JP2005313111A - Water purifying cartridge and water treatment apparatus using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a water purifying cartridge particularly enhancing a water activation performance and a water purification performance, and a water treatment apparatus having three functions of water activation, water purification and water adjustment. <P>SOLUTION: The water purifying cartridge is provided with a ceramic bowl layer compounding tourmaline, quartz, feldspar and mica in a predetermined compounding condition and sintered, a particular nonwoven fabric filter layer, a compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer, a compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer and a polyethylene filtration layer in a housing having an introduction port and a discharge port of city water so as to pass the city water in this order, and discharges the passed purified water from a purified water discharge port. The water treatment apparatus comprises the water purifying cartridge and a water adjusting unit, wherein the water adjusting unit is provided with an anode electrode and a cathode electrode in two chambers partitioned with an ion barrier, has an electrolyzer in which both electrodes are connected to a direct-current power source, supplies the purified water discharged from the water purifying cartridge to the bottom part of the electrolyzer, and pours reduced water from a reduced water pouring port provided on the upper part of one chamber. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a water purification cartridge and a water treatment apparatus using the same.

[Current status of tap water]
About 70% of the human body is made of water. If the water is unfavorable for the human body, it will be serious. In particular, 83% of blood is water, and the remaining 17% of blood cells and platelets are 70% water. It can be said that about 95% of blood is made of water. In addition, 80% of the brain is made of water, so if you drink bad water, not only will your head not be refreshed, but your will, emotions, nerves, etc. will all be crazy. It is no exaggeration. However, if we look at the current state of tap water that we continue to drink, it can never be said that tap water is “preferred water for the human body”.
The source of tap water depends mainly on rivers. For this reason, tap water contains over 70 types of harmful substances. The river has herbicides and insecticides from golf courses, environmental hormones such as matrazine, simazine, cis-1,3 diglopropene, and herbicides, insecticides and chemical fertilizers from farms, simazine, pentachlorophenol, Methylbenzene, dioxin, and protozoa, dioxins, environmental hormones, and chemicals from factories, synthetic detergents and urine drainage from general households, and chlorine and trihalomethane from water purification plants.
Chlorine is a killer gas and is a raw material for dioxins and paraquat trihalomethanes. Atopy, allergies, etc. increased rapidly from around 1965, and there was almost no before that. This is because the immune cells are damaged by chlorine and the immunity is reduced. Showa 40 is the year when sterilization of tap water began with chlorine. All fungi die in about 5 seconds when they encounter chlorine. Also good and bad E. coli.

[Example of harmful substances contained in tap water]
1. Chlorine Chlorine damages all cells and reduces immunity. The Japanese Water Law requires that 0.1 mg / liter or more of chlorine (mg / liter is also expressed as PPM) remain in a water tap. Strangely, however, there is no upper limit. As the raw water deteriorates, the input chlorine charges have increased without limit. In the US, Germany, and France, the upper limit is regulated to 0.5, 0.05, and 0.1 (filtration by microorganisms and use of groundwater). Chlorine was a highly toxic substance and was used in poison gas weapons.
2. Trihalomethane Trihalomethane is a strong carcinogenic and teratogenic poison that damages heritability. This is a combination of chlorine and organic substances (humic substances, methane, etc.) in sewage, and there are four types such as chloroform and bromodichloromethane. Under the Water Supply Law, the upper limit for drinking is 100 PPb (0.1 PPM), but even if it is less than that, it will accumulate in the body if taken for a long time, making it dangerous.
(1) If you drink more than 5 cups of tap water containing 75PPB of trihalomethane per day, the miscarriage rate will be 15.7% (9.5% if less than 5 cups), so pregnant women up to 3 months of pregnancy will drink tap water. The California Department of Health calls for cleansing and drinking (data from a survey of 5144 pregnant women in 1998).
(2) When a person weighing 60 kg accumulates 180 mg of trihalomethane in the body, there is a risk of carcinogenesis. By the way, that amount is the amount that can be reached in about two and a half years if you drink 2 liters of tap water every day.
(3) Trihalomethane not only causes allergies, cancer and various chronic diseases due to decreased immunity, but also causes neurological symptoms such as depressive symptoms, hallucinations, ataxia, vocal disturbances, and nausea. Trihalomethane increases when the tap water is boiled (OK if boiled for 40 minutes or more).
3. Cryptosporidium Cryptosporidium is a unicellular parasite that does not die with chlorine. In 1993, 400,000 out of 1.6 million people in Milwaukee, Michigan, USA, suffered severe mass diarrhea due to cryptosporidium in tap water. And 40,000 people were seriously hospitalized and 400 died. It has occurred in several places in Japan, and the outbreak of Cryptosporidium that occurred in Ogose-cho, Saitama Prefecture in 1996 is famous (8800 out of a population of 14,000). This protozoa enters the small intestine from tap water and causes severe diarrhea that repeats watery stool several times a day. 4). Environmental hormone (endocrine disruptor)
Some chemical substances generated by changes in agricultural chemicals, synthetic resins, etc. enter the human body and act like hormones to disrupt normal endocrine secretions, which are called environmental hormones. Fundamentally inhibits human reproduction and metabolism. In particular, dioxins produced by incomplete combustion of waste are famous.

