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US 11,649,179 B2Granted
Water purification system
OwnerSamuel Stephen Grimesinventor
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Abstract
A water purification system and method embodying a submerged conduit with a semipermeable surface, thereby leveraging water pressure to cost-effectively and energy-efficiently purify the water that permeates the semipermeable surface. A intake conduit may provide the semipermeable surface, wherein the system contemplates rotating the intake conduit so that as it rotates it engages brushes or blades that clear the semipermeable surface of obstructions.
Claims10
A water purification system comprising:
- an intake conduit submerged a depth beneath a surface of a body of water, wherein a portion of a surface of the intake conduit is a semipermeable surface;
- an uptake conduit fluidly and rotatably coupled to the intake conduit;
- a pump fluidly connected to the uptake conduit;
- two stanchions connected to a floor of the body of water, wherein each stanchion is disposed adjacent a proximal end and a distal end, respectively, of the intake conduit;
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- a clearance element extending substantially an entire length of the intake conduit, wherein the clearance element is supported by the two stanchions,
- wherein hydrostatic pressure of the body of water urges water from the body of water through the semipermeable surface,
- whereby the pumped water is potable.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.