JP3954458B2 - Water purification pot and water purification method using the same - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a water purification pot and a water purification method using the same.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, a water purifier takes in tap water, which is the target of water purification, and removes pollutants such as chlorine and odorous gases with a carbon filter or the like. In tap water that is drunk daily, there is a substance that makes the taste of water worse due to chlorine added for sterilization at the water purification plant, and further, residual chlorine and organic substances in the water combine to adversely affect the human body such as trihalimethane. May be included.
[0003]
On the other hand, as a water reforming method, methods for obtaining reduced water are disclosed in Japanese Patent Nos. 2611080, 2615308, and 2623204. In this method, first, second, and third electrodes are placed in water, a high-frequency AC voltage is applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the third electrode is grounded. Then, a direct current is passed through the water between the first electrode and the second electrode and the third electrode to electrolyze the water to produce reduced water having a reduced redox potential.
[0004]
When alternating current is applied to the electrodes, metal ions are eluted and hydrogen gas is generated in the first electrode and the second electrode, hydrogen gas and oxygen gas are generated in the third electrode, and in the third electrode, The generated oxygen is released into the atmosphere and the amount of dissolved oxygen increases. On the other hand, it is considered that hydrogen generated by the above reaction dissolves into the liquid in a supersaturated state, and as a result, hydrogen as a reductant increases and a redox potential decreases as compared with oxygen as an oxidant.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
While approximately 2% of the oxygen normally taken into the body changes to active oxygen, pollutants contained in automobile exhaust gas cause the generation of active oxygen, and ultraviolet rays and radiation decompose water and oxygen in the body. Thus, it is considered as one of the causes for generating active oxygen.
[0006]
Only the water purifier conventionally used cannot obtain water having a low oxidation-reduction potential, and therefore does not contain active hydrogen that neutralizes the active oxygen. On the other hand, there is a request to remove chlorine and the like from tap water and easily obtain purified water having a strong reducing power. Moreover, since salt in water is decomposed | disassembled by electrolysis of water and chlorine generate | occur | produces, removal of this becomes a problem.
[0007]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide a water purification pot capable of easily obtaining high-quality purified water and a water purification method using the same.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above technical problem, the water purification pot according to the present invention is attached to the upper mouth portion 12 of the container 3 as shown in FIG. 1 and allows tap water flowing from above to pass downward. A desalting material is included that purifies the purified water by passing the reduced water from the bottom to the top in the direction of flowing out of the container 3 when the reduced water is further reduced. A water purifier 4 provided with a filter 8 and an electrode that is exchanged with the water purifier 4 after the purification at the time of inflow and attached to the mouth 12 of the container 3 and put into the water in the container are provided. And an electrolyzer 6 that generates the reduced water by electrolyzing the purified water to lower the redox potential of the water.
[0009]
Moreover, the water purification pot which concerns on this invention provides the cap 10 which substantially half opens to the upper part of the said water purifier 4, and inflows a tap water from the site | part which opens, The outlet provided in the site | part which the said cap does not open The reduced water is allowed to flow out of the water.
[0010]
In the water purification method according to the present invention, the water purifier 4 provided with the filter 8 containing the desalting material is attached to the mouth 12 at the upper part of the container 3, and the tap water flowing from above is passed downward to purify. Then, after this purification, the water purifier 4 is replaced, and the electrolyzer 6 is attached to the mouth portion 12 of the container 3, and the electrode of the electrolyzer 6 is poured into the water in the container to remove the purified water. When electrolyzing, reducing the oxidation-reduction potential of water to produce reduced water, and after generating the reduced water, when the water purifier 4 is attached to the mouth 12 of the container 3 again and the reduced water is discharged. In this case, the container 3 is inclined and purified by passing the reduced water from the bottom to the top of the water purifier in the direction of flowing out of the container 3 to obtain purified water from which chlorine generated by the electrolysis is removed. is there.
[0011]
Moreover, the water purifying method according to the present invention is provided with a cap having an approximately half opening at the upper part of the water purifier, and the tap water is allowed to flow in from the opened part, while the outlet is provided in a part where the cap does not open. It is to let the reduced water flow out.
[0012]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a water purification pot 2 according to an embodiment. This water purifying pot 2 is made of transparent tempered glass and has a cylindrical container 3 with a bottom, a water purifier 4 attached to the upper part of the container 3, and a water purifier 4 that is exchanged with the water purifier 4 and is attached to the container 3. It has an electrolyzer 6 that produces electrolyzed reduced water.