[Conventional water purification cartridge]
The following are known as conventional water purification cartridges.
(1) Hollow fiber membrane cartridge Purifies the water with a hollow straw-shaped filter, but removes organic substances with large molecules, turbidity, mold, etc., but hardly removes chlorine, odor, germs, trihalomethane, etc. The price is very cheap but the capacity is low (almost all products from large manufacturers). Since hollow fiber membrane cartridges cannot remove harmful bacteria, silver harmful to the human body is put into the material for sterilization.
(2) Granular activated carbon cartridge Activated carbon is a kind of charcoal with many small pores on its surface that adsorb all harmful substances in water. The odor will even break down. In addition, it releases the minerals that trees have and has a certain reducing power. It adsorbs all substances other than beneficial minerals, but because it is blind, it can quickly create a water path, and there are quite a few that miss substances to be captured. This is mostly used for water purification cartridges for ordinary water purifiers, water purifiers, and water purifiers. However, the removal of chlorine is inadequate, so for those that are a little expensive, always put calcium sulfite to quench the chlorine reaction. In addition, since this cartridge cannot remove bacteria, silver is added as in (1). This is indicated by silver activated carbon or antibacterial activated carbon, but recently there are many that have not even been labeled.
(3) Compressed activated carbon cartridge Compressed activated carbon that has been very finely pulverized (this is called compressed activated carbon in this specification), has several to several tens of times the capacity of general activated carbon, Adsorb. Innumerable fine pores are formed inside the compressed activated carbon, and the surface area is as large as 1 million m ² (about 22 times that of Tokyo Dome), so that particles of 0.3 to 0.5 μm or more can be efficiently removed. However, it is easy to get clogged with dirt and mud, so it is desirable to use it together with a prefilter (high price, high performance). Currently, there is no water purification cartridge other than compressed activated carbon that can remove chlorine, trihalomethane, bacteria, etc. almost completely.

  Since neither of the hollow fiber membrane method, the granular activated carbon method, and the above two methods are used together, chlorine cannot be completely removed. Therefore, a large amount of calcium sulfite is packed in a cartridge to stop the color development of chlorine. However, the FDA (US Food and Drug Administration) restricts its use as causing dyspnea, hives, gastrointestinal disorders, and allergies.

  In addition, since the two types cannot completely adsorb bacteria, they are sterilized with silver mixed therein. Silver is more poisonous than chlorine. Products on the market are labeled as silver or antibacterial, or nothing.

In addition to the water purifier using the water purification cartridge, there are the following so-called water purifiers and water purifiers.
(1) Magnetic water heater (type with water pipe scissors)
This is just a permanent magnet attached around the water pipe, and the manufacturing cost is the lowest among all water purifiers. Since there is no water purification function, no harmful substances such as mud, algae, rust, chlorine, trihalomethane, dioxin, bacteria and protozoa can be removed. You can see this right away after inspection. The redox potential (ORP) is not different from tap water. However, there is little effect to compensate for the lack of magnetism and increase the wave motion. The weak current generated by the magnet temporarily makes the cluster smaller, so it can be said that if it is attached near the main tap of the house water supply, it will be effective in removing red rust and scale from the water pipe. Currently, it is not treated as a water purifier in Russia or the United States. In addition, it is better not to use magnets that are too strong, as they will destroy the information capabilities of water.
(2) Water purifier with magnetism Unlike (1), it is of a type in which a magnet is incorporated in a water purifier, but a moderate effect can be obtained if it is a moderately strong magnet.
(3) Reverse Osmosis Membrane Water Purifier This is an instrument that produces pure water, and removes all beneficial minerals such as calcium, so it produces water with no taste, no nutrition, and no effect. In the event of an earthquake or flood, it is good to turn the dirty water into drinking water over many hours, but it is completely unnecessary to make water that is normally used, and it can be said to be a useless long product.
(4) Water purifiers that do not require cartridge replacement Occasionally, water purifiers that require no cartridge replacement for 50 years are found, but this is done by irrigating once a month with water (hot water) to wash away harmful substances accumulated in the filter. It is to continue. However, only 5% of materials can be washed away by this method, and NSF (National Sanitation Foundation International) has certified removal only for five kinds of harmful substances. The fact that clogging does not occur even if the cartridge is not replaced means that the eyes are coarse and fine objects are not removed.
(5) In addition, there are various things called pie water, natural return water, sosei water generator, etc., but there are advantages and disadvantages in water purification and live water capacity. Of course, there is no water conditioning ability (ability to add reducing power). The performance of each company's reduced water / alkaline ion water generators varies greatly.

Conventionally, there is no water purifier having three functions of live water, purified water, and conditioned water. The 1st subject of this invention is providing the water purification cartridge in which the activation capability and the water purification capability were improved significantly.
A second object of the present invention is to provide a water treatment device having three functions of live water, purified water and conditioned water using the cartridge.

  The water purification cartridge according to the present invention that solves the first problem is formed by sintering a mixture of at least tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, and mica in a housing having a tap water intake port and a purified water discharge port. A ceramic ball layer (hereinafter referred to as “MHC ball”), a special nonwoven fabric filter layer, a compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer, a compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer, and a polyethylene filtration layer are arranged in this order from the tap water intake port. The tap water that has been taken in is disposed so as to pass through, and the purified water that has passed through is discharged from the purified water discharge port.

MHC balls, which are composite high-efficiency ceramics, are made by heat-treating tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, mica and the like with a special composition. The main components of MHC balls are SiO2, Al2O3, Fe2O3, B2O3, MgO, Na2O, MnO, CaO, TiO2, ZnO, K2O, Li, etc., and the water molecules are much larger than water molecules. Immediately upon collision, the cluster bonds are broken and high waves are excited. The functions of MHC balls are summarized as follows.
1. Reduce the water molecule cluster.
2. Raise the pH of the water to make alkaline ionized water.
3. Reduce the ORP of water by about 100.
4). Increase the surface activity of water.
5). Decomposes sludge and purifies sewage.
6). Red rust prevention effect.
7). Increase the vibration of water molecules.
8). Has natural antibacterial and antibacterial properties.

By using the MHC ball layer as described above, the following high-efficiency and high-performance is achieved for tap water (raw water).
(A) Elution of useful minerals Since Mg, K, Ca, and Fe are eluted from the MHC balls, tap water becomes natural spring water.
(B) Negative ion effect Make tap water weakly alkaline, reduce ORP, and increase negative ions.
(C) Tourmaline (tourmaline) effect Water is activated by a current of 0.06 mA generated by tourmaline.
(D) High wave formation It was confirmed that the immunity was improved by measurement with a wave measuring device (LFA).
(E) Surfactant effect Since water and oil are compatible, it is good for diet and hypercholesterolemia.
(F) Far-infrared effect The far-infrared radiation emitted from the MHC ball activates water molecules and in-vivo enzymes to promote blood circulation.
As described above, the MHC ball not only instantly activates water, but also has the ability to purify water at a high level, and to negatively ionize and activate when left in water for 20-30 minutes. Therefore, activated water with a high wave value makes it easier to memorize life field information, which is the basis for the health, happiness and prosperity of drinkers.

