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• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
  • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
  • B03C1/00—Magnetic separation
  • B03C1/02—Magnetic separation acting directly on the substance being separated
  • B03C1/28—Magnetic plugs and dipsticks
  • B03C1/286—Magnetic plugs and dipsticks disposed at the inner circumference of a recipient, e.g. magnetic drain bolt
• • 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
  • B01D35/06—Filters making use of electricity or magnetism
• • 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
  • C02F1/001—Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance
  • C02F1/004—Processes for the treatment of water whereby the filtration technique is of importance using large scale industrial sized filters
• • 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
  • C02F1/006—Water distributors either inside a treatment tank or directing the water to several treatment tanks; Water treatment plants incorporating these distributors, with or without chemical or biological tanks
• • 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
  • C02F1/48—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage with magnetic or electric fields
  • C02F1/481—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage with magnetic or electric fields using permanent magnets
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
  • B03C—MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
  • B03C2201/00—Details of magnetic or electrostatic separation
  • B03C2201/18—Magnetic separation whereby the particles are suspended in a liquid
• • 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
  • C02F1/28—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by sorption
  • C02F1/281—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by sorption using inorganic sorbents
• • 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
  • C02F2307/06—Mounted on or being part of a faucet, shower handle or showerhead

Definitions

• This invention relates to a purifier for fluids and, more particularly, to a water purifier having a magnetic field generation device such as a permanent magnet or magnet pieces .
• a water purifier including a filter having a cylindrical housing formed with a water inlet at one end and a water outlet on the other end and containing a granular activated carbon layer and a ceramic layer comprising granular ceramic, a magnetite layer comprising broken pieces of magnetite in a layer and provided at least above or below the ceramic layer, and annular magnets provided above and below the ceramic layer in such a manner that these annular magnets coincide with each other in the sense of magnetic lines of force and that the direction of the magnetic lines of force are parallel to the direction of flow of water. Water molecules are activated while passing through the magnetic field produced by the annular magnets and the magnetite layers which are magnetized by the annular magnets.
• An annular magnet with or without a certain amount of magnetite forms a magnetic layer having a fixed strength of the magnetic field.
• the density of the magnetic field depends on the cross-section of the magnetic layer - the larger the cross section, the lower the density of the magnetic field. Vise versa, the smaller the cross section, the higher the density of the magnetic field.
• E effectiveness of a magnetization treatment
• C cross section of the magnetic layer
• the effectiveness of the fluid treatment such as water may be maximized by providing magnet pieces with or without magnetite pieces in the magnetic section of the water purifier and in which the magnet and/or magnetite pieces are coated with a ceramic.
• FIG. 1 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of a magnetic section of a fluid purifier of the resent invention
• FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a fluid purifier of the prior art
• FIG. 3 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a preferred embodiment of fluid purifier of the present invention as a shower filter for water.
• FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C are vertical cross-sectional views showing several preferred embodiments of fluid purifiers of the present invention in treatment systems also including other fluid treatment media;
• FIG. 5 is a broken vertical cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 1, but showing a second preferred embodiment of a magnetic section of a fluid purifier of the present invention
• FIG. 6 is a broken vertical cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 5, but showing a third preferred embodiment of a magnetic section of a fluid purifier of the present invention
• FIG. 7 is a broken vertical cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 6, but showing a fourth preferred embodiment of a magnetic section of a fluid purifier of the present invention.
• FIG. 8 is a broken vertical cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 7, but showing a fifth preferred embodiment of a magnetic section of a fluid purifier of the present invention. DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
• FIG. 1 is the vertical cross-sectional view of a preferred embodiment of magnetic section MS of fluid purifier which magnetic section includes a magnetic field generation device in accordance with the present invention.
• the magnetic section MS of the fluid purifier in FIG. 1 includes a generally cylindrical housing 10, having a longitudinal axis a, an outer wall 31, an inner wall 32 and a bottom 33 which define a chamber 34 therein.
• a third magnetic layer 103 a third magnetic layer 103, a fourth ceramic layer 104, a fifth magnetic layer 105, a sixth ceramic layer 106 and seventh magnetic layer 107 are positioned within the chamber 34.
• each magnetic layer 101, 103, 105 or 107 includes an annular magnet 40-1, 40-2, 40-3 and/or 40-4 and broken pieces of magnetite 50-1, 50-2, 50-3 and/or 50-4 respectively.
• the annular magnets are arranged in such a way that the same polarity of the adjacent annular magnets are facing each other.
