JPS59115781A - Method and device for producing healthy water - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To produce healthy water which has better sterilizing and bacterium control characteristics without losing the good taste thereof by circulating cleaned up water through a silver-coated porous material in contact therewith in a tank. CONSTITUTION:A trace of bacteria remain in the tasty cleaned water produced by removing the chlorine and malodor contained in city water by treatment with activated carbon and since the water has no more sterilizing power, there is possibility of propagation of bacteria in a storage tank 3 and therefore the water is supplied into a circulation tank 6 for sterilization. A bubbling device 8 consisting of a vessel 13 packed therein with a porous material 14 formed by coating silver on activated carbon or coral sand or the like is set in the tank 6. Air is supplied from an air pump 11 into the device 8 to circulate the cleaned water in the tank 6 so as to contact with the material 4 whereby the cleaned water contg. a trace of bacteria is made into the sanitary and healthy water having sterilizing and bacterium control characteristics without losing the good taste thereof.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] The present invention relates to a method for producing healthy water and an apparatus therefor.

Conventionally, in juice vending machines and the like that sell a mixture of undiluted juice and purified water in a paper cup or the like, the purified water is stored in a tank inside the vending machine. This tank is either a cassette type or connected to a water pipe and then connected to a purifier and then heated.

This purified water has chlorine and bad odors removed with activated carbon, etc., and has a good taste, but it has lost its sterilizing power due to the removal of chlorine. Therefore, the microscopic amount of bacteria remaining in the purified water may grow in the tank, creating a sanitary problem.Therefore, this type of vending machine is equipped with a device to sterilize the purified water in the tank. However, this device only sterilizes the water in the tank;
The water that comes out of the tank has no antibacterial properties. Therefore, during the piping from the tank to the outlet or inside the pulp,
If purified water remains for a long time after sterilization, bacteria adhering to pipes or the like or bacteria that have invaded the pipes will breed there, causing problems.

To solve this problem, healthy water cannot be obtained unless sterilization with an antibacterial effect is performed in the tank. Moreover, the sterilization method must not impair the taste of the purified water. There are already methods for sterilizing this type of purified water without impairing its taste, which utilize the bactericidal and antibacterial powers of silver ions. It is publicly known (Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 49-6462).

However, this invention has been proven to be ineffective if the processing time is short (Japanese Patent Publication No. 38666/1983).

Therefore, the inventor of the present application also conducted an experiment based on Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 1989-162, and vi) analyzed the results at the Japan Food Research Center, and the results are shown in Table 1. In the table (A) F
i. Purified water passed through a purifier with the product name "Wakamizu"; CB) is tap water; (C3 is purified water passed through a purifier with the product name "Kuraray TS-62" Sterilized water based on Japanese Patent Publication No. 49-3462) is available.Then, each water was left to stand for 48 hours and the number of bacteria after that was determined.

Next Leaves [Table I] As is clear from the above table, it was confirmed that simply passing water through the silver support had no bactericidal activity at all.

In order to obtain antibacterial activity, the silver-supported material must be immersed for a long time, which is impractical.The present invention was invented in view of the above problems, and it can be processed in a short time. To provide a method and apparatus for producing Kikkosui, which can produce water with excellent bactericidal power and antibacterial effect, which does not harm the human body, and which is delicious. Therefore, the feature of this method is that the water stored in the tank is at least stirred or circulated, coated with silver, and brought into contact with a porous material, thereby turning the water into water that has bactericidal and antibacterial properties. The features of this device include a tank for storing water, a device for at least stirring or circulating the water in the tank, and a silver coating on the water that is stirred or circulated by the device. The porous material storage container is configured to bring the porous material into contact with the porous material.

What is shown in FIG. 1 is an experimental apparatus according to the present invention, and +1
1 is a water supply pipe connected to a water pipe, and the water supply pipe (1)
A three-way pulp +21 is provided in the middle.

A known water purifier (3) using activated carbon, ion exchange resin, etc. is connected to this water supply pipe. This water purifier (3
) to connect the connecting pipe (4) and the three-way pulp (6) to create a sterilizing circulation tank (6) according to the present invention and a normal retention tank (
7) are connected.

The sterilization circulation tank (6) is equipped with a bubbling device (8).
) is built-in. This bubbling device (8) consists of a bubble pump and a pipe (10) having an inlet (9).
The air pipe f121 from the air pump (11) is fully connected to the lower part of the air pump (11). A porous substance storage container (131) is provided around the inlet (9), and 8I/'i% outside the container U is provided.
A number of holes communicating with the inlet port +91K are arranged in stages and covered with a filter. This container (+31) is filled with a silver-coated porous material (141).

This silver-coated porous material (14IVi) is a well-known material coated with silver on activated carbon, 7-ral sand, etc. 62J silver-ting activated carbon is used.

The purified water of the water purifier J31T is stored in the tank (6) according to the present invention and the ordinary tank (71).

In the tank 161 of the bender, air was supplied from the air pump +111 to circulate the water in the tank +01 so as to contact the porous material (14). The latter σ) Purified water was retained in the tank (7).