  The special nonwoven fabric filter layer L2 filters particles such as red rust of 5 μm or more, turbidity, water stains and the like. The compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer L3 filters organic substances, asbestos, and bacteria that are not soluble in water. Compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer L4 adsorbs and filters organic / inorganic chemical substances dissolved in water, chlorine, lead, dioxin, environmental hormones, trihalomethanes, etc., with a microfiltration layer having fine pores of 0.2 to 0.5 μm. . The polyethylene filtration layer L5 prevents the outflow of impurities and makes the purified water efficiently uniform.

  Preferably, the water purification cartridge is provided with a tap water intake port and a purified water discharge port at the bottom of the housing, extends upward at the inner center of the housing, has an upper end opened, and a lower end connected to the purified water discharge port. An MHC ball layer, a special non-woven filter layer, a compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer, a compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer, and a polyethylene filtration layer between the peripheral wall of the housing and the conduit tube from the outside to the inside. Are arranged concentrically in this order, the polyethylene filtration layer is slightly separated from the water conduit, and a water purification channel is formed therebetween (Claim 2).

A water treatment apparatus according to the present invention for solving the second problem comprises the water purification cartridge according to claim 1 or 2 and a water conditioning unit connected thereto, and the water conditioning unit is partitioned by an ion partition. A positive electrode and a negative electrode are provided in each of the first chamber and the second chamber, and an electrolytic cell is formed by connecting both electrodes to a DC power source. From the purified water discharge port of the water purification cartridge to the bottom of the electrolytic cell Purified water to be discharged is supplied, and an acidic water outlet is provided in the upper part of the first chamber, and a reducing water outlet is provided in the upper part of the second chamber.
With the above configuration, the purified water from which harmful substances have been removed in the water purification cartridge, and which contains useful minerals and has been activated is ORP-adjusted in the water conditioning unit to produce slightly alkaline reduced water, which is poured from the reduced water outlet. Is issued.

The water purification cartridge according to the first invention has the following effects.
In the water purification cartridge according to the present invention, tap water is first made small by a MHC ball layer to activate the water cluster, thereby facilitating separation and capture of foreign substances and harmful substances when passing through the subsequent filtration layer. Therefore, conventional hollow fiber membranes and normal activated carbon can remove only about 80% of chlorine, and dioxins, trihalomethanes, lead, mold, and odors can hardly be removed, whereas the water purification cartridge according to the present invention has a high water purification capacity. To remove many harmful substances. Its water purification capacity is much higher than conventional products. This is enough to meet US standards several times more stringent than Japan. In addition, unlike organic compounds, useful minerals do not have carbon groups, so they pass through without being adsorbed by the water purification cartridge according to the present invention.

The water treatment device according to the second invention has the following effects.
1 The water purification capacity is superior compared to conventional products.
The ability to remove harmful substances is very high compared to other water purifiers [NSF standard].
2 Compared with conventional products, it has a better water capacity.
A composite high-efficiency ceramic ball (MHC ball) with a large active water effect is used.
3 Excellent water conditioning capacity compared to conventional products.
Since the purified water activated in the water purification cartridge and highly purified is electrolyzed in the water conditioning unit, alkaline water having a high reducing power can be produced.
4 A safe and secure cartridge.
This is because calcium sulfite and silver, which are bad for the human body, are not used in the cartridge.

Next, an embodiment of the first invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an embodiment of a water purification cartridge according to the present invention.
Reference numeral 1 denotes a synthetic resin housing that does not give rust or other harmful substances to water, and has a tap water intake port 2 on the outside of the center of the bottom of the housing and a purified water discharge port 3 on the inside thereof. A lower end portion of the water conduit 4 is connected to the purified water discharge port 3, and an upper end portion of the water conduit 4 is opened near the upper end portion in the housing. A donut-like support plate 5 is fixedly attached to the water guide pipe 4 in the center hole at a position slightly separated from the bottom in the housing, and between the outer periphery of the support plate and the inner wall surface of the housing 1. A tap water inflow path 6 is formed.

  The support plate 5 includes a layer L1 of MHC balls, which are composite high-efficiency ceramic balls, and a special non-woven filter layer between the inner peripheral surface of the housing 1 and the water conduit 4 in order from the inner peripheral surface of the housing to the water conduit. Five layers, L2, an adsorption filtration layer L3 made of compressed activated carbon, a microfiltration layer L4 made of compressed activated carbon, and a polyethylene microfiltration layer L5, are arranged concentrically.

MHC balls are ceramic balls made by blending tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, mica, etc. at a special blending ratio, and then heat-treating (sintering) them at 900 ° C. Has been. An example of the composition and content ratio (wt%) of the MHC ball is as follows.
SiO2 53.00 Al2O3 34.00 Fe2O3 5.80
B2O3 2.60 MgO 1.70 Na2O 1.40
MnO 0.40 CaO 0.24 TiO2 0.20
ZnO 0.140 K2O 0.10 Li 0.04
Since useful minerals such as Mg, K, Ca, and Fe are eluted, the water that has passed through the MHC ball layer L1 becomes natural spring water. The MHC ball layer L1 is disposed between the special nonwoven fabric filter layer L2 arranged in a thin cylindrical shape and the inner peripheral surface of the housing 1, that is, by being arranged in the outermost cylindrical shape. The flowing tap water passes through the MHC ball layer L1 upward, and passes through the special nonwoven fabric filter layer L2 toward the center of the housing. Further, when the tap water taken in from the tap water intake port passes through the MHC ball layer L1, the MHC ball layer excites the water molecules to activate the water and to make the cluster smaller. .