[0013]
The upper portion of the container 3 is opened to form a mouth portion 12, and a handle 14 is attached to a position on the outer side of the side wall of the container 3, and a spout is formed at the upper end portion of the mouth portion 12 facing the handle 14. 16 is formed. In addition, the material of the container 3 can use stainless steel, a synthetic resin, etc. other than glass.
[0014]
As shown in FIG. 2, the water purifier 4 is entirely made of synthetic resin, a cylindrical container 20 having a plurality of water passage holes 24 in the bottom portion 22, and a circle that is removably inserted and filled therein. A columnar filter 8 and a cap 10 that is detachably attached to the upper part of the container 20 are provided. In the container 20, a part of the upper portion of the cylindrical surface 26 is inclined inward, and a water outlet 28 having a plurality of holes is formed on the inclined surface, and a water purifier is formed above the container 20. A flange portion 21 for locking 4 to the mouth portion 12 of the water purification pot 2 is formed so as to protrude horizontally outward.
[0015]
The cap 10 has a disc shape, and is composed of a semicircular opening / closing portion 30 formed so that about half of the disc can be opened and closed, and the remaining semicircular fixing portion 31. Is provided with a knob 32. The cap 10 is attached to the upper portion of the container 20 by crimping or fitting or the like with the approximate center of the arc-shaped portion of the fixing portion 31 positioned at the outlet 28 of the container 20. At this time, if the range of the fixing portion 31 is slightly larger than the semicircle, the mounting can be performed more reliably.
[0016]
The opening / closing part 30 of the cap 10 can be freely opened and closed, and an opening part 13 is formed in which half of the mouth part 12 of the container 3 is opened with the opening / closing part 30 opened upward. In addition, as another form of the cap, it is possible to adopt a form in which the opening / closing part is horizontally rotated and the mouth part 12 is half-opened. That's fine.
[0017]
The filter 8 is obtained by wrapping the outside of a composition containing activated carbon (carbon) 34 with a nonwoven fabric 36, and the sanitary filter 8 is subjected to antibacterial treatment. The activated carbon 34 purifies water and is effective as a desalting material, and also removes harmful substances such as trihalimethane and odors. The filter 8 can include a mineral ceramic that adds minerals to water, or a natural ore containing mineral components such as Ca, Mg, and Zn. The filter 8 is periodically replaced. At this time, the cap 10 is detached from the container 20, the used filter 8 is taken out, a new filter 8 is loaded, and the cap 10 is attached.
[0018]
The water purifier 4 removes elements that cannot be decomposed by the electrolyzer 6 such as chlorine and lead by the filter 8. In addition, when a mineral component is added to water by the water purifier 4, this mineral component also functions as an ion conductor that improves the electrolysis reaction in the subsequent electrolytic device 6. At the same time, the decomposed active hydrogen is occluded in the mineral component, and the active hydrogen state is maintained for a long time.
[0019]
As shown in FIG. 3, the electrolyzer 6 includes a cylindrical case-shaped base body 50 having an electrode portion 40 and a flat lower surface portion 48. A control unit 44 that supplies a control current for electrolysis to the electrode unit 40 is built in the base 50. Power is supplied to the electrolyzer 6 from an external power adapter 46. Three electrodes 52, 53, and 54 are attached to the lower portion of the base body 50 as electrode portions 40 facing downward. In this electrolyzer 6, the electrodes 52, 53 and 54 are inserted into the container 3, and the lower surface portion 48 of the base body 50 is placed on the mouth portion 12 of the container 3.
[0020]
The control unit 44 is provided with a current supply circuit for electrolysis, a start button 45 for managing reduction start and end times, a timer circuit, and the like, and electrolyzes the electrodes 52, 53, and 54 of the electrolyzer 6. High-frequency alternating current necessary for the operation is supplied.
[0021]
Further, the electrodes 52, 53, and 54 are each made of a platinum-plated titanium having a rectangular outer shape and formed in a net shape as an electrode material. Titanium has excellent corrosion resistance and durability, and platinum does not have an oxide film on the surface, so the electrolysis power of water is stable, and it does not dissolve in water and maintenance is not required. Because there is. As other materials of the electrodes 52, 53, 54, metals such as magnesium, aluminum, lithium, zinc, iron, stainless steel, and copper can be used.
[0022]
In particular, the use of a mesh body for the electrode can secure the water transfer time, that is, the electrolysis time, by enlarging the electrode in a mesh shape, and the plate shape requires a large amount of platinum for plating. This is because it is expensive. In principle, the electrolysis reaction (decrease in redox potential) is proportional to the area of the electrode. However, when the electrode is made of the above-mentioned mesh body, it is oxidized / reduced compared to a plate electrode having the same surface area. The potential drop is large and good results are obtained. This is thought to be an efficient reaction because one electrode reacts with the other two electrodes including the ground electrode.
