Electrically enhanced filter cartridge and methods for its use
AssigneeParagon Water Systems, Inc.
InventorKarl J. Fritze
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Abstract
A fluid treatment apparatus and related methods involving the use of replaceable treatment cartridges that include a treatment media, wherein the treatment cartridge is electrically enhanced to form regions of differing polarity within the cartridge. The treatment cartridge can include a pair of fixed polarity conductors that can be electrically connected to a power source so as to induce regions of differing polarity within the cartridge. The fluid treatment apparatus can be utilized to treat liquids including aqueous solutions as well as gases such as an air supply by exposing the fluid to the regions of differing polarity.
Claims20
A fluid treatment system, comprising:
- a manifold defining a fluid inlet conduit and a fluid outlet conduit, the manifold further including an external electrical source;
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- a treatment cartridge including a media sealed within a cartridge housing, the treatment cartridge including a fluid inlet connection and a fluid outlet connection, the treatment cartridge further including a cartridge electrical connection having a pair of electrical conductors,
- wherein engagement of the treatment cartridge with the manifold defines both a system fluid conduit and an electrical circuit, the system fluid conduit defined by interconnecting the fluid inlet conduit with the fluid inlet connection and the fluid outlet conduit with the fluid outlet connection, and the electrical circuit completed between the external electrical source and the cartridge electrical connection.
A fluid treatment system, comprising:
- a manifold defining a fluid inlet conduit, a fluid outlet conduit and rotary valve, the manifold further including an external electrical source;
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- a treatment cartridge including a media sealed within a cartridge housing, the treatment cartridge including a fluid inlet connection and a fluid outlet connection, the treatment cartridge further including a cartridge electrical connection having a pair of electrical conductors,
- wherein the rotary valve is rotatable between a bypass mode and a treatment mode, said treatment mode defining a system fluid conduit and an electrical circuit, the system fluid conduit defined by interconnecting the fluid inlet conduit with the fluid inlet connection and the fluid outlet conduit with the fluid outlet connection, and the electrical circuit completed between the external electrical source and the cartridge electrical connection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.