Water filter
AssigneeHong Kong EcoAqua Co., Limited
InventorZou Zhibin
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Abstract
A filter cartridge includes a removable filter. The filter cartridge includes housing that connects to a manifold at one end and has a removable cover at another end. The removable cover is held onto the housing by a removable connector. When one desires to change the filter, the cartridge is disconnected from the manifold, the removable connector is removed, then the removable cover is removed, and then the removable filter is replaced. Next, the removable cover is put back on, then the connector is connected, and the cartridge is reconnected to the manifold.
Claims16
A filter system comprising:
- a housing for a filter unit that has a first end and a second end, the housing including at least an outlet conduit on the first end and an opening on the second end, the first end of the housing including one or more lugs for detachably engaging the housing with a manifold;
- a removable filter for filtering fluid, the removable filter being enclosed in the filter unit;
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- a removable cap;
- a connector that removably fastens the removable cap to housing;
- wherein the removable cap is detachable from the opening on the second end of the housing for replacing the removable filter in the filter unit.
A replaceable filter element for a reusable filter system, comprising:
- a first filter cap that is positioned at one end of a removable filter media, the first filter cap including at least an outlet conduit that connects with an outlet channel in a housing of a reusable filter system for directing fluid away from the removable filter media, the outlet conduit of the filter cap has a seal between the outlet conduit and the outlet channel to prevent fluid from leaking while traveling from the outlet conduit to the outlet channel;
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- a second filter cap that is positioned at another end of a removable filter media, the filter cap including a handle for removing the filter cap, allowing the filter to be taken from the filter from housing.
A method comprising:
- detaching a housing for a filter unit from a manifold, the housing for the filter unit having a first end and a second end, the housing including at least an outlet conduit on the first end and an opening on the second end, the first end of the housing including one or more lugs for detachably engaging the housing with a manifold;
- the detaching of the housing from the manifold including at least moving the housing so that the one or more lugs disengage from the manifold;
- removing a removable connector from the second end of the housing, therein allows a removable filter cap to be removed;
- removing the removable filter cap from the second end of the housing;
- removing a removable filter, from the housing, via the second end;
- placing a new removable filter in the housing, via the second end;
- covering the new removable filter with the removable filter cap, by placing the removable filter cap at the second end of the housing;
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- fastening the connector to the housing therein holding the filter and filter cap in place and holding the second end of the housing closed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.