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Granted Patent B2
US 11,802,061 · App. 16/980,381 · Granted Oct 31, 2023

Water treatment system

Inventors: William N Tally (Milford, MI); Mitch O'Brien (Royal Oak, MI); Thomas Reesbeck (Farmington Hills, MI); Michael Kovalcik (Farmington Hills, MI); Dereck Kowalski (Macomb, MI); Jeff Drulia (Royal Oak, MI); Alex Ruffolo (Ferndale, MI); Jack Juni (Royal Oak, MI)
Assignee: Renew Health Ltd.
C02F1/441B01D61/025B01D61/08B01D61/12B01D65/02C02F1/001B01D2311/14B01D2311/246B01D2311/2649B01D2313/105B01D2313/125B01D2313/18B01D2313/32B01D2313/44B01D2317/04B01D2321/12B01D2321/14C02F2201/005C02F2201/006C02F2209/03C02F2209/10C02F2209/40C02F2303/16
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,802,061
App. No.
16/980,381
Granted
Oct 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to water treatment systems that may be used to remove impurities from water, particularly systems that inserted at the point of entry of a water supply into a building.

Claims (39)

1. A water treatment system, comprising

at least one filtration cassette;

wherein said at least one filtration cassette comprises at east two linked filtration cartridges;

wherein said at least two filtration cartridges are linked by an adaptor;

at least one reverse osmosis cassette;

wherein said at least one reverse osmosis cassette comprises at least two linked reverse osmosis cartridges:

said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges fluidly and physically linked by at least one first manifold and by at least one second manifolds;

said at least one first and said at least one second manifolds each having two channels;

said at least one first manifold flowing input water into said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges in a first channel;

said first manifold flowing permeate away from said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges in a second channel;

said second manifold flowing concentrate away from said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges;

wherein said first and second channels of each of said first manifold and of said second manifold are non-concentrically placed;

wherein said first and second channels of each of said first manifold and of said second manifold share a common wall;

wherein said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges of said at least one reverse osmosis cassette are in parallel;

said first manifold fluidly and physically connected to the bottom of said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges;

said second manifold fluidly and physically connected to the tops of said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges;

at least one pump;

a permeate flush assembly;

said permeate flush assembly comprising:

a permeate flush valve;

said permeate flush valve comprising plunger, said plunger disengaged during a flush cycle;

a one-way check valve;

a solenoid; and

a hydropneumatic tank;

wherein permeate flows from said hydropneumatic tank through said permeate flush valve to said at least one pump during a flush cycle;

permeate flowing from said at least one pump to said first channel of said first manifold during a flush cycle;

wherein the permeate follows the same path during a flush cycle as input water during purification;

a combination flush valve comprising a concentrate inlet communicating with said second manifold, a concentrate outlet, and first and second flow paths therethrough between said concentrate inlet and said concentration outlet,

wherein said first flow path includes a one-way check valve and a metering jet passage, and said second flow path includes a solenoid diaphragm valve;

a frame; and

at least one bypass unit.

2. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein said hydropneumatic tank holds from about 30 gallons to about 100 gallons of water.

3. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein said hydropneumatic tank is maintained from about 75 psi to about 80 psi when said hydropneumatic tank is full.

4. The water treatment system of claim 1 comprising a unit that transmits real time information about the status of said water treatment system.

5. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein said bypass unit comprises an outlet, an inlet, a flow meter, a bypass valve, at least one TDS sensor and at least one pressure sensor.

6. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein said frame comprises five sections.

7. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein said frame is made from plastic.

8. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein water from said tank is flowed through said permeate flush valve to said reverse osmosis cartridges in 5 to 10 second bursts during said flush cycle.

9. The water treatment system of claim 1 wherein water from said tank is flowed through said permeate flush valve to said at least two reverse osmosis cartridges at from about 10 to about 100 gallons per minute.

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