US20030019819A1 - Hot disconnect replaceable water filter assembly - Google Patents

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US20030019819A1
US20030019819A1 US10/202,290 US20229002A US2003019819A1 US 20030019819 A1 US20030019819 A1 US 20030019819A1 US 20229002 A US20229002 A US 20229002A US 2003019819 A1 US2003019819 A1 US 2003019819A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D35/00—Filtering devices having features not specifically covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D33/00, or for applications not specifically covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D33/00; Auxiliary devices for filtration; Filter housing constructions
    • B01D35/14—Safety devices specially adapted for filtration; Devices for indicating clogging
    • B01D35/147—Bypass or safety valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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    • B01D35/00—Filtering devices having features not specifically covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D33/00, or for applications not specifically covered by groups B01D24/00 - B01D33/00; Auxiliary devices for filtration; Filter housing constructions
    • B01D35/14—Safety devices specially adapted for filtration; Devices for indicating clogging
    • B01D35/153—Anti-leakage or anti-return valves
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D2201/00—Details relating to filtering apparatus
    • B01D2201/30—Filter housing constructions
    • B01D2201/301—Details of removable closures, lids, caps, filter heads
    • B01D2201/302—Details of removable closures, lids, caps, filter heads having inlet or outlet ports
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    • B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
    • B01D—SEPARATION
    • B01D2201/00—Details relating to filtering apparatus
    • B01D2201/40—Special measures for connecting different parts of the filter
    • B01D2201/4076—Anti-rotational means
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2201/00—Apparatus for treatment of water, waste water or sewage
    • C02F2201/002—Construction details of the apparatus
    • C02F2201/006—Cartridges
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/49817—Disassembling with other than ancillary treating or assembling

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  • the present invention relates generally to the field of residential and commercial water filtration products. More specifically, the present invention relates to a water filtration assembly providing a method of safely installing or replacing filters while allowing the water circuit to remain pressurized.
  • Point-of-use water filtration systems have become increasingly common in the residential and commercial environment. There are many advantages to these types of systems in addition to the obvious improvements to taste and appearance. In situations where the source water has been municipally treated, point-of-use systems allow the water to retain the disinfecting properties imparted by the municipality until the moment of use. These filtration systems can also be individually tailored to treat specific properties of the source water.
  • the potential for self uncoupling of the filter cartridge from the filter manifold should be eliminated to prevent unwanted leakage and subsequent disengagement of the filter assembly while also permitting the assembly to decouple safely should an increased pressure condition occur beyond the structural failure point of the filter assembly. Further, the act of uncoupling the filter cartridge from the filter manifold should also permit the relief of any excess pressure in a controlled manner to reduce the risk of damage or personal injury.
  • the water filter assembly of the present invention meets the aforementioned requirements of the commercial and residential markets.
  • the water filter assembly includes a cartridge assembly and manifold assembly incorporating an interconnection design preventing rapid, violent, and unintentional separation of the components as potential pressure in the water filter comes to equilibrium with the environment.
  • a cartridge assembly having a cartridge top member and cartridge filter housing of the present invention is readily matable to a manifold assembly having the manifold assembly component of the present invention.
  • the cartridge top member is permanently attached to the cartridge filter housing through appropriate means such as spin or sonic welding.
  • at least one seal provides a watertight seal between the cartridge assembly and the manifold.
  • at least two seals in a series relationship provide for effecting a seal between the unfiltered inlet water and the filtered outlet water to prevent contamination therebetween.
  • a critical aspect of the manifold assembly and associated mating cartridge top assembly is that, during replacement of cartridge assemblies on the manifold assembly, the water under pressure being supplied to the manifold assembly be automatically and positively shutoff and the residual pressure within the filter assembly be vented to allow benign disengagement during uncoupling. Accordingly, pressure relief ports are spaced equidistant around the sidewall of the receiver well of the cartridge top assembly to assure this venting after the supply water is shut off but before the cartridge filter assembly is disengaged from the manifold assembly, resulting in increased safety to the user.
  • An additional feature of the filter assembly is the ability to eliminate the potential for the cartridge filter assembly to uncouple from the manifold assembly during normal operation and under typical operating conditions. Therefore, the present invention incorporates locking tabs on the cartridge top assembly engaging mechanism that mate with cooperative depressions on the manifold assembly engaging mechanism, providing a resistive force to this inherent decoupling effect.
  • these locking tabs also permits the filter assembly to decouple should an increase in internal pressure occur that could damage the assembly or nearby objects.
