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Water treatment assembly

US7988852B2 · kind B2 · utility

15Cited by

21References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

General Electric Company · US

Inventors

Samuel Vincent DuPlessis · Louisville, US
Kyran Hoff · Louisville, US
Craig Robert Vitan · Louisville, US
Jonathan D. Nelson · Louisville, US
Almir Begovich · Louisville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 13, 2010
Grant date	Aug 2, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 13, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC02F2209/006
WIPO fieldEnvironmental technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A water treatment assembly includes a housing having a plurality of water treatment component interfaces. The water treatment assembly also includes a plurality of water treatment components selected from a group of a particulate filter component, a taste and odor filter component, a lead and mercury filter component, a water softener component, and a water disinfection component, wherein each of the water treatment components are coupled to a respective one of the water treatment component interfaces. Plumbing lines provide flow communication between the components, and the plumbing lines include a system water inlet and a system water outlet.

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