System and method for a process to create improved piping to supress the build up of biological organisms
OwnerJohn McDevittinventor
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Abstract
A system and method for a process to prepare piping such that it has a reduced chance of having biological organisms developing or growing within it by the addition of a metal structure to at least a portion of the inner wall of the piping. The system utilizes a limited amount of metal on or close to the inside wall of the piping to retard or suppress the growth of biological organisms within the piping. The limited amount of metal inside the pipe does not materially interfere with the structural aspects or performance of the pipe, nor does it significantly increasing the material costs of the pipe, while providing a unique and novel improved anti-biologic organism performance. The system is suitable for residential or commercial use.
Claims8
A system for retarding the growth of biological organisms in a pipe by adding a metal structure to the pipe comprising:
- at least one pipe that allows a substance to pass through it;
- at least one metal structure made with a metal that has a biocidal property;
- the at least one metal structure is at least of equal length as the at least one pipe;
- the at least one metal structure can support passing an electric current;
- the at least one metal structure becomes hot enough to fuse to the inner wall of the at least one pipe when an electric current is passed through the at least one metal structure;
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- at least a portion of the at least one metal structure fused to the inner wall of the at least one pipe is positioned such that at least a portion of the at least one metal structure is exposed to the inner area of the at least one pipe such that at least a portion of the substance passing through the at least one pipe may come in contact with at least a portion of the at least one metal structure.
A method for retarding the growth of biological organisms in piping by attaching a biocidal metal structure in the piping, by:
- choosing a piece of piping that a substance may pass through;
- choosing a metal structure of at least an equal length as the piping;
- placing the metal structure in at least a portion of the piping;
- passing an electric current through the metal structure such that the metal structure gets hot enough to fuse at least a portion of the metal structure to at least a portion of the inner wall of the piping;
- the metal structure is attached to the piping such that at least a portion of the metal structure is exposed to the inner area of the piping and at least a portion of the metal structure may be exposed to at least a portion of the substance passing through the piping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.