[0023]
In the electrode, the third electrode 53 is disposed in the center, and the first electrode 52 and the second electrode 54 are disposed on both sides of the third electrode 53 so as to face each other at equal intervals. In addition, according to an in-house test, good results have been obtained when the distance is in the range of 3 to 5 mm. Upon electrolysis, as shown in the prior art column, a high-frequency alternating current (30 KHz to 50 KHz) voltage (10 V to 50 V) is applied between the first electrode 52 and the second electrode 54, The third electrode 53 is grounded, a current is passed through the third electrode 53 from the first electrode 52 and the second electrode 54, and water is electrolyzed to lower the redox potential of this water. Make reduced water.
[0024]
Here, a procedure for generating purified water using the water purification pot 2 will be described. First, the user places the water purification pot 2 with the water purifier 4 attached to the mouth part 12 below the tap faucet 5 to open the opening / closing part 30 of the cap 10, and the opening part 13 in which half of the mouth part 12 is opened. Pour tap water from. At this time, the tap water that has passed through the opening 13 mainly passes through about half of the filter 8 of the water purifier 4 on the side of the opening 13 (the channel indicated by the up and down arrows on the left side of FIG. 4B). Purification occurs while flowing from top to bottom. At this time, chlorine, trihalomethane, odor and the like are removed. Further, for example, solid matter such as dust adheres to the upper portion of the filter 8.
[0025]
When sufficient water is stored in the water purification pot 2 by the purification, the user removes the water purifier 4 from the water purification pot 2 and installs the electrolyzer 6 instead. In the electrolyzer 6, the electrodes 52, 53, and 54 are immersed in water, and the base 50 is placed on the mouth portion 12 of the water purification pot 2. And by operation of the start button 45, the electrolysis of the water in the water purification pot 2 is started, a reduction state is maintained, and the time management by a timer circuit is also started. Electrolysis is performed between the three electrodes 52, 53, and 54 by the electrolyzer 6.
[0026]
At this time, chlorine has already been removed by the water purifier 4, and the electrolysis of such purified water proceeds efficiently, and at the same time, the situation where white dirt due to chalk adheres to the electrode or the container 3 is reduced. The However, when the salt content is contained in the purified water, chlorine is decomposed and extracted during the electrolysis. This chlorine is removed by the water purifier 4 as will be described later.
[0027]
By using the electrolyzer 6, high-frequency alternating current is applied to water to generate a large amount of active hydrogen, and reduced water having high electronic energy is generated. This reduced water has a high osmotic pressure and is easily absorbed by the body, and stimulates cells and organs to activate metabolism.
[0028]
Eventually, when a predetermined time (usually 10 minutes to 30 minutes) elapses, the timer 44 detects that the time is up, and the control unit 44 stops the electrolysis in the current supply circuit and also notifies by a buzzer or the like. Here, the user removes the electrolyzer 6 from the water purification pot 2 and attaches the desorbed water purifier 4 to the water purification pot 2 again. In this case, the opening / closing part 30 of the cap 10 is used in a closed state.
[0029]
Then, the user holds the handle 14 of the water purification pot 2 and transfers the reduced water in the water purification pot 2 to the cup 60 or the like. At this time, as shown in FIG. 4A, when the water purification pot 2 is tilted, the reduced water passes through the filter 8 and passes through the outlet 28 formed in the upper part of the water purifier 4, and the spout 16 of the water purification pot 2. Spill from. At the time of this outflow, the reduced water passes through the passage hole 24 in the bottom portion 22 of the water purifier 4 and then enters the filter 8 from the lower portion of the filter 8, and is about half of the filter 8 on the fixed portion 31 side of the cap 10. (The flow path of the arrow bent from the bottom to the upper right side on the right side of FIG. 4B) Purification is performed while water flows from the bottom to the top of the filter 8, and this purification is performed. Then, chlorine is mainly removed.
[0030]
Therefore, according to the purified water using the purified water pot 1, purified water having a strong reducing power can be easily obtained from the tap water from the tap. In this purification, it is possible to generate good reduced water having a low oxidation-reduction potential and containing a large amount of active hydrogen, and water purification is performed twice both when the water flows into and out of the water purification pot 1. Therefore, the removal of chlorine and other impurities are doubled to obtain high quality reduced purified water.