  • the design of these locking tabs can be modified to respond at various levels of aggression to these pressure conditions.
  • the user During installation or removal of a water filter, the user provides rotational force to the filter housing.
  • the interconnection ramps located on the filter end cap interface with the internal ramp assembly of the water manifold and allow the filter and manifold to slidably engage or disengage.
  • the molded engagement ramps on the filter end cap either come into contact or lose contact with the spring valve located in the unfiltered water flow channel of the manifold depending upon whether a filter is being installed or removed.
  • the molded tabs of the manifold prevent separation of the filter and manifold until the entire length of the filter end cap interconnection ramp has been traveled.
  • the water filter assembly is allowed to come to pressure equilibrium with the environment before the filter and manifold have been separated.
  • the engagement ramp being shorter than the interconnection ramp causes a break in the fluid circuit resulting in the release of any pressure energy stored in the filter. Because pressure equilibrium is reached while the locking tabs are still engaged, there is no longer energy available that could lead to the rapid and violent separation of the components, thereby leading to an increase in safety for the user.
  • the present invention is a filter assembly for filtering water from an external source, the filter assembly including a manifold assembly mountable to an appliance and being in fluid communication with the external source and a cartridge assembly, the cartridge assembly being replaceably fluidly couplable to the manifold assembly by means of a hot disconnect that prevents rapid, unintentional and violent disengagement of the assembly.
  • the manifold assembly is fluidly couplable at an inlet to a source of water to be filtered and has a filtered water outlet and mating members for removably mating to the cartridge top member and has a mounting means attached to said manifold providing rotational travel to the cartridge top member for installation, removal and replacement of the cartridge filter.
  • a cartridge top member mates with the filter cartridge and has a fluid inlet, said inlet being fluidly communicable with the filter cartridge and being in fluid communication with an adapter assembly valve and further having a sealing means, the sealing means isolating an inlet flow of unfiltered water to the filter cartridge from the non-wetted portion of the manifold assembly and having a cartridge coupler fluid outlet, said outlet being fluidly communicable with a filter cartridge outlet and being in fluid communication with the manifold coupler outlet and further having sealing means, the sealing means isolating an inlet flow of unfiltered water to the filter cartridge from an outlet flow of filtered water from the filter cartridge.
  • the present invention is further a cartridge assembly and additionally a method of disengaging the cartridge assembly from a manifold assembly.
  • FIG. 1 is a sectional view of the manifold assembly member of the present invention taken through the inlet and outlet ports;
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the manifold assembly member of the present invention taken perpendicular to FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the manifold assembly
  • FIG. 4 is an underside perspective view of the manifold assembly
  • FIG. 5 is a plan view of the cartridge top member
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the cartridge top member, topside
  • FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the cartridge top member, underside
  • FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view of the cartridge top member taken through its center
  • FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the cartridge assembly
  • FIG. 10 is a side elevational sectional view of the cartridge assembly
  • FIG. 11 is a perspective view of the cartridge filter glue dam
  • FIG. 12 is a plan view of the cartridge filter glue dam.
  • the filter assembly of the present invention is shown generally at 10 in the figures.
  • the filter assembly 10 has two major components: a manifold assembly 12 and a cartridge assembly 14 .
  • the cartridge assembly 14 further has three subcomponents: cartridge top member 16 , cartridge housing 18 , and filter element 19 .
  • the manifold assembly is depicted in FIGS. 1, 2, 3 , and 4 .
  • the manifold assembly 12 includes a general manifold body 20 .
  • Inlet cartridge fitting 23 is press-fit into inlet bore 21 of manifold assembly body 20 , forming inlet port 22 .
  • a gap 27 depicted in FIG. 1, is formed between inlet bore 21 and inlet cartridge fitting 23 .
  • Inlet port 22 is sealed from gap 27 by means of O-ring 30 .
  • Inlet port 22 narrows into tubular inlet flow passage 29 .
  • Inlet flow passage 29 leads to valve well 42 .
  • Valve well 42 is positioned to accept both high-flow valve 28 and biasing spring 26 .
  • Valve well 42 is fluidly coupled to inlet bore 52 of cartridge insert 50 (see FIG. 3).
  • High-flow valve 28 is seated in and also longitudinally translates within valve well 42 .
  • Inlet bore 52 has an annular surface 37 upon which ridge 33 of high-flow valve 28 sits to create a
  • cartridge insert 50 has two main sections, an expanded upper body portion 54 and a second reduced body portion 56 .