  The special nonwoven fabric filter layer L2 has an ability to remove 5 μm or more of scale, red rust, turbidity and the like that have passed through the MHC ball layer L1. Since the water passing through the MHC ball layer L1 has a small cluster, scale, red rust, turbidity, etc. are easily captured by the special nonwoven fabric filter layer L2, and water easily passes through it. The adsorption filtration layer L3 made of compressed activated carbon can adsorb and remove organic substances, asbestos, bacteria, and the like that have passed through the special nonwoven fabric filter layer L2 and are not soluble in water. The microfiltration layer L4 made of compressed activated carbon has 0.2-0.5 micron pores, organic and inorganic chemicals dissolved in water that has passed through the compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer L3, chlorine, and environmental hormones of PCBs , Dioxins, trihalomethanes, lead, chlorine-resistant microorganisms and other fine particles of 4.5μ or more can be adsorbed and removed. The polyethylene microfiltration layer L5 is disposed outside the purified water flow path 7 between the water conduit 4 and the polyethylene microfiltration layer L5. This polyethylene microfiltration layer L5 prevents the impurities trapped inside and the fine powder of activated carbon from flowing out, and acts to make water purification efficiently uniform.

  The upper side of each layer L1 to L5 is shielded by a donut-shaped fixing plate 8 so that it does not flow directly into the water conduit 4 from the upper end of each layer. Thus, the purified water that passes through the layers L1 to L5 in order from the outermost layer, passes through the last layer L5 and is purified and added with minerals rises to the upper end of the purified water flow path 7, It flows down into 4.

  Thus, while the tap water flowing in from the tap water intake port 2 passes through the five layers L1, L2 to L5, various harmful substances are removed, but minerals pass through without being captured until the end. The purified water discharge port 3 discharges purified water containing minerals.

The types of harmful substances removed from tap water by the water purification cartridge A and the removal performance are listed as follows. After the description of the toxic substance, the failure caused by this will be indicated.
Hazardous substance removal performance list in tap water (1) Substances that can be removed by about 99% 1 1-2-4 Trichlorobenzene (dioxins) ... Liver / kidney disorders 2 Silver compounds ... Kidney / neuropathies 3 2-4-D (pesticides) -Herbicides) ... Liver / kidney disorders 4 Pentachlorophenyl (Agricultural chemicals / herbicides) ... Liver / kidney disorders, cancer 5 Heptachlor (Pesticides / insecticides) ... Liver / kidney disorders, cancer ... liver, kidney, heart, neuropathy, anemia, cancer 7 Linden (pesticide, insecticide) ... liver, kidney, heart, neuropathy, anemia, cancer 8 2-4-5TP (pesticide, insecticide) ... liver・ Kidney, heart, neuropathy, anemia, cancer 9 Asbestos… lung cancer, cancer 10 Promodichloromethane (trihalomethane)… cancer, nerve, muscle disorder 11 Promoform (trihalomethane)… cancer, nerve, muscle disorder 12 Chloroph Rum (trihalomethane) ... Cancer, neurological / muscular disorders 13 Cryptosporidium (protozoa) ... Diarrhea, fever, gastrointestinal disease 14 Giardia (protozoa) ... Diarrhea, fever, gastrointestinal disease , Gastrointestinal disease 16 Total tripamethane (trihalomethane) ... Cancer, muscle / neuropathy 17 Trichlorobenzene (dioxin) ... Liver / kidney disorder 18 Turbidity ... Disinfection inhibition disorder 19 Trichlorethylene ... Cancer 20 Dipromochloroethane (dioxin) ... Liver / kidney / Neuropathy 21 1-1-2-2 Tetrachloroethane (Agricultural chemicals and herbicides)… Neuropathies, cancer 22 Lead… Neuro / kidney / brain disorders, diabetes 23 Protozoan (protogen)… Diarrhea, allergy (2) 95% ~ Substances that can be removed by 99% or more Environmental hormones: cancer, genetic disorders, neurological disorders alachlor (herbicide), atrazine (herbicide), chlordane (insecticide), chloropicrin (insecticide), dipromochloropropene, simazine (herbicide), stelene, Toxaphene (insecticide), vinylbenzene, methoxylol (insecticide)
B. Dioxins… Gene disorders, reproductive disorders, neurological / liver / renal disorders, anemia, cancer, carbofuran, chlorobenzene, dichlorobenzene, dichloroethane, dichloroethylene, dichloropropane, dichloropropylene (insecticide), EDB, ethylene dibromide, Huradan Phenyl ethane, propropylene dichloride, terachlorethylene c. Other harmful chemical substances: liver, kidney, brain, thyroid, genital disorders Trichloroethane, dinozef (herbicide), carbofuran (insecticide), hexachlorobutadiene (insecticide), methylbenzene (insecticide), DCA, DCB, PCB , PCE

  NSF cooperates with the United Nations, the United States Environment Agency, ISO, etc., and establishes and certifies strict standards for public health and the environment, independent of governments, companies, and consumer organizations. Is a valid certification body. In NSF, even if it is 100%, it is obliged to display 98 to 99% (this example satisfies the criteria of NSF75 items). Normally, activated carbon has a capacity of 50% or less in half a year, but the water purification cartridge has high reliability because the initial performance does not change indefinitely (1.5 times longer).

（２）鉛除去試験
本実施例の浄水カートリッジＡに、１リットル中に０．０５ｍｇの鉛を含む試験水を１０００リットル通水し、カートリッジから吐出された浄水中に含まれる鉛の総量を測定したところ、４４μｇであった。
０．０５ｍｇ／リットル×１０００リットル＝５０ｍｇ＝５０，０００μｇ
ゆえに除去率は、５０，０００−４４／５０，０００＝９９．９１２％である。
（３）総トリハロメタン試験
本実施例の浄水カートリッジＡに、１リットル中に０．４４５ｍｇのトリハロメタンを含む試験水を１５００リットル通水し、カートリッジから吐出された浄水中に含まれるトリハロメタンの総量を測定したところ、最高０．００６、最小０．００２であった。ゆえに除去率は、０．４４５−０．００４／０．４４５＝９９．１％である。
（４）銀化合物試験
銀、水銀は猛毒であるが、本実施例の浄水カートリッジに、１リットル中に０．２７２ｍｇの銀化合物を含む試験水を１５００リットル通水し、カートリッジから吐出された浄水中に含まれる銀化合物の総量を測定したところ、最高で０．００１６であった。ゆえに除去率は、０．２７２−０．００１６／０．２７２＝９９．４％である。
以上は全て公的な検査機関でのデータである。 Test data example of water purification capacity of this example (1) Free residual chlorine test Table 1 shows the results of a chlorine free residual test on the water purification cartridge A of this example.

