US3165628A - Liquid activating techniques - Google Patents

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US3165628A
US3165628A US89030A US8903061A US3165628A US 3165628 A US3165628 A US 3165628A US 89030 A US89030 A US 89030A US 8903061 A US8903061 A US 8903061A US 3165628 A US3165628 A US 3165628A
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F43/00—Dry-cleaning apparatus or methods using volatile solvents
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/30—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by irradiation
    • C02F1/32—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by irradiation with ultraviolet light
    • C02F1/325—Irradiation devices or lamp constructions
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D06—TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; LAUNDERING; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D06F—LAUNDERING, DRYING, IRONING, PRESSING OR FOLDING TEXTILE ARTICLES
    • D06F35/00—Washing machines, apparatus, or methods not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • C02F2201/32—Details relating to UV-irradiation devices
    • C02F2201/322—Lamp arrangement
    • C02F2201/3228—Units having reflectors, e.g. coatings, baffles, plates, mirrors
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F2307/00—Location of water treatment or water treatment device
    • C02F2307/12—Location of water treatment or water treatment device as part of household appliances such as dishwashers, laundry washing machines or vacuum cleaners

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  • This invention relates generally to techniques for ac tivating water or other liquids to impart cleaning, bleaching, sterilizing and other properties thereto, and more particularly to a compact water activator which may readily be interposed in a water line.
  • the automatic washing machine has in recent years hecome a standard home appliance, the machine usually operating in conjunction with a dryer to wash and dry the household laundry. There are more than fifty million such machines now in use in the United States. In order to clean clothing and other fabrics placed in the machine, it is necessary to add soap or detergents to the water, and in some instances blueing and disinfectants are also introduced;
  • Yet another object of the invention is to provide an apparatus which may be installed in an automatic washing machine to activate the water therein whereby washing actions may be carried out without the use ofsoaps or detergents.
  • An important feature of the invention resides in a compact and efficient water activating adapter which may readily be inserted in the water line coupled to the washing machine to activate the water flowing therein.
  • a device of this type may be manufactured at low cost and is inexpensive to operate, thereby effecting a considerable saving in laundry costs, to say nothingof the superior results.
  • an object of the invention to provide an ultra-violet ray generator which is adapted not only to produce the ionically charged atmosphere to activate the cleaning water but which also acts to irradiate and sterilize the water, thereby obivating the need for fungicides and the like.
  • an object of the invention is to provide an ultraviolet generator of the above described type whichis also useful in charging the moist atmosphere in a commercial dryer so as to destroy bacteria and to .deodorize the material being dried.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an activatingadapter for connection to a water line which includes a flow control valve serving to draw in the charged atmosphere from a generator chamber when the water flows through the line and to block passage to said chamber when water flow is arrested.
  • FIG. 1 is'an elevational view of a conventional wash ing machine having a water-activating adapter coupled to the input waterline, the adapter being shown in section.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged detail of the pipe section in the adapter.
  • FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the check valve element in the adapter.
  • FIG. 4 is asectional View of a piston type check valve for use in an adapter, the valve being shown open.
  • FIG. 5 shows the same piston valve when in closed position.
  • FIGS. 1 and 2 there are shown the casing of a conve n tionalautomatic or semi-automatic Washing machine 10 of any standard design, the machine having the usual water inlet coupler 11. Attached to the coupler 11 and interposed between coupler 11 and a water line 12 is a water-activating adapter in accordance with the invention, the'adapter being designated generally numeral 13. e
  • the washing machine is arranged to admit water into a receptacle for fabrics to be cleaned, the fabrics being agitated so as to promote cleaning and the separation of dirt particles therefrom.
  • the water having the dirt therein is drained andfinally the fabrics are rinsed and spin dried in the usual manner.
  • the construction of this machine forms no part of the invention and it is only described in order to distinguish the ordinary operation of the machine when detergents or soap are used as against when no detergents or soap are used and the water is activated.
  • the activator 13 is constituted by a box-like chamber 14 having a pipe section 15 extending therethrough, the section terminating at either end in threaded coupling heads 16 and 17 for connection to the machine inlet 11 and water line 12, respectively.
  • Mounted within the chamber 14 is an ultra-violet ray generator in the form of a lamp 18 producing rays in the Wavelength region of 1800 to 6000 angstroms.
  • the interior walls of the cham- Patented Jan. 12, 1965 ber are preferably silvered ,to enhance the action of the rays on the atmosphere.
  • Lamp 18 may .be of the type comprising a filament 19 heated from the alternating-current power-line through a plug 20, the filament being mounted in bulb or envelope 21 of quartz or other material permeable to ultra-violet. In the bulb is a trace of mercury at low pressure, the heat generated by the filament vaporizing the mercury. In practice a bank of such lamps may be used, such as eleven OZ4-H4 tubes having 10 voltfilaments connected in series to a 110 volt line.
  • the rays from bulb 18 are concentrated by a reflector 22 toward a quartz porthole 33 sealed. in the wall of pipe section :15, the water-flowing through the section being thereby irradiated.
