Drinking water supply apparatus
AssigneeDigmesa AG
InventorHeinz Plüss
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Abstract
To bring maximum sterility in a stationary drinking water supply installation with a water tank, the invention provides a method for filling a drinking water installation in which, after filling a tank with fresh water, the water is circulated at least over a filter. The invention also provides an apparatus for drinking water supply from a drinking water tank with a supply pipe connectable to a fresh water source and which has a three-way valve (6) with an inlet (4) connected to the fresh water intake (3), as well as a second inlet (22) and a supply pipe (5) leading to the tank (2). There is also a return pipe (21) leading from the water tank (2) to the second inlet (22) of the three-way valve (6) and a circulating pump (9) in the water circuit formed by the return pipe (21) and supply pipe (5).
Claims3
Moveable apparatus for drinking water supply, said apparatus comprising a drinking water tank, a supply pipe connected to said tank, a three-way valve connected to said supply pipe leading to said tank, said valve having first and second inlets, said first inlet being connected to a fresh water intake connectable to a fresh water source, a return pipe connected to said tank and leading back from said water tank to said second inlet of said valve, a circulating pump in the water circuit formed by said return pipe and said supply pipe, a filter provided in said supply pipe, a silver ion admixing unit provided in said supply pipe downstream of said filter, a flow meter provided in said supply pipe by means of which it is possible to control the silver ion delivery rate of the silver ion admixing unit as a function of the flow rate, and a control device for switching over said three-way valve for closing said first inlet and opening said second inlet of said valve and subsequent connecting in of said circulating pump on reaching a maximum filling level in the water tank.
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