[0031]
In addition, tap water is allowed to flow in from the part where the cap is opened, while reduced water is allowed to flow out from the part where the cap is not open, so that the removal of chlorine in tap water and reduced water and the removal of other impurities are separate flow paths. In addition, it can be performed in a well-balanced manner in a reciprocating double. For this reason, the water purifier can be used efficiently and the water purifying effect is enhanced. In addition, there is an effect that the situation that particles such as dust adhering to the inflow flow down at the outflow is prevented. In addition, since the electrode is formed in a net-like form in which platinum is plated on titanium, there are effects that the electrolysis reaction is stable and the reaction is performed efficiently, and maintenance is unnecessary.
[0032]
By adopting AC electrolysis in the water purification pot 1, the molecular group (cluster) of water becomes small, and it is easily absorbed by the body and produces delicious water. In addition, organic substances in water decompose and precipitate to remove harmful trihalimethane and the like, and safe water is obtained, and the reduced water contains a large amount of dissolved oxygen. Ordinarily, reduced water generates reduced hydrogen with a low redox potential, reducing and neutralizing oxidized cells and tissues in the body, and the above-mentioned active hydrogen is combined with harmful active oxygen to make it harmless. is there.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the water purification pot according to the present invention, after purifying the water purifier attached to the mouth of the upper part of the container and tap water, the purified water is electrolyzed by exchanging with the water purifier. Since it has an electrolyzer that reduces the redox potential of water to produce reduced water, it can easily produce good reduced water with low active redox potential and a large amount of active hydrogen from tap water. Since the purification of water is performed twice both when the water flows into and out of the pot, the removal of chlorine from the tap water and the reducing water and other water purification are suitably performed to obtain high quality purified water. The effect is obtained.
[0034]
In addition, according to the water purification pot according to the present invention, a cap having an approximately half opening is provided at the upper portion of the water purifier, and tap water is allowed to flow in from the opening portion, while reducing water is supplied from the outlet provided in the portion not opening. Because it was made to flow out, the removal of chlorine and other impurities were performed in double and separate channels, the water purifier could be used in a well-balanced manner, and dust and other particles adhering to the inflow flowed down at the outflow The effect is to be prevented.
[0035]
According to the water purification method of the present invention, a water purifier is attached to a container to purify tap water, and then an electrolyzer is attached to generate reduced water, and a water purifier is attached to the mouth of the container again. Since purified water from which chlorine was removed by purification was obtained, good reduced water with a low oxidation-reduction potential and a large amount of active hydrogen can be easily produced from tap water, and when water flows into the water purification pot. Since the purification of water is performed twice both at the time of outflow, the removal of chlorine in tap water and reduced water and the purification of other water are suitably performed, and an effect is obtained that high-quality purified water is obtained.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a view showing a water purification pot according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the water purifier according to the embodiment.
FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a water purification pot equipped with an electrolyzer according to the embodiment.
FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a state in which purified water is transferred from the water purification pot according to the embodiment, and (b) is a diagram showing a flow path of water passing through the water purifier.
[Explanation of symbols]
3 Container 4 Water purifier 6 Electrolyte 8 Filter 10 Cap 12 Mouth

Claims (4)

It is attached to the mouth of the upper part of the container, and the purified water is generated by passing the tap water flowing in from the top downward, while the reduced water is discharged at the bottom when the purified water is further reduced. A water purifier provided with a filter containing a desalted material, which is purified by passing it in the direction of flowing out of the container from the top to the top;
After purification at the time of inflow, an electrode that is exchanged with the water purifier and attached to the mouth of the container and is put into the water in the container is provided, and the purified water is electrolyzed to oxidize the water. An electrolyzer that lowers the reduction potential and generates the reduced water. A cap having an approximately half opening is provided at the upper portion of the water purifier, and tap water is allowed to flow in from the opening, while the reduced water is allowed to flow out from an outlet provided in a portion where the cap does not open. The water purification pot according to claim 1. At the upper mouth part of the container, a water purifier provided with a filter containing a desalting material is attached, and the tap water flowing from above is passed downward to purify,
After this purification, replace the water purifier and attach an electrolyzer to the mouth of the container, put the electrode of the electrolyzer into the water in the container, electrolyze the purified water, and oxidize the water Reduce the reduction potential to produce reduced water,
After the generation of the reduced water, the water purifier is attached to the mouth of the container again, and when the reduced water flows out, the container is tilted so that the reduced water flows from the bottom to the top of the water purifier. A water purification method using a water purification pot characterized by obtaining purified water from which chlorine generated in the electrolysis is removed by purifying by passing in a direction of flowing out from the water. A cap having an approximately half opening is provided at the upper portion of the water purifier, and tap water is allowed to flow in from the opening, while the reduced water is allowed to flow out from an outlet provided in a portion where the cap does not open. A water purification method using the water purification pot according to claim 3.

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