Treatment media for water purification
AssigneeAquatune, Inc.
InventorCharles F. Heinig JR.
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Abstract
Disclosed are treatment media for incorporation into techniques and equipment that eliminate germs from water through silver catalysis. Treatment of water with such media provides an immediate germicidal effect to water, as well as a beneficial residual, germicidal treatment to the water through the release of silver ions thereto, wherein such silver ions are capable of preventing the formation of new germs in the water and/or of eliminating germs introduced therein
Claims30
A treatment medium for purifying a quantity of water, comprising:
- an alumina substrate having been heated to a temperature in the range of 300° F. to 375° F. and having a predetermined weight;
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- a quantity of silver deposited on the alumina substrate, the quantity of silver having a predetermined weight in the range of about 1% to 10% of the predetermined weight of the alumina substrate.
A treatment medium for purifying a quantity of water, comprising:
- an alumina substrate having been heated to a temperature in the range of 300° F. to 375° F. or less and having a predetermined weight;
- a quantity of filler material intermixed within the alumina substrate, the quantity of filler material having a predetermined weight;
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- a quantity of silver deposited on the alumina substrate, the quantity of silver having a predetermined weight in the range of about 1% to 10% of the sum of the predetermined weight of the alumina substrate and the predetermined weight of the quantity of filler material.
A method of forming a treatment medium for purifying a quantity of water, comprising the steps of:
- providing an alumina substrate having a predetermined weight;
- heating the alumina substrate to a temperature in the range of 300° F. to 375° F. for a predetermined amount of time;
- depositing a quantity of silver onto the alumina substrate, wherein the quantity of silver has a predetermined weight that is in the range of about 1% to 10% of the predetermined weight of the alumina substrate.
A method of forming a treatment medium for purifying a quantity of water, comprising the steps of:
- providing an alumina substrate having a predetermined weight;
- introducing a quantity of filler material within the alumina substrate, the quantity of filler material having a predetermined weight;
- heating the alumina substrate with intermixed quantity of filler material to a temperature in the range of 300° F. to 375° F. for a predetermined amount of time;
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- depositing a quantity of silver onto the alumina substrate with introduced quantity of filler material, wherein the quantity of silver has a predetermined weight that is in the range of about 1% to 10% of the sum of the predetermined weight of the alumina substrate and the predetermined weight of the filler material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.