(2) Lead removal test 1000 liters of test water containing 0.05 mg of lead in 1 liter is passed through the water purification cartridge A of this example, and the total amount of lead contained in the purified water discharged from the cartridge is measured. As a result, it was 44 μg.
0.05 mg / liter × 1000 liter = 50 mg = 50,000 μg
Therefore, the removal rate is 50,000-44 / 50,000 = 99.912%.
(3) Total Trihalomethane Test 1500 liters of test water containing 0.445 mg of trihalomethane in 1 liter is passed through the water purification cartridge A of this example, and the total amount of trihalomethane contained in the purified water discharged from the cartridge is measured. As a result, the maximum was 0.006 and the minimum was 0.002. Therefore, the removal rate is 0.445−0.004 / 0.445 = 99.1%.
(4) Silver compound test Although silver and mercury are extremely toxic, 1500 liters of test water containing 0.272 mg of silver compound per liter is passed through the water purification cartridge of this example, and the purified water discharged from the cartridge. When the total amount of the silver compound contained therein was measured, it was 0.0016 at the maximum. Therefore, the removal rate is 0.272−0.0016 / 0.272 = 99.4%.
The above are all data from public inspection agencies.

  The above is the description of the water purification cartridge according to the first invention. Next, an embodiment of a water treatment apparatus according to the second invention, that is, a water treatment apparatus to which a water conditioning function for adjusting the ORP of water purified by the water purification cartridge is added will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 shows the water purification cartridge A only in appearance, and the water conditioning unit B in cross section.

  This water treatment apparatus is composed of the water purification cartridge A and a water conditioning unit B having an electrolytic layer. In FIG. 2, 9 is a water pipe, which is connected to the tap water intake port of the water purification cartridge A. The purified water discharge outlet of the purified water cartridge A is connected to the water conditioning unit B by the connecting pipe 10, and the purified water generated by the purified water cartridge A flows in. In the water conditioning unit B, the inside of the housing 11 is divided into a first chamber 13a, 1 and a second chamber 3b by an ion diaphragm 12, a positive electrode 14a in the first chamber and a negative electrode 14b in the second chamber. Are provided to constitute the electrolytic layer. A DC voltage of about 1.7 V is applied to the positive electrode 14a and the negative electrode 14b from a DC power supply (not shown). An acidic water outlet 15a is provided at the upper part of the first chamber 13a, and a reducing water outlet 15b is provided at the upper part of the second chamber 13b.

  With the above configuration, tap water is added to the water purification unit A as described above in the water purification cartridge A, and after various harmful substances are removed, it flows into the water conditioning unit B. In the first chamber 13a, acidic water oxidized to a pH of about 5 to 7 is generated and discharged from the acidic water outlet 15a. In the second chamber 13b, slightly alkaline reduced water having a pH of about 7.35 to 7.45 is supplied. It produces | generates and is poured out from the reducing water pouring outlet 15b. The water conditioning obtained by this water treatment device will be described in further detail below.

[Improvement of water by electric energy (conditioning and live water)]
When a DC voltage of about 1.7 V is applied from both sides of the flowing water, an electric current flows through the water and the energy of electrons e ⁻ is given, so that the water is instantly activated and becomes water with the original power. At the same time, water having different characteristics is generated on the + and − electrodes 14a and 14b.
1. Movement of underwater substances (ions) Chlorine ions, sulfate ions, carbonate ions, nitrate ions, etc. collect on the anode side. On the cathode side, calcium ions, magnesium ions, potassium ions, and trace amounts of sodium ions useful for the human body gather.
2. Electrolysis of water [H ² O → H ⁺ + OH ⁻ ]
On the cathode side, hydroxide ions OH ⁻ , cations and hydrogen in water (dissolved hydrogen H ₂ ) increase, and alkaline reduced water having a high pH value is generated. On the anode side, hydrogen ions H ⁺ , anions Ions and oxygen in water (dissolved oxygen O ₂ ) increase to generate weakly acidic water having a low pH value.
3. Reducing power of water (1) In the reduced water obtained from the reducing water outlet, there are supersaturated hydrogen molecules (H ₂ ) due to electrolysis of water, which is 1.5 times that of normal hydrogen molecules. It has been proved by experiments that it has a reducing power. Normal tap water contains almost no hydrogen, but this reduced water contains 600 to 1000 times as much hydrogen as tap water. This reduced water is called super reduced water.
(2) When abundant electron energy e ⁻ acts on H ⁺ on the cathode side, a minute substance of the platinum electrode is bonded to generate stable H (active hydrogen).
(3) H ₂ O has a reducing power only by giving an electron e ⁻ to water H ₂ O.
(4) The above-mentioned (1), (2), and (3) increase the antioxidant and reducing power of water, which is a great force for health promotion, disease recovery, and beautiful skin.

[Lifefield information transfer water]
There are various systems in our bodies to maintain life. For example, a digestive system, a blood circulation system, a nervous system, an endocrine system, an immune system, a natural healing system and the like can be mentioned. These systems and the cells, tissues, organs, and the like belonging to the systems always communicate closely with each other and work to achieve a major purpose of life support.

1. Means for human life information transmission It goes without saying that the most fundamental part of human body information transmission is the nervous system, and that the endocrine system complements it. However, other than this, the human body has been found to have an excellent means of communication. As a result of 40 years of research by Yale University medical professor named Harold Saxton Bar in the United States, cells, tissues and organs in the human body all have unique waves (waveform + wavelength + size) and the state of the accident (life field ) Was transmitted to others via water.

