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US 2012/0067792 A1Published application
Apparatus and Method for Water Treatment
AssigneeAquality Trading & Consulting Ltd.
InventorLutz Johnen
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises two inlets for receiving water flows of differing quality. The apparatus comprises a water treatment device for treating one of the water flows. The apparatus is arranged to disable the treatment device if only water from the other inlet is conveyed to an outlet.
Claims7
An apparatus comprising:
- a first inlet for receiving a first water flow;
- a second inlet for receiving a second water flow;
- an outlet connected to be able to receive flow from the first inlet and the second inlet;
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- a water treatment device arranged to be able to treat at least a flow of water from the first inlet and a controller operative to deactivate the water treatment device for a time that is at least one of:
- a) a time during which the water conveyed to the outlet has exclusively been received through the second inlet;
- and b) a time at which no water flows to/from the outlet.
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A method of sourcing water comprising:
- providing first and second sources of water to an apparatus, wherein water from the first source requires treatment before use and water from the second source does not require treatment before use;
- conveying water from the first source to an outlet of the apparatus at one time and at another time conveying water from the second source to the outlet;
- and
- deactivating a treatment device of the apparatus for a time during which water conveyed to the outlet is exclusively provided from the second source or during a time in which no water flows to/from the outlet, wherein the treatment device is arranged to treat at least water received from the first source.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.