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US 12,202,749 B1Granted
Device for scale prevention in water systems incorporating magnetic field exposure and method
AssigneeERD Paris, LLC
InventorsEhud Levy, Danny F. Lincoln
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Abstract
A water processing system provides prevention of scale formation in both interrupted and recirculating flow operations. The system includes an inlet for receiving an inlet water flow, a magnetizing chamber, and an outlet for providing an outlet water flow. The magnetizing chamber is included in a device that has at least one permanent rod/bar magnet at least partially disposed within the water flow. The magnet has an axis extending between the poles thereof in a direction perpendicular to the flow, so that the magnetizing chamber exerts a magnetic force on scale suspended within the inlet water flow, and so that the suspended scale remains in suspension in the outlet water flow.
Claims16
A water processing system, comprising:
- an inlet for receiving an inlet water flow;
- a magnetizing chamber, including at least one permanent magnet at least partially disposed within the water flow, wherein the at least one permanent magnet comprises a rod/bar magnet having an axis extending between the poles thereof in a direction perpendicular to the flow;
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- an outlet for providing an outlet water flow, wherein the magnetizing chamber exerts a magnetic force on scale suspended within the inlet water flow, whereby the suspended scale remains in suspension in the outlet water flow, wherein the at least one permanent magnet includes a pair of rod/bar magnets each having a first one of their ends mechanically held in proximity within the magnetizing chamber, wherein the first one of the ends of each of the pair of rod/bar magnets have the same magnetic polarity, whereby an intensity of a magnetic field within the magnetizing chamber is increased, wherein an inlet and outlet of the magnetizing chamber are provided by a first through passage of a plumbing cross, wherein the pair of rod/bar magnets are installed in a second through passage of the plumbing cross that is perpendicular to the first through passage, and wherein the pair of rod/bar magnets are secured in the second through passage and passing through the center of the first through passage by plugs installed at each end of the plumbing cross.
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A device for applying a magnetic field to a flow of water containing suspended scale, comprising:
- an inlet for receiving an inlet water flow;
- a magnetizing chamber, including at least one permanent magnet at least partially disposed within the water flow and having an axis extending between the poles thereof in a direction perpendicular to the flow;
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- an outlet for providing an outlet water flow, wherein the magnetizing chamber exerts a magnetic force on scale suspended within the inlet water flow, wherein the magnetizing chamber includes a pair of rod/bar magnets each having a first one of their ends mechanically held in proximity within the magnetizing chamber, wherein the first one of the ends of each of the pair of rod/bar magnets have the same magnetic polarity, whereby an intensity of a magnetic field within the magnetizing chamber is increased, wherein the inlet and the outlet are provided by a first through passage of a plumbing cross, and wherein the pair of rod/bar magnets are installed in a second through passage of the plumbing cross that is perpendicular to the first through passage, and wherein the pair of rod/bar magnets are secured in the second through passage and passing through the center of the first through passage by plugs installed at each end of the plumbing cross.
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A method of preventing precipitation of scale in a water system, the method comprising:
- receiving an inlet water flow;
- exposing the flow to a magnetic field generated by a magnetizing chamber including at least one permanent magnet at least partially disposed within the water flow, wherein the at least one permanent magnet has an axis extending between the poles thereof in a direction perpendicular to the flow;
- providing an outlet water flow from the magnetizing chamber, wherein the magnetizing chamber exerts a magnetic force on scale suspended within the inlet water flow, whereby the suspended scale remains in suspension in the outlet water flow;
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- increasing an intensity of a magnetic field within the magnetizing chamber with a pair of rod/bar magnets each having a first one of their ends mechanically held in proximity within the magnetizing chamber, wherein the first one of the ends of each of the pair of rod/bar magnets have the same magnetic polarity, wherein an inlet and an outlet of the magnetizing chamber are provided by a first through passage of a plumbing cross, wherein the pair of rod/bar magnets are installed in a second through passage of the plumbing cross that is perpendicular to the first through passage, and wherein the pair of rod/bar magnets are secured in the second through passage and passing through the center of the first through passage by plugs installed at each end of the plumbing cross.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.