  All atoms, molecules, cells, tissues and organs are weakly electromagnetic, and the water circulating in the human body is also weakly electromagnetic. Therefore, it can be said that information representing the actual state of cells, tissues, and organs is transferred to water and transmitted to the whole body.

  Super reduced water obtained from the water treatment apparatus of the present invention is imparted with natural waves by the MHC ball layer L1 and purified by the special compression activated carbon layer L3, so that it accurately transmits life information in the human body. Can do. Water in the body means body fluids (blood, lymph, etc.). Water travels the whole body with information on certain cells, tissues, and organs, and transmits it to others.

2. Why can water communicate information?
This is because the water molecule H ₂ O is a small bar magnet. This is because every cell, tissue, and organ is a magnetic head (magnetic sensor) having its own weak electromagnetic field.
All cells, tissues, and organs each have a unique magnetic wave {biomagnetic field (life field)}. All substances are composed of a combination of atoms and molecules, and so are cells, tissues and organs. The smallest unit that constitutes a substance is an atom, and its structure is orbiting around an atomic nucleus, with electrons rotating at a tremendous speed. As a result, each atom / molecule emits a unique electromagnetic wave. Therefore, it is natural that each cell, tissue, or organ, which is a complex combination of atoms and molecules, emits a unique magnetic wave (biomagnetism).

  Biomagnetism generated by a cell / tissue / organ is an indicator of whether the function of the cell / tissue / organ is normal or abnormal, and at the same time is constant in the magnetism of water (lymph fluid / blood) flowing nearby (Information transcription) is transmitted as information to other cells, tissues, and organs. The weak magnetism generated by each cell, tissue, organ, etc. is called biomagnetism, and the affected area is called biomagnetic field = life field.

[Strengthening of natural healing power with life field information transcription water]
Water that transfers human life field information to activated water with vital power is called life field information transfer water (life information water = life field water). Natural healing necessary for overcoming chronic diseases by the following methods: It can greatly help to strengthen the power.
(1) Transfer information (disease / health) of the whole body of a person (patient) in super reduced water to make life information water.
For the information source P, it can be said that water = urine, a patient's hand, and hair that is said to be clotted are introduced through the mouth and placed around the whole body. The transcription time varies depending on the product, but it is several minutes (if urine is used, urine therapy can be performed without drinking urine).

(2) Every day, 1 ml of life field information transfer water is diluted with 1 liter of water (1000 times dilution).
Life field information transcription water records life information such as brain, skin, and internal organs, so when you drink it, the throat senses the information and transmits it to the brain, and the brain performs insufficient activities. It orders the cells, tissues, and organs to complement it. Then, all life activities normalize. Super-reduced water is the best water to use.

[Acquisition of Life Field Information Transfer Water]
(1) Even if you just drink super-reduced water, the transfer of in-vivo information is smooth, but the following diseases are quickly obtained using life-field information transcription water. Atopic dermatitis, hepatitis, cancer, diabetes, rheumatism, prostatitis, asthma, visual acuity, sexuality, high blood pressure, hypotension, athlete's foot, heart disease and any other diseases (preferably combined with treatment).

How superior the super reduced water obtained by the water treatment apparatus according to the present invention will be described below.
[Six major conditions for ideal water]
First condition Must not contain chlorine or other harmful substances.
Chlorine kills harmful bacteria such as dysentery and plague, but also kills useful bacteria (bacteria). There are hundreds of known and unknown useful bacteria in the human body, which are responsible for metabolism, but the famous one is good E. coli, which promotes digestion and absorption and is essential for the human body. It will not be. If you put chlorine in your body, it will be killed immediately (human cells are the same as bacteria, so they will be killed gradually.) Immune cells are killed first, immunity decreases, It becomes easy to get sick. If you put goldfish in chlorinated tap water, you can see the danger immediately. If you continue to drink chlorinated tap water, human vitality will decay day by day.

  As described above, the tap water contains not only chlorine but also a large amount of trihalomethane, which is a chlorine compound. If you continue to drink trihalomethane in tap water, the cancer rate is 3.66 times for boys and 2.23 times for girls compared to those who do not drink. It also contains a lot of herbicides, especially paraquat. In addition, tap water contains abundant pollutants such as pesticides, chemical emissions from improvement, domestic wastewater, and sewage from large and small stools.

Turbidity, odor, bad taste and red rust are also harmful depending on the human body. Turbidity and odor are not just from dirt. In buildings and condominiums, the inside of the main plug drawn from the water main is self-managed. First, tap water is put into an underground water receiving tank, which is sucked into a high water tank on the roof and supplied to each home and room. However, the management of the two water storage tanks, the receiving tank and the elevated water tank, is poor, and in severe cases, carcasses of pigeons and mice are often floating, and sewage flows in often. So turbidity, odor and unpleasant taste may contain serious contents. Often, spoilage substances and harmful bacteria are mixed.
In addition, typical harmful substances contained in tap water are as described.

Second condition: The water molecule bond population is small.
A water molecule does not exist as a single molecule of H ₂ O, but several molecules are always bound to form a tuft (a tuft is a molecular binding population or cluster), and (H ₂ O) expressed as n. For gaseous water vapor, n is 1, and for solid ice, n is infinite, but for liquid water, n is 4 to 50.

  If the cluster is small, not only will the water become smooth, but also the ability to penetrate cells and internal organs is large and the waste is discharged and the nutrients are dissolved. It is very useful for beauty.

Comparison of water molecule binding populations (measured with a nuclear magnetic resonance apparatus)
(1) Sewage water 20-50 (2) General tap water 12-30 (3) Tap water purification 11-13 (4) Mineral water 8-10 (5) Longevity village water 7-9 (6) 4-8 super reduced water

The water that springs from the ground under the stimulation of the energy of the magma in the volcanic area forms 5 to 6 clusters, but the contaminated water is 12 to 50 large clusters. The small water in the cluster immediately enters the cells of the whole body, activates the internal organs, improves the physical condition, and gives the skin freshness. The small water in the cluster draws out the nutrients and taste of the ingredients and wash away pesticides and oxides attached to the ingredients.
As described above, the super-reduced water can be said to be the original water that makes use of life because the HC ball layer and the electrical energy make the clusters small.