  • Body portion 56 has a significantly reduced diameter when compared to the diameter of upper body portion 54 .
  • Cartridge insert 50 is fixedly coupled to base assembly 43 of manifold assembly 12 at sealing surface 47 , shown in FIG. 4.
  • Cartridge insert 50 and base assembly 43 are sealed therein by gasket 48 , which separates pressurized inlet and outlet water from the cavity of manifold assembly body 20 .
  • the mating of base assembly 43 with cartridge insert 50 fluidly couples outlet 44 of manifold assembly 20 with inlet bore 52 of cartridge insert 50 , as well as inlet 46 of manifold assembly 20 with outlet bore 40 of cartridge insert 50 .
  • Expanded upper body portion 54 includes groove 38 .
  • Groove 38 contains a seal 34 , preferably an O-ring, for sealing pressurized water from within receiver well 106 of cartridge top member 16 (shown in FIG. 6 and described below) from the cavity of general manifold body 20 .
  • Reduced body portion 56 further includes a pair of grooves 36 . These grooves 36 are situated in series and hold seals 32 , preferably being O-rings, to separate unfiltered inlet water within receiver well 106 from filtered outlet water.
  • Reduced body portion 56 also has bored through its longitudinal center outlet bore 40 for conveying filtered outlet water from cartridge assembly 14 .
  • outlet bore 40 continues through expanded upper body portion 54 by means of a conical projection 59 within which filtered outlet water flows.
  • Conical projection 59 has a wider diameter at its base than its peak, the base therefore narrowing to its point of fluid coupling with outlet flow passage 31 .
  • Outlet bore 40 retains a constant inside diameter flow path. From FIG. 1, flow passage 31 has an approximate 90° turn leading to outlet flow passage 35 .
  • outlet port 24 is formed from the press-fitting of outlet cartridge fitting 25 into outlet bore 39 of manifold assembly body 20 .
  • a similar sealing means of an O-ring 30 is employed to seal the subsequent gap 27 formed between outlet cartridge fitting 25 and outlet bore 39 .
  • Manifold assembly 12 further has a top manifold hood 62 attached to manifold assembly body 20 using manifold hood connectors 60 as shown in FIG. 3.
  • the underside of manifold assembly body 20 has protruding from it cartridge receiver 72 for mating with cartridge top member 16 .
  • the mating mechanism between cartridge receiver 72 and cartridge top member 16 is through interior helical tabs 70 located on the inside margin 73 of cartridge receiver 72 .
  • Tabs 70 are diametrically opposed on inside margin 73 . These tabs 70 extend flush from the bottom surface of receiver 72 and spiral upward at an approximate 8° angle along margin 73 to a position less than half the circumference away from their point of origin.
  • the top surface 74 of these tabs 70 provides the supporting structure for and mates with external helical tabs 104 of cartridge top member 16 , shown in FIG. 6 and described below.
  • cartridge top member 16 includes member body 100 .
  • Member body 100 has a margin 101 from which exterior helical tabs 104 mate with interior helical tabs 70 of cartridge receiver 72 .
  • exterior helical tabs 104 spiral upward at an approximate 8° angle along margin 101 to a position less than half the circumference away from their point of origin.
  • the underside surface 128 of these tabs is supported by top surface 74 of interior helical tabs 70 of manifold assembly 12 , from FIG. 4.
  • exterior helical tabs 104 also have at their end points ramps 120 for facilitating engagement with interior helical tabs 70 .
  • Cartridge top member body 100 has defined therein interior receiver well 106 with inside margin 112 for sealing with O-ring 34 of manifold assembly 12 as shown in FIG. 1. This effects a fluid seal between unfiltered inlet water within receiver well 106 and the cavity of manifold assembly body 20 .
  • a plurality of inlet orifices 114 are formed within the bottom surface of receiver well 106 . These orifices 114 are spaced circumferentially and equidistant from each other. A distinct feature of these orifices 114 is that the inside diameter of any individual orifice is designed such that the adhesive forces between the inside surface and any remaining water within that orifice allow for capillary action to prevent dripping when the cartridge assembly 14 is disengaged from manifold assembly 12 . These orifices 114 direct inlet water to cartridge housing 18 .
  • Outlet bore 122 is bored through the center of cartridge top member 16 .
  • reduced body portion 56 of cartridge insert 50 is engaged for conveyance of filtered water.
