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Water filter

US9005434B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 2011
Grant dateApr 14, 2015
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Expiry dateNov 29, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB01D2201/309
  • WIPO fieldChemical engineering
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A water filter including a housing, at least one cylindrical filter component disposed within the housing, an inflow pipe extending through, and parallel to a longitudinal axis of, the at least one cylindrical filter component, the inflow pipe including a series of openings arranged along the length of the inflow pipe so as to cause a cyclonic motion of the contaminated water out of the inflow pipe and into contact with the at least one cylindrical filter component, a first outflow pipe that delivers filtered water from the at least one cylindrical filter component, and a second outflow pipe that delivers contaminants from the at least one cylindrical filter component.

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