IP Library Granted Patent US 11,339,072
Granted Patent B2
US 11,339,072 · App. 17/043,523 · Granted May 24, 2022

Ion removing system

Inventors: Ayane Takehisa (Nara, JP); Yasunari Maeda (Osaka, JP); Tomohiro Akita (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
C02F9/00C02F1/20C02F1/4618C02F1/66C02F5/02C02F2101/10
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Patent No.
US 11,339,072
App. No.
17/043,523
Granted
May 24, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Ion removing system includes primary-side ion removing apparatus that includes primary-side hard water storage part storing hard water and primary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to primary-side hard water storage part and that causes fine bubbles to adsorb first metal ions in hard water in primary-side hard water storage part to remove first metal ions from hard water, secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus increasing pH of hard water from which first metal ions are removed by primary-side ion removing apparatus, and secondary-side ion removing apparatus that includes secondary-side hard water storage part storing hard water having pH increased by secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus and secondary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to secondary-side hard water storage part and that causes fine bubbles to adsorb second metal ions in hard water in secondary-side hard water storage part to remove second metal ions from hard water.

Claims (9)

1. An ion removing system comprising:

a primary-side ion removal apparatus that comprises a primary-side hard water storage part storing hard water and a primary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to the primary-side hard water storage part and that causes the fine bubbles to adsorb first metal ions in the hard water in the primary-side hard water storage part to remove the first metal ions from the hard water;

a secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus increasing pH of the hard water from which the first metal ions are removed by the primary-side ion removal apparatus; and

a secondary-side ion removal apparatus that comprises a secondary-side hard water storage part storing hard water having pH increased by the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus and a secondary-side fine bubble generating part generating and supplying fine bubbles to the secondary-side hard water storage part and that causes the fine bubbles to adsorb second metal ions in the hard water in the secondary-side hard water storage part to remove the second metal ions from the hard water.

2. The ion removing system according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a secondary-side degassing apparatus removing carbon dioxide contained in the hard water from which the first metal ions are removed by the primary-side ion removal apparatus.

3. The ion removing system according to claim 1 , wherein the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a secondary-side electrolysis apparatus electrolyzing the hard water from which the first metal ions are removed by the primary-side ion removal apparatus, to generate acidic water and alkaline water, and the secondary-side pH adjustment apparatus is configured to supply the alkaline water as hard water having the increased pH to the secondary-side hard water storage part.

4. The ion removing system according to claim 1 , further comprising a primary-side pH adjustment apparatus increasing the pH of the hard water contained in the primary-side hard water storage part.

5. The ion removing system according to claim 4 , wherein the primary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a primary-side degassing apparatus for removing carbon dioxide contained in the hard water.

6. The ion removing system according to claim 4 , wherein the primary-side pH adjustment apparatus comprises a primary-side electrolysis apparatus for electrolyzing the hard water to generate acidic water and alkaline water and the primary-side pH adjustment apparatus is configured to increase the pH of the hard water by separating the acidic water from the hard water while leaving the alkaline water and to supply the alkaline water as the hard water to the primary-side hard water storage part.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 17, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075166/0563 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 17, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC HOUSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075144/0149 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2021
From: TAKEHISA, AYANE; MAEDA, YASUNARI; AKITA, TOMOHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054897/0985 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-158749 · Aug 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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