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US 6,187,187 B1Granted
Magnetic shower filter assembly
OwnerDavid K. Farleyinventor
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Abstract
A shower filter assembly, having a thin or low-profile design, including a recessed inlet, which leads into an internal chamber having a filter element mounted therein to deflect water flowing into the internal chamber substantially evenly through a filter media held within the filter element. Magnets are provided in the compact shower filter to act on the water flowing therethrough, so as to breakdown carbonates therein and prevent the formation of line and scale deposits.
Claims20
A compact shower filter assembly comprising, in combination:
- a hollow body having two mating parts to form an inner chamber therebetween;
- an inlet and an outlet connected to the inner chamber to allow the flow of water into and out of the inner chamber;
- a filter element including a water deflector portion formed therein mounted within the inner chamber;
- the filter element having an annular body which is secured in the inner chamber;
- a filter media substantially filling the annular body;
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- means for applying a magnetic field to water flowing into and out of the inner chamber.
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A compact shower filter comprising, in combination:
- a body comprised of a top hollow mating half having a recessed inlet and a bottom hollow mating half having an outlet;
- the top hollow mating half and the bottom hollow mating half being held together by matching threads formed at mating ends thereof and forming an internal chamber;
- a water filter assembly having an annular housing with a plurality of inlet openings and a plurality of exit openings and a filter media held within the annular housing;
- the water filter assembly being secured in the internal chamber between annular wall portions formed in the internal chamber;
- at least one magnet held in the body;
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- means in the internal chamber for directing flow of water from the recessed inlet past the at least one magnet through the water filter assembly and out the outlet.
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A compact shower filter comprising, in combination:
- a substantially cylindrical body having a top hollow mating half with a recessed annular housing portion having an inlet, and a bottom hollow mating half having an outlet;
- the top hollow mating half and the bottom hollow mating half having annular end portions with threads formed thereon, which annular end portions are screwed together so as to form an internal chamber;
- a filter assembly having an annular body with a bottom wall, an inner wall forming a deflector and a top wall held in the internal chamber, between annular wall portions;
- the annular body having a plurality of inlet openings, a plurality of exit openings and filter media held therein;
- a first ultra-strong ring magnet and a second ultra-strong ring magnet held in the substantially cylindrical body;
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- an inner wall formed in a central depression in the filter assembly, for directing flow of water from the recessed inlet through the plurality of inlet openings, through the filter media, out the plurality of exit openings and through the outlet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.