Combined purified water dispensing device and reject water control device
US4585554A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 1, 1984 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1986 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 1, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB01D2313/502
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A purified water dispensing and reject water control device that when operatively associated with a pressurized feed water supplied reverse osmosis cartridge that has purified water and reject water outlets and a tank that is subdivided by a movable barrier into first and second compartments of variable volume that receive purified and reject water and may have same discharged therefrom. The control device includes a single elongate tubular member that actuates first and second valve members that tend to remain in first positions. Purified water from the purified water outlet flows to the first compartment and reject water from reject water outlet flows through a first flow restrictor and then through a second flow restrictor defined by the tubular member to the drain when the valve members are in first positions. When the tubular member and first and second valve members are moved to second positions reject water substantially by-passes the first and second flow restrictors to flow to the second compartment to expand the same and force purified water from the first compartment through an elongate passage partially defined by the elongate tubular member to a dispensing outlet. When…
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