IP Library Granted Patent US 10,478,763
Granted Patent B2
US 10,478,763 · App. 15/463,438 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Water filter

Inventors: Mark David Nelson (Minnetonka, MN); Jamin Arvig (Zumbrota, MN)
Assignee: US Water Filters, Inc.
B01D35/1435C02F1/283C02F1/68B01D2201/56C02F1/003C02F2201/006C02F2209/008C02F2209/445
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,478,763
App. No.
15/463,438
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A water filter having a housing having a water inlet and a water outlet on a first end, and a pair of replaceable carbon elements contained within the housing, each carbon element having a water inlet near an outside diameter and a water outlet near the center, both the water outlet and water inlet being on a first end of each carbon element and each of the carbon element inlets being in fluid communication with the housing water inlet and each of the carbon element outlets being in fluid communication with the housing water outlet.

Claims (13)

1. A water filter comprising:

a housing having a water inlet and a water outlet on a first end, and

a pair of replaceable carbon elements contained within the housing, each carbon element having a water inlet near an outside diameter and a water outlet near a center, both the water outlet and water inlet of the pair of replaceable carbon elements being on a first end of each carbon element and each of the carbon element inlets being in fluid communication with the housing water inlet and each of the carbon element outlets being in fluid communication with the housing water outlet.

2. The water filter of claim 1 wherein the replaceable carbon elements are contained in a tray which slides into and out of the housing for ease of replacement.

3. The water filter of claim 2 wherein the carbon element further includes an additive section for holding and adding an additive to water which passes through the water filter.

4. The water filter of claim 3 wherein the additive is selected from a group consisting of vitamins, flavors, nutraceuticals and electrolytes.

5. The water filter of claim 1 further including a replacement timer carried by a second end of the housing.

6. The water filter of claim 5 wherein the replacement timer contains a timer circuit powered by a battery for measuring a predetermined period of time, and further includes an indicator to indicate when the predetermined period of time has elapsed.

7. The water filter of claim 6 wherein the indicator is selected from a group consisting of an LED light, a Bluetooth transmitter and a WIFI transmitter.

8. The water filter of claim 7 wherein the timer includes a reset button to reset the predetermined period of time.

9. The water filter of claim 5 further wherein the replacement timer measures a predetermined volume of water passing through the timer, and further includes an indicator to indicate when the predetermined period of time has elapsed.

10. The water filter of claim 9 wherein the indicator is selected from a group consisting of an LED light, a Bluetooth transmitter and a WIFI transmitter.

11. The water filter of claim 10 wherein the timer includes a reset button to reset the predetermined volume of water.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 20, 2017
From: NELSON, MARK DAVID; ARVIG, JAMIN
To: US WATER FILTERS, INC.
Reel/Frame 041646/0229 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62320035 · Apr 8, 2016
Related Publication 20170304752A1 · Oct 26, 2017