted, now 11,027,991.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/737,555, filed on Sep. 27, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/735,615, filed on Sep. 24, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/568,629, filed on Oct. 5, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0331948 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. C02F 1/461 (2023.01); C02F 1/467 (2023.01); C02F 103/02 (2006.01); C02F 103/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 103/08 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/46104 (2013.01) [C02F 1/4674 (2013.01); C02F 1/004 (2013.01); C02F 2103/008 (2013.01); C02F 2103/02 (2013.01); C02F 2103/023 (2013.01); C02F 2103/08 (2013.01); C02F 2201/001 (2013.01); C02F 2201/008 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4611 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4612 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4613 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4614 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4615 (2013.01); C02F 2201/4617 (2013.01); C02F 2201/46145 (2013.01); C02F 2201/46175 (2013.01); C02F 2209/40 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01); C02F 2303/20 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A biocide generating system for inhibiting bio-fouling within a water system of a watercraft, the water system being configured to draw water from a body of water on which the watercraft is supported, the biocide generating system comprising: an electrode arrangement adapted to be incorporated as part of an electrolytic cell through which the water of the water system flows, the electrode arrangement including at least one anode and at least one cathode; a control system that interfaces with the electrode arrangement, the control system including an electrical power circuit for establishing a flow of electrical current between the at least one anode and the at least one cathode to generate a biocide in the water which flows through the electrolytic cell; the electrolytic cell including a canister that includes a canister main body including a water inlet port and water outlet port, the canister including a canister lid that fastens to an open top of the canister main body to close the open top of the canister main body, the electrode arrangement being mounted to the canister lid and extending into the canister main body when the canister lid is fastened to the open top of the canister, the electrode arrangement being carried with the canister lid such that the electrode arrangement is removed from the canister main body when the canister lid is lifted off the canister main body; and a strainer basket that mounts within the canister main body, the strainer basket being removable from the canister main body through the open top of the canister main body once the canister lid has been lifted off the open top of the canister main body, wherein the electrode arrangement is positioned inside the strainer basket when the strainer basket and the electrode arrangement are in the canister main body, and wherein the strainer basket has an open region that aligns with the water inlet port to allow water to enter an interior of the strainer basket from the water inlet without passing through a straining media of the strainer basket, and wherein strained material from the water is captured inside the strainer basket.