Cartridge for the treatment of drinking water and method for treating drinking water
AssigneeBWT Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsJürgen JOHANN, Monique BISSEN
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Abstract
A cartridge for treating drinking water with an ion-exchange material, wherein the ion-exchange material includes added silver, and wherein means for removing silver are arranged at the outlet of the cartridge.
Claims21
An antibacterially equipped cartridge for treating drinking water, comprising:
- at least one chamber including an ion-exchange material or activated carbon and silver, and a material for removing silver from the drinking water;
- wherein the cartridge is configured so that the drinking water first flows through a region of the cartridge which contains the silver and the ion-exchange material or activated carbon and subsequently is treated using the material for removing silver.
A method for treating drinking water, wherein the drinking water is first passed through an ion-exchange material which comprises silver and has an antibacterial effect, and is subsequently passed through a material for removing silver.
A material for removing heavy metals, comprising a fibrous polyacrylate, wherein the modified polyacrylate comprises at least one sulfur-containing functional group for complexing heavy metals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.