Water purifying and dispensing apparatus, and method of purifying chlorine-containing water
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsBunichiro Kameyama, Homare Aman, Soichi Matsuzoe, Hiroshi Yamamoto, Kimitaka Takano, Nobuyuki Endo, Tsutomu Maezawa
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Abstract
A water purification apparatus and methods for the purification of water are provided. The invention features an atmospherically-isolated, but ventable, reservoir electrolysis cell with control features for selecting an electrolysis duration depending on temperature, time since last electrolysis, or time since last gas venting. The device and associated method can easily take a wide range of input water qualities into account for the production of an effective amount of sterilizing water.
Claims23
A water purifier apparatus for water containing chloride ions comprising:
- a) an air-shielded water container having an input to receive untreated water containing chloride ions and an output for purified water, a cross-sectional area of said container being larger than cross-sectional areas of said input and said output thereby lowering a flow velocity of water in said container to be less than velocities of water at said input and said output;
- b) a power source;
- c) a pair of electrolysis electrodes within said container, said electrodes being electrically connected to receive power from said power source;
- d) a valve fluidly connected with said container so as to control water flow therethrough;
- e) a power control electrically connected to said valve and to said power source, said control being arranged to apply power to said electrodes to carry out electrolysis of flow velocity-lowered water in said container when said valve is opened for said input to receive said untreated water and for said output to supply said purified water in a direction of a dispensing end;
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- f) a gas release valve for releasing gas from said container.
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