EP4086395A1 - Filtering device for a plumbing system and method of disinfection of a plumbing system with such filtering - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system.
- plumbing systems can also be habitats for bacteria, including legionella which is harmful to humans, which can lurk especially at or near individual user devices, such as for example faucets or showers, but also in the filters mentioned above.
- the aim of the present invention is to provide a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system that are capable of improving the known art in one or more of the above mentioned aspects.
- an object of the invention is to provide a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system which enable not only specialist operators, but also any user, to carry out the disinfection.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system that enables the disinfection thereof without the need for an advance study of the extension of the system in order to understand where to intervene.
- a further object of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the background art in a manner that is alternative to any existing solutions.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system that are highly reliable, easy to implement and at low cost.
- a filtering device according to the invention is generally designated by the reference numeral 100.
- the device 100 comprises:
- Such filter F, dosage pump P and meter W are, for example, of the type described in Italian patent application no. 102020000025381 by this same applicant.
- such communication means M comprise a Bluetooth and/or NFC (Near Field Communication) antenna for communication with a smartphone and/or a wireless LAN antenna for communication with a router X connected to a telephone and/or data network, in turn connected over a wireless LAN/telephone network with a smartphone/tablet computer and/or with a cloud Y, the latter connected in turn with a smartphone/tablet computer A over a data/telephone network, for example 4G.
- NFC Near Field Communication
- the method for the disinfection of a plumbing system and/or of a filter of a plumbing system, according to the invention, is generally designated by the reference numeral 10, in Figure 2 .
- the method 10 is applied to a plumbing system 1, shown schematically in Figure 1 .
- the plumbing system shown purely for the purposes of example in Figure 1 , comprises:
- the system 1 also comprises:
- the method for the disinfection of a plumbing system 1 and/or of a filter F for a plumbing system 1 comprises:
- the first phase 11 can involve entering data relating to the distance between each individual user device R1-RN and the filtering device 100, if known to the user, so that the software program can calculate the adequate dosage for the disinfection of such user device, thus avoiding waste of disinfectant.
- the software program takes a default, preset dosage value, which comprises a safety margin that ensures disinfection.
- a default value can correspond to a dosage for a distance of 300 m between the user device R1-RN and the filtering device 100.
- Such dedicated software program is, for example, an app for a user interface A like a smartphone and/or a tablet computer.
- such app for a smartphone/tablet computer graphically represents the diagram of the system 1 and the deployment of its elements: user devices R1-RN, filter F, valves B, V, C, G, etc.
- Such first phase 11 comprises the recording in the software program of the type of the user devices R1, R2, RN of the system 1, indicating for each one of them whether it is, for example, a wash basin, a shower, a WC, etc. and optionally their deployment in the system 1.
- Such first phase 11 and/or second phase 12 are normally executed only once:
- Such first phase 11 and second phase 12 can also be repeated at a later time, for example in order to modify some parameters as a consequence of changes to the system 1 or of regulatory updates for the substances S, both by the maker of the dosage pump P and/or of the filter F and by an authorized installation/maintenance technician.
- the maker can make changes to the dosage values, by releasing an update of the app.
- Such substance S is for example the substance known under the commercial name of "Ferrocid 5280-S” made by the company Kurita Europe GmbH.
- the action time of this substance is normally at least twenty minutes, for example for the disinfection of the filter F, or for the disinfection of a user device R1, R2, ... RN.
- One of the peculiarities of the invention consists in that the dedicated software program guides the user step by step in the disinfection of the plumbing system 1 and/or of the filter F, progressively asking the user for information and/or decisions to be taken and telling the user the actions to be performed on specific elements of the plumbing system 1.
- the third phase 13 of disinfection of the plumbing system 1 and/or of the filter F for a plumbing system 1 comprises the following steps:
- the third phase 13 presents the process 400 which comprises:
- the method continues in the branch of the diagram 3 indicated by the arrow NO.
- the third phase 13 comprises:
- the third phase 13 comprises another fifth step 205' performed on the subsequent user device R2, RN, and the repetition, on such user device R2, RN, of the sixth 206, seventh 207, eighth 208 and ninth 209 steps, up to the last preset user device R1, R2, RN to be sanitized.
- the third phase 13 comprises:
- the third phase 13 comprises another eleventh step 211' performed on each one of the subsequent user devices R2, RN, up to the last preset user device R1, R2, RN to be rinsed.
- the fifth step 205, 205', and/or the eleventh step 211, 211' comprise a first stage of drawing cold water, at a temperature equal to ambient temperature, in the order of 20°C, and a second stage of drawing hot water, at a temperature equal to that set in the boiler, in the order of 60°C.
- the app can simulate, on the screen of the smartphone/tablet computer A, a countdown of the necessary liters, coordinated with the meter W.
- Such withdrawals last, for example, in the order of five minutes and/or a volume of water in the order of 30 L.
- the duration and the volume of water of such withdrawals can also be calculated automatically by the dedicated software program based on the distance between each individual user device R1-RN and the filtering device 100, entered during the first phase 11.
- the disinfection can be performed only by an operator of a service center.
- the third phase 13 of the method according to the invention in the first step 101, comprises:
- the third phase 13 comprises an auxiliary second step 302, in which the operator enters a unique code associated with the service center to which the operator belongs in order to make the software program advance to the second step 102.
- the third phase 13 comprises an auxiliary second step 303, in which the software program loads a menu to search for an authorized service center located nearby, providing the user with the details for contacting an operator of this service center for the purpose of starting the disinfection.
- the invention fully achieves the intended aim and objects by providing a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system which enable not only specialist operators, but also any user, to carry out the disinfection.
- the invention provides a filtering device for a plumbing system and a method for the disinfection of a plumbing system with such a device and/or of a filter of such a plumbing system that enables the disinfection thereof without the need for an advance study of the extension of the system in order to understand where to intervene.
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