Third condition Must be alkaline.
1. Super reduced water clearly shows alkalinity when tested with acid / alkali reagents.
Although the pH of human blood and body fluid is normal from 7.35 to 7.45 (slightly alkaline), it is constantly being oxidized by waste products created in the body by life activity (metabolism). In addition, since modern drinking water is contaminated with food additives, various chemical substances, and acid rain, body fluids have a large tendency to oxidize. When human body fluids show slight alkalinity, the body works most normally, so making drinking water alkaline is the most important for maintaining health.
2. When blood falls below pH 7.0, humans will die.
When blood becomes acidic (pH 6.8 or lower), humans die, so the human body spends a lot of energy to keep the blood alkaline. For example, when blood becomes acidic due to fatigue, calcium in the bone is immediately released into the blood to keep the blood alkaline. It is a major cause of osteoporosis. For this reason, body fluids in the human body become acidic (for example, pH 5) due to fatigue, but blood does not fall below pH 7.2.
3. Knowledge about pH (1) Although the pH of blood never falls below 7.2, the pH of body fluid becomes 7.0 or below due to fatigue or the like.
(2) The pH of saliva (Tsubaki) is 6.3 to 6.8, gastric juice is 1.5 to 2.0, pancreatic juice is 8.5, and intestinal fluid is 8.3.
(3) The pH of urine is weakly acidic from 5 to 7, and it becomes pH 5 or less when eating meat or eating a large amount, becoming alkaline when eating a lot of vegetables, and the pH becomes 7.2 to 7.6.

4). The reason why the pH is kept constant (7.35 to 7.45) The human body tends to always lean toward the acidic side due to breathing and exercise.
(1) Carbon dioxide CO2 is produced by systemic metabolism. The CO2 is ^{CO2 + H2 O = H + +} HCO3 in the blood ^- which acts as a weak acid by reaction.
(2) When muscle exercise is performed, the amount of waste products (organic acids such as lactic acid and pyruvic acid) other than CO2 increases, increasing the acidity.
(3) If CO2 is exhausted by respiration and other organic acids are decomposed by antioxidant enzymes, the pH is maintained in a healthy state.
5). An example of the reason why the pH of bodily fluids cannot maintain a normal value with age.
(1) There are fewer antioxidant enzymes in the body.
It is natural that the body will oxidize if there are fewer antioxidant enzymes. Therefore, it is important to supplement brown rice enzymes and vitamins to increase enzyme activity.
(2) The metabolic capacity is reduced and the decomposition of waste products does not proceed.
Since oxaloacetate in the body decreases, the citrate cycle (TCA) decreases. Then, the body is oxidized by waste. This is improved by drinking citric acid (SV). (3) The intestinal absorption capacity decreases and the absorption of calcium and vitamins decreases, so the body is acidified. It is important to eliminate constipation with Yangming tea, promote digestion and absorption with brown rice enzymes, and supplement calcium and vitamins.
(4) Lung's cell membrane sclerosis reduces lung CO2 excretion ability.
Since the body naturally oxidizes if CO2 remains in the body, it can be said that it is important to eat vitamins A, C and E (VA, VC, VE) sufficiently to keep the cell membrane in the best condition. Tobacco reduces the lung's ability to excrete CO2, so it is better not to smoke.
(5) Various acidic substances remain in the body due to a decrease in the ability of the kidneys. It is important to use the springs with springs, to transmit ultrashort waves to the kidneys, torso, and to exercise appropriately.
(6) The pH buffering action of blood decreases due to autonomic nerve malfunction and endocrine system malfunction.
Of course, spinal adjustment, meridian adjustment, and mental and physical relaxation are important, but in order to restore the pH buffering action, potential treatment and negative charge treatment are suitable.

Fourth condition: The oxidation-reduction potential is low.
1. Redox potential of water / ORP
The level of electrical energy at which one substance oxidizes or reduces another substance is called the redox potential (ORP) and is expressed in millivolts (mV). The ORP of oxygen O2 has a strong oxidizing power at +820 mV, and the ORP of hydrogen H2 has a strong reducing power at -420 mV. Since the molecular formula of water is H2 O, it can be said that the normal ORP of water is between +820 and -420. The most useful ORP for the human body is said to be -100 to -250 mV, but since the super reduced water contains abundant hydrogen (H, H2), its value is easily realized. In addition, since the ORP of the enzyme that helps the reduction is −320 mV, it is important to supplement the enzyme more and more.
2. Oxidation and reduction When we live, we breathe oxygen and burn the nutrients in the food to gain the energy to move and exercise our body temperature and internal organs. This is also referred to as oxidation because oxygen is used. Leaving the oxidized product hardens, clogs, stains, gets tired, or gets sick, so the human body has a reducing action that restores oxidation. Since this reduction action is large when young, the oxidized body immediately returns to its original form, but after 35 years of age, the reduction action becomes smaller, and oxidation and aging progress more and more.
3. Super-reduced water Oxidation progresses rapidly due to breathing, exercise, tension, and stress, and chronic and lifestyle-related diseases occur. Can be prevented.
4). Distribution of microorganisms in the digestive tract and ORP
A. An ORP of −50 to −250 mV is good for human digestion and absorption. It is known that if the ORP is high, the intestine is abnormally fermented.
B. Since water with low ORP is highly reducing, even if harmful substances are contained in food, the damage can be reduced.
C. When you are young, especially in the growth period (25 years old for men and under 19 years old for women), the body's reducing power is great, so it is relatively safe to drink water with high ORP. Since it decreases, it is necessary to drink reduced water.
Among boys, even if the ORP drinks 500 mV of water, the water in the body can be reduced, but as it gets older, it loses its power. Until about 35 years old, ORP 200 mV of water will be reducing water in the body, but after 35 years of age it is better to drink water of ORP 0 mV or less. If possible, it is preferable to drink -100 to -250 mV of water.
The lower the ORP, the better. Electronic therapy has a really good effect on the body, but if you apply too much current or voltage, the person itself will die. In the same way, it is necessary to know that it is harmful to the human body to drink ORP with a potential too low, such as -400 mV or -700 mV. Since water with a low ORP has a lot of electrons, it has the power to charge bioelectric current.