  • a lip 124 protrudes from the underside of outlet bore 122 , providing proper positioning of filter 19 within cartridge assembly 14 .
  • Dual ramps 102 extend upward from the bottom of receiver well 106 . One or the other of the ramps 102 radially aligns with high-flow valve 28 contact surface 41 to compress and open the valve 28 when cartridge top member 16 is rotatably moved into place to mate with manifold assembly 12 .
  • each helical tab 104 has a locking tab 108 for mating with a cooperative depression 109 located in interior helical tab 70 of manifold assembly 12 .
  • these locking tabs 108 interface with depressions 109 during engagement of cartridge assembly 14 with manifold assembly 12 to lock the cartridge assembly 14 in place and to provide a degree of burst protection to the components of filter assembly 10 .
  • the locking tabs 108 will disengage from the respective depressions 109 permitting the cartridge assembly 14 to back off from manifold assembly 12 at a predefined level of hydraulic pressure for benign disengagement.
  • locking tabs 108 Without locking tabs 108 , normal pressure levels of the incoming water service and associated vibrations would slowly cause cartridge assembly 14 to uncouple from manifold assembly 12 , resulting in leakage and eventual disengagement of cartridge assembly 14 from manifold assembly 12 .
  • a unique feature of locking tabs 108 is that they can be designed such that they do not allow for this gradual decoupling of the filter assembly under normal line pressure conditions, but will commence decoupling at a certain pressure condition below the structural strength limits of the filter assembly. The design of the locking tabs 108 determines this pressure condition by being a more aggressive or less aggressive design, a more aggressive design seating more firmly in the depression 109 and requiring greater pressure to unseat the locking tabs 108 from the depressions 109 .
  • manifold assembly 12 and cartridge top member 16 have alignment markers, 200 and 202 respectively, to indicate alignment of both components and engagement of locking tabs 108 .
  • the cartridge top member 16 has a margin 116 extending circumferentially from body 100 .
  • the interior face 117 of surface 116 progressively slopes centerward to inlet orifices 114 . This slope allows for a smoother transition and flow pattern from the interior space within surface 116 .
  • Also on the interior face 117 are two weld facilitators 118 .
  • the weld facilitators 118 are diametrically opposed from each other.
  • vent ports 110 defined around the perimeter of upper sealing surface 112 of receiver well 106 are a plurality of vent ports 110 .
  • Vent ports 110 are preferably spaced equidistant around the diameter of sealing surface 112 . These vent ports 110 separate that surface 112 from the interior cavity of manifold assembly body 20 , located in FIG. 1. As will be seen, these vent ports 110 allow for relief of pressure trapped in the cartridge assembly 14 before complete disengagement during the disassembly of cartridge assembly 14 from manifold assembly 12 .
  • the top edge 126 of receiver well 106 is chamfered to facilitate this relief of pressure.
  • cartridge housing assembly 18 consists of cartridge housing body 150 and its components as well as filter assembly 19 .
  • Cartridge housing body 150 is a cylindrical housing tapered at one end for insertion of filter assembly 19 .
  • Lateral supports 154 protrude inward from the narrow end and herein defined as bottom of body 150 for longitudinally supporting filter assembly 19 in place.
  • Concentric and center to supports 154 is an upward directed alignment projectile 156 , also used to support and center filter assembly 19 within cartridge housing body 150 .
  • Handle 158 is formed from the bottom of housing body 150 and is utilized to assist in applying rotational force to cartridge assembly 14 .
  • Filter 19 consists of carbon filter 180 or other type filter.
  • the carbon filter 180 is preferably made of activated carbon and is of about one micron size.
  • the carbon block forming the carbon filter 180 has an inner margin 191 that defines an axial bore 190 .
  • the preferred embodiment of carbon filter 180 is a molded design as shown in FIG. 10 in which axial bore 190 does not extend all the way through filter 180 , but instead to a point in which a portion of filter medium exists between the end of axial bore 190 and alignment projectile 156 . With this design, the full exterior surface of filter 180 in fluid contact with the inlet water serves as a filter medium.
  • an alternative embodiment is an extruded design in which axial bore 190 does extend all the way through carbon filter 180 .
  • the extruded design necessitates an end dam on the bottom of carbon filter 180 to prevent unfiltered water migration into axial bore 190 .
  • the extruded embodiment is defined by dashed lines 199 extending through carbon filter 180 , shown in FIG. 10.
  • the outlet of filter element 19 consists of adhesive 182 and glue dam 184 .