The bacterial test σ) results are shown below.

〈Example 1〉 nl Test method Stesless beaker (5 points for 2 fc, 51 for each water purifier (water that passed through 31 was placed in tank (6) and tank (7)
and conducted a bacterial test over time (21 conditions semi-constant; 1 nJ of supplied water was collected and placed on a standard agar medium at 62°C.
Atmosphere after 3 days of culture: Fallen bacteria 2 []...-3307150 minutes 90 starvation 7 dashes - 31 Results A; Circulating water (tank (61 water)) B; Remaining water (tank (7! V) water) Example 2〉 +1) wC test method Mixing water of A and B of Example 1], tank (6)
and a tank (7), and conducted a bacterial test over time (21 conditions: same conditions as Example 1 above, Judgment 1 - 124 hours (67℃)
and 72 hours (32°C) (31 results) Leaf A'; Circulated water B" after mixing A and B; Remaining water after mixing A and B <Example 6> m Test method Tank ( 6) Bubbling device +81K The same test as in Example 1 was conducted without supplying air. That is, the silver Zuding activated carbon was only immersed in the tank (6), but purified water was not circulated ( 21 Results Water in tank (6) B°'; Water in tank (7) As is clear from the above examples, residual chlorine can be removed by activated carbon water purifier, ion exchange fallen fat, etc. This method VC removes the purified water
There are 21 types of water that have antibacterial effects, are delicious, and are good for health. (Since it is within drinking water standards, there is no problem with regular use.) This has not been achieved until today.

Also, why do you always continue the sterilizing action when circulating?
1. The reason why it was possible to make the fruit do this is not known at this time, but the following hypotheses are: a) The method of use to date (immersion in water or passing silver-contaminated water through the water) is due to an inhibition circle. occurs, so it has little effect.

b) Since silver is generally not easily oxidized in fresh water, the elution of silver ions is small.

For the reasons mentioned above, it has been difficult to maintain the bactericidal effect and carry out the bactericidal effect on A1 seeds using the methods to date. or,
Since there was no silver ion detection method or antibacterial effect, contamination (bacterial growth) occurred after sterilization, making it unusable. Therefore, the sterilization method according to this method τ゛kea) By circulating purified water, silver-coated materials (
In general, fresh water does not oxidize.

When silver ions elute (less elution of silver ions) comes into contact with bacterial cells, it is gradually dissolved into organic acids secreted by the biological metabolism of the bacteria and exhibits its effects. (The same reason why cavities occur due to mutans VC) Therefore, once the biological metabolism of bacteria is completed (sterilization is completed), the elution of silver ions stops, and no more silver ions than necessary are eluted, so sterilization is possible. The amount of silver ions generated is automatically controlled, and the amount of silver ions detected in drinking water standards
Sppm or less, regular use will not cause silver poisoning.

b) By bubbling, it is gradually decomposed by the oxygen and carbon dioxide contained in the air, and silver ions are generated and increased, thereby sustaining the bacterial effect.

C) Unlike mercury, silver does not reduce its action even when combined with organic substances.

There is an effect.

In addition, another embodiment of the device related to Monoke and Kihata F3AVc shown in FIG. A silver-coated porous material 04) was provided.

This substance (+41) should be brought into active contact with purified water.

Another embodiment of the present invention is shown in Monoke 1 shown in FIG.
The substance (141vC) is actively brought into contact with the purified water.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments.

According to the present invention, it is possible to have a sterilizing and antibacterial effect in a short treatment time, and it exhibits great effects when used in vending machines and the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an apparatus according to the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 5 are sectional views showing embodiments. (8) Tank, (8) Circulation device (bubbling device), 1131 container, 14) Silver coated porous material, αη Stirring device. Patent applicant: Horai Tekkosho Co., Ltd. Procedural amendment (voluntary) Aki Ai, 58 I1 February 2111,
,'Showa 57 I1 Patent Application 8+'! 2
25410 + 2. Name of the invention Healthy water production method and device 3 Person who makes supplement 1r. 1ν nail with lTf〆1 Patented chain beads type company Horai Iron Works 4, Agent Hi577 6. Supplementary J "Detailed Explanation of Subject/Description LJ4 (187 Amendment Contents Next Page (1) "Silver"? "Bacteria" on page 9, line 20 in the specification
Correct. (21 Ibid., page 12, line 1, next to “No.”
For example, high frequency or ultrasonic wave irradiation may be used to stir the water in the tank. ”? Add T.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Water stored in a tank is made to have bactericidal and antibacterial properties by at least stirring or circulating the water and bringing the silver coating into contact with a porous material coated with L7. A unique method for producing healthy water. 2. A tank for storing water, a device for at least agitating or circulating the water in the tank, and a device with a specific porosity so that the water that is stirred or circulated by the device is brought into contact with the porous material coated with silver. 1. A health water manufacturing device characterized by comprising a substance storage container. 3. The circulation device is a bubble pump provided in a tank, and the porous material storage container is provided so that the porous material covers the inlet of the pump. Apparatus described in section.