5th condition Lively and active water.
1. What is exciting and active water Traditionally, the water that Japanese drinks is active water that vibrates vigorously (high wave) through ceramics such as quartz, feldspar, mica, etc. that are tens to hundreds of meters underground. Met. However, the water we drink as tap water now flows on the surface of the earth and is contaminated with many kinds of chemical substances, so the water wave is reduced and the water becomes inactive.
Since the water treatment apparatus of the present invention incorporates an active water system using MHC balls and special compressed activated carbon obtained by baking various kinds of useful natural stones, tap water is transformed into lively and active natural water.
High water, weak current and far-infrared rays emitted from the MHC resonate and excite water molecules, instantly give high vibration energy, break the chains forming the clusters, and the natural water where the clusters are small and the water molecules move actively Make (active water).
Clusters reduced by MHC balls (1-2 water molecules) recombine into 4-6 clusters in seconds. This action releases toxic gases (SO2, CO2, ClO, etc.) and sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid, mercury, lead, trihalomethane, dioxin, and other toxic substances that have been carried in the cluster, improving water purification efficiency. Give me. When water and an MHC ball are put in a bottle and shaken, the chlorine reaction immediately decreases, the alkali becomes weakly alkaline, and the ORP also decreases by about 100. Lively and active water has a small cluster, so it goes without saying that it easily penetrates into cells, as well as its ability to transmit information and transcription, which is very useful for improving the natural healing power. It is not necessary to say that a human body with 70% anomaly made of water will be youthful and active indefinitely if ORP is low, alkaline, and keeps drinking lively and active water. .

6th condition Mild and delicious water.
No matter how much water is good for your body, you can't use it for daily cooking or drink a lot unless it is delicious. Super reduced water produced by the water treatment apparatus of the present invention is “really mellow and delicious water”.
Why is super reduced water delicious?
1. Cleans up more than 99% of dirt, turbidity and odor.
2. 99% of harmful substances such as chlorine, trihalomethane, chemical substances and heavy metals are purified.
3. Useful minerals such as calcium, magnesium and potassium are increased by about 30%. 4). The cluster is small. Therefore, it penetrates the body immediately and is good.
5). It shows alkalinity.
6). The redox potential is negative.
7). Active water with high wave value.
Active water that does not contain dirt or harmful substances, contains many beneficial minerals, is alkaline, has a low ORP, and has small clusters. The body feels it right away, so you know it ’s delicious.

What is Super Reduced Water? Tap water is made up of natural water that passes deep underground with high-efficiency ceramics, and many harmful substances such as chlorine are purified to the highest level. It is called super reduced water.
The water produced by the three elements of active water + purified water + conditioned water is the first super reduced water produced by the water treatment device of the second invention of the present application in Japan (world).
2. River water mixed with air pollution, acid rain, factory effluent, household effluent, agricultural chemicals, etc. We just take garbage and sterilize it with chlorine, and drink it as tap water every day.
There are two major problems with tap water. One is that it contains a lot of harmful substances, and the other is not activated like groundwater.
Super reduced water is water that has been activated vigorously and does not contain harmful substances, like natural water that springs from deep underground.
3. Many oxidants (waste products) are generated every second due to breathing and movement in the human body.
While young, the body has the reducing power to decompose and detoxify it, so it can not cause stains and blood clots and it is difficult to suffer from chronic illness, but when it gets older, the reducing power of the human body becomes weak and it is easy to get chronic disease turn into. Super-reduced water is water that is produced by applying reducing power by the power of electricity in the same way that the human body does.

The longitudinal cross-sectional view of the water purification card ridge which concerns on this invention. The block diagram of the water treatment apparatus which concerns on this invention.

Explanation of symbols

A Water purification cartridge 1 Housing 2 Tap water intake 3 Water purification outlet 4 Water conduit 7 Water purification flow path L1 MHC ball layer L2 Special nonwoven filter layer L3 Compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer L4 Compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer L5 Polyethylene microfiltration layer B Water conditioning Unit 11 Housing 12 Ion diaphragm 13a First chamber 13b Second chamber 14a Anode 14b Cathode 15 Acidic water outlet 15 Reduced water outlet

Claims (3)

  A ceramic ball layer formed by sintering a mixture of at least tourmaline, quartz, feldspar, and mica in a housing having a tap water inlet and a purified water outlet, a special non-woven filter layer, and a compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration And the compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer and the polyethylene filtration layer are arranged in this order so that the tap water taken in from the tap water intake port passes, and the passed purified water is discharged from the purified water discharge port. Water purification cartridge.   A tap water intake port and a purified water discharge port are provided at the bottom of the housing, extending upward in the inner center of the housing, an upper end portion is opened, and a lower end portion is provided with a water conduit connected to the purified water discharge port, A ceramic ball layer, a special nonwoven fabric filter layer, a compressed activated carbon adsorption filtration layer, a compressed activated carbon microfiltration layer, and a polyethylene filtration layer are concentrically arranged in this order from the outside to the inside between the peripheral wall of the housing and the water conduit. The water purification cartridge according to claim 1, wherein the water purification cartridge is disposed and the polyethylene filtration layer is slightly separated from the water conduit, and a water purification flow path is formed therebetween.   A water purification cartridge according to claim 1 or 2 and a water conditioning unit connected thereto, wherein the water conditioning unit has a positive electrode and a negative electrode arranged in each of a first chamber and a second chamber partitioned by an ion partition. And having an electrolytic cell in which both electrodes are connected to a DC power source, purified water discharged from a purified water discharge port of the water purification cartridge is supplied to the bottom of the electrolytic cell, and an acidic solution is supplied to the upper portion of the first chamber. A water treatment apparatus, wherein a water pouring outlet is provided in the upper part of the second chamber.

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