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US 7,740,754 B2Granted
Apparatus for purifying a liquid
OwnerRobert D. Fiteinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for purifying a liquid including: reaction chambers that utilizes an ionization reaction material in turbulence with the liquid, a first fine collective filtration unit, a first laser photolytic light chamber that utilizes ultraviolet light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range to irradiate liquid, a second ultra-fine collective filtration unit, and a pharmaceutical grade granular activated carbon filter unit.
Claims11
An apparatus for purifying a liquid comprising:
- a. a liquid supply line for supplying said liquid under pressure to a primary collection filtration unit;
- b. a first liquid transfer pipe fixedly connected from said primary collection filtration unit at a first end to a reaction chamber at a second end for transferring said liquid from said primary collection filtration unit to a reaction chamber, said reaction chamber comprising:
- i. a cap with liquid inlet and outlet openings;
- ii. a reaction chamber body having a bottom and an open top, said reaction chamber body being removably attached the underside of said cap at said open top of said reaction chamber body;
- iii. a liquid deflector cup fixedly attached to the inside of said reaction chamber body at the bottom of said reaction chamber body;
- iv. an internal liquid supply tube fixedly attached at a first end of said internal supply tube to the inside of said liquid inlet opening in said cap, said supply tube extending down the inside center of said reaction chamber body and a second end of said internal liquid supply tube ending within said liquid deflector cup;
- v. a mesh screen abutting said second end of said internal liquid supply tube and said mesh screen attached to the top edge of said deflector cup;
- vi. a dual funnel shaped object attached to said internal supply tube proximate said second end of said internal liquid supply tube, said dual funnel shaped object in close proximity within but not in contact with said mesh screen to allow said liquid to pass between the gap created by said dual funnel shaped object being in close proximity to said liquid deflector cup;
- vii. a reaction material inside of said reaction chamber body above said first mesh screen, said liquid and said reaction material being in turbulent flow with said liquid flowing through said reaction chamber;
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- viii. a filter pad removably attached between said top of said reaction chamber body and said cap that allows said liquid to pass through said reaction chamber and out said outlet opening in said cap while preventing any said reaction material from exiting said reaction chamber;
- c. a second transfer pipe fixedly connected at a first end to said outlet opening in said cap of said reaction chamber and at a second end to a photolytic light chamber for transferring said liquid from said reaction chamber to said photolytic light chamber, said light chamber comprising:
- i. a liquid inlet and outlet;
- ii. a light generator, said generator providing light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range into said light chamber;
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- iii. a lens separating said light generator from said liquid in said light chamber, said lens made of a material that allows said light in the 100 to 300 nanometer range from said light generator to pass through said lens without diminishing the wavelength of said light;
- d. a third liquid transfer pipe fixedly attached at a first end to said outlet in said light chamber and at a second end to a secondary collective filtration unit for transferring said liquid from said light chamber to said secondary collection filtration unit for filtration of said liquid, said secondary collection filtration unit having and inlet and outlet openings;
- e. a fourth liquid transfer pipe fixedly connected at a first end to said outlet of said secondary collection filtration unit and at a second end to an activated carbon filtration unit, said carbon filtration unit having inlet and outlet openings;
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- f. a fifth liquid transfer pipe for transferring said liquid out of said carbon filtration unit.
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