  • glue dam 184 further consists of disc 185 , supports 186 , and outlet tube 188 .
  • Disc 185 has a diameter that is less than that of the inside surface of cartridge housing body 150 , resulting in a flow path for unfiltered water to filter 180 , shown as annular space 152 in FIG. 10.
  • the outer edge of disc 185 angles downward via outer edge 187 .
  • Disc 185 further includes spacers 189 placed equidistant around outer edge 187 , further defining the annular space available as a path for unfiltered water.
  • Angled supports 186 are spaced equidistant around the top face of glue dam 184 to brace outlet tube 188 .
  • the interior surface of outlet tube 188 is defined herein as sealing surface 192 .
  • Sealing surface 192 is sized to accept O-rings 32 as described above in FIG. 3 for the purpose of separating unfiltered inlet water from filtered outlet water.
  • the bottom of sealing surface 192 is defined as outlet face 195 .
  • Within outlet face 195 is a bore defining outlet orifice 194 , fluidly coupling filtered outlet water of filter bore 190 to outlet bore 40 of cartridge insert 50 .
  • cartridge top member 16 mates with cartridge housing assembly 18 through the coupling of margin 116 with the inside surface 196 of cartridge housing 150 .
  • manifold assembly 12 is engaged with cartridge assembly 14 and specifically, cartridge top member 16 as follows:
  • Manifold assembly 12 is engaged with cartridge assembly 14 by matching up external helical tabs 104 of cartridge top member 16 with internal helical tabs 70 of manifold assembly 12 , using a ramp 120 as an initial guide.
  • the mating helical tabs 70 , 104 will begin to engage the manifold assembly 12 with the cartridge assembly 14 when a rotational motion is imparted to the cartridge assembly 14 relative to manifold assembly 12 .
  • This rotational motion will translate into a longitudinal displacement of cartridge assembly 14 into manifold assembly 12 , sealing both interior sealing surface 192 of outlet tube 188 on FIG. 8, as well as sealing surface 112 of cartridge top member 16 .
  • pressurized water is forced through inlet bores 114 (see FIG. 6) along interior surface 117 of FIG. 7 and guided around to the outer circumference of disc 185 and down outer edge 187 of FIG. 9.
  • Flow proceeds into the annular space 152 defined between the exterior of filter 180 and the interior surface of cartridge housing 150 as shown in FIG. 10.
  • Differential pressure between the exterior of filter 180 and axial bore 190 forces this inlet water from annular space 152 through the filter to axial bore 190 .
  • filtered water now flows through the flow restriction outlet orifice 194 through outlet bore 40 of cartridge insert 50 to outlet flow passage 31 of manifold assembly 12 . From there, filtered water exits manifold assembly 12 through outlet flow passage 35 and out outlet port 24 to an external means connected thereto (not shown).
  • an adapter could be used to facilitate interconnection of the cartridge assembly 14 and the manifold assembly 12 .
  • Such an adapter would allow for the use of filter assembly components 10 not originally designed for use with one another.
  • valve 28 descends (longitudinal relative motion), ridge 33 approaches annular sealing surface 37 .
  • biasing spring 26 has fully pressed ridge 33 of high-flow valve 28 into contact with annular sealing surface 37 , thereby stopping the flow of inlet water to the cartridge assembly.
  • sealing surface 112 will begin to disengage longitudinally from O-ring 34 , thus opening vent ports 110 to ambient and allowing vent ports 110 to relieve any excess pressure within cartridge assembly 14 .
  • cartridge assembly 14 will be free to fully disengage from manifold assembly 12 .

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CNB028165861A CN100531856C (zh) 2001-07-30 2002-07-30 热拆卸的可更换的水过滤器组件
MXPA04000896A MXPA04000896A (es) 2001-07-30 2002-07-30 Montaje de filtro de agua reemplazable de desconexion excelente.
EP02759212A EP1423179B1 (fr) 2001-07-30 2002-07-30 Ensemble de filtration d'eau echangeable
PCT/US2002/024098 WO2003011425A1 (fr) 2001-07-30 2002-07-30 Ensemble de filtre d'eau remplaçable pour tuyau d'eau chaude a desaccouplement
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US12/860,017 US8182699B2 (en) 2001-07-30 2010-08-20 Method of engaging a filter cartridge to a manifold and filter cartridge therefor
US13/624,416 USRE45080E1 (en) 2001-07-30 2012-09-21 Hot disconnect replaceable water filter assembly
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