  • the ultra-violet energy generated within the chamber 14 charges the atmosphere to produce negatively charged ions within the chamber, and it produces stable and unstable-forms of oxygen, the unstable form quickly decomposing into a stable molecule of oxygen and a free oxygen atom.
  • this free atom of oxygen is blended with water, the water is converted to the peroxide valence H which is a bleaching agent as well as an antiseptic.
  • the atmosphere within chamber 14 becomes activated with negatively charged ions and allotropic oxygen.
  • the section is provided with a suction inlet in the form of a lateral stub 15a having a one-way check-valve element 24 mounted therein, the valve acting in conjunction with a venturi construction 1512.
  • valve element is constituted by flexible material impervious to the activated liquid such as Teflon.
  • the element 24 at the intake is conically shaped, the apex of the .cone being projected to form at the exhaust and flattened lips 25 which may be distended and opened by gas pressure.v
  • the shape is similar to a common r noise maker.
  • the activated water effects a cleaning action by reason of the negatively charged ions which attract and separate dirt particles from the fabric.
  • the charged water also acts as an antibacterial agent and disinfects the fabric being cleaned, destroying unpleasant odors.
  • the water need be only slightly warm, in the order of 100 F, the temperature being suificient to emulsify grease, but not so hot as to set the grease into the fabric as occurs with the level of heat ordinarily used with soaps. Thus damage to woolens and other fabrics is prevented, and not only is the cleaning action superior to conventional techniques but the garments so cleaned Will have a longer wearable life.
  • the same apparatus may be coupled into showers or other washing facilities and its use is not limited to cleaning fabrics.
  • the charged gas produced in the chamber may be also led into the dryer system through a duct 14a to intermingle with and ionically charge the moist air therein.
  • the circulation of moist'air through the ion chamber gives the moisture and air the added atom which aids in destroying bacteria and in deodorization.
  • valve In the piston valve and blender shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, the valve is designed so that when the flow of water through the valve is interrupted the blending port is blocked to prevent flooding of the ion chamber 14.
  • the valve isyconstituted by a cylinder 26 having an inlet pipe '27 and an outlet pipe 28 extending axially from the ends thereof.
  • the ion chamber communicates with the interior of the cylinder through a lateral blending port or tube 29.
  • Reciprocally disposed within the cylinder is a piston consisting of an upper section 30 having a venturi passage 31 bored therein and a lower section 32 having a similar venturi passage 33 bored therein.
  • the two sections are maintained in spaced relation and are held together by a pair of bolts 34 and 35 to provide a blending chamber 36.
  • the piston is normally urged upwardly within the cylinder by a helical spring 37 which is compressed between the lower end of the cylinder and the, lower piston section 33.
  • a helical spring 37 which is compressed between the lower end of the cylinder and the, lower piston section 33.
  • the ionic technique disclosed herein make possible a significant reduction of the time necessary to clean and rinse a garment, and especially in the case of non-colored goods, the ultimate whiteness and freshness of the fabric are markedly better than when soap or detergent is used.
  • Water-activating apparatus comprising a chamber, a pipe section extending through said chamber adapted for interconnection with a water supply system, a source of ultra violet radiation disposed within said chamber, means for admitting air into said chamber into exposure with said source, unidirectional pressure responsive valve means in said pipe section disposed within said chamber for admitting irradiated air from said chamber into the interior of said pipe section, said pipe section including a venturi passage to cause said irradiated air from said chamber to be sucked into said section, said unidirectional valve means preventing flow of water into said chamber when water passage through said section is blocked.
  • Water-activating apparatus comprising a chamber, a pipe section extending through said chamber adapted for interconnection at its ends with a water supply system, a source of ultra violet radiation disposed within said chamber, means for admitting air into said chamber into exposure with said source, unidirectional pressure responsive valve means in said pipe section disposed within said chamber for admitting irradiated air from said chamber into the interior of said pipe section in response to the pressure in said chamber being greater than the pressure in said pipe section and for preventing water from said pipe section from flowing into said chamber when water flow in said section is blocked.
  • valve means is constituted by a lateral stub on said pipe section and a flexible valve element mounted within said stub and constituted by a cone whose mouth is sealed to the rim of said stub, the apex of the cone being projected to- "MEL 7 ward said pipe section and being flattened into a pair of 2,731,027 lips which distend when pressure is applied thereto 2,844,727 7/ 58 Maciszewski et a1 25043 through said cone.

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US3295339A (en) * 1964-09-30 1967-01-03 Robert H Cheyne Water conservation system for commercial laundries
US3916652A (en) * 1973-06-26 1975-11-04 Procter & Gamble Washing machine
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US2844727A (en) * 1953-09-25 1958-07-22 Arf Products Apparatus for treating water
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US1190769A (en) * 1911-11-27 1916-07-11 Bryer H Pendry Apparatus for treating liquids.
US2301315A (en) * 1939-07-19 1942-11-10 Walter C Collins Apparatus for treating liquids
US2369966A (en) * 1943-06-17 1945-02-20 Gen Electric Smoke detector
US2731027A (en) * 1951-03-19 1956-01-17 Res & Engineering Corp Beer dispensing apparatus
US2844727A (en) * 1953-09-25 1958-07-22 Arf Products Apparatus for treating water
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US3295339A (en) * 1964-09-30 1967-01-03 Robert H Cheyne Water conservation system for commercial laundries
US3916652A (en) * 1973-06-26 1975-11-04 Procter & Gamble Washing machine
WO2010040721A1 (en) * 2008-10-09 2010-04-15 Bwell As Water filter control device

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