• the S pole of annular magnet 40-1 is facing the S pole of annular magnet 40-2
• the N pole of annular magnet 40-2 is facing the N pole of annular magnet 40-3
• the S pole of annular magnet 40-3 is facing the S pole of annular magnet 40-4.
• Each ceramic layer 102, 104 and/or 106 is preferably non-magnetic and preferably includes granular ceramic particles 60-1, 60-2 and 60-3 respectively.
• the ceramic layers may be formed in a non-granular block form with pores or passages for the passage of water therethrough and/or may be formed of a non-ceramic, non-magnetic material without departing from the invention.
• the ceramic material may be of the kind disclosed in my prior U.S. Patent No. 5,628,900.
• Fluid such as water flows from top 30 in the magnetic section MS shown in FIG. 1, through layers 101, 102,
• FIG.l Two pairs of magnetic layers are shown in FIG.l. However, the arrangement is not limited to two pairs of magnetic layers and can be any number of magnetic layers as desired. Likewise, the number of ceramic layers can also be varied.
• FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view of the magnetic section MS of a prior art fluid purifier which also includes a magnetic field generation device.
• the magnetic section MS in FIG. 2 includes a housing 20, a first magnetic layer 201, a second ceramic layer 202, a third magnetic layer 203, a fourth ceramic layer 204, a fifth magnetic layer.205, a sixth ceramic layer 206 and a seventh magnetic layer 207.
• the housing 20 includes an outer wall 34 and a bottom 36.
• Each magnetic layer 201, 203, 205 or 207 includes an annular magnet 40-5, 40-6, 40-7 and/or 40-8 and broken pieces of magnetite 50-5, 50-6, 50-7 and/or 50-8 respectively.
• the annular magnets are arranged in such a way that the same polarity of the adjacent annular magnets are facing each other.
• the S pole of annular magnet 40- 5 is facing the S pole of annular magnet 40-6
• the N pole of annular magnet 40-6 is facing the N pole of annular magnet 40-7
• the S pole of .annular magnet 40-7 is facing the S pole of annular magnet 40-8.
• Each preferably non-magnetic ceramic layer 202, 204 and/or 206 includes granular ceramic particles 60-4, 60-5 and/or 60-6 respectively.
• Fluid such as water flows from the top 35 of the housing through layers 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 206 and 207, and then exits through bottom 36.
• fluid can also flow in the reverse direction from bottom 36 through layers 207, 206, 205, 204, 203, 202 and 201, and then exits through top 35.
• the annular magnets 40-1, 40-2, 40-3, 40-4, 40-5, 40-6, 40-7 and 40-8 are the same in FIGS. 1 and 2.
• the amount of magnetite particles 50-1, 50-2, 50-3, 50-4, 50-5, 50-6, 50-7 and 50-8 are also the same.
• the cross-sectional area of chamber 10 is half of that of housing 20.
• the speed of the fluid flow passing through chamber 10 is double the speed of fluid flow passing through housing 20. Due to each magnetic layer 101, 103, 105, 107, 201, 203, 205 and 207 having the same annular magnet and the same amount of magnetite pieces 50-1, 50-2, 50-3, 50-4, 50-5, 50-6, 50-7 and 50-8, and the cross-section of chamber 10 being half the cross-section of housing 20, the density of the magnetic field of the magnetic layers is double the density of the magnetic field of magnetic layers 201, 203, 205 and 207.
• the magnetic layers 101, 103, 105 and 107 of the chamber 10 are otherwise exactly the same as the magnetic layers of 201, 203, 205 and 207 of • housing 20, the effectiveness of the magnetization treatment of the invention as shown in FIG.l to activate water molecules is four times better that of the prior art as shown in FIG.2
• the magnetic section MS of the fluid purifier of the invention is shown incorporated in a preferred shower filter for water as seen in FIG. 3.
• water flows through an inlet 12, tube 13, chamber 14, sediment filter 15, chamber 16, housing 17 and exits through outlet 18 as shown by the arrows.
• the housing 17 with outer wall 28 of also for example a diameter of 2.2 inches will result in a cross- section of the housing 17 of 3.8 square inches. If the same magnetic field layer is put in chamber 16 instead of housing 17, the effectiveness of the magnetization treatment in chamber 16 is 6.17 times ( 3.8 x 3.8 / 1.53 / 1.53 ) better than that in housing 17.
• the water purifier has been shown in FIG. 3 as a shower filter, that the purifier may constitute or be part of any one of a variety of water treatment filters or assemblies other than shower filters.
• the fluid purifier housings and arrangement of contents may take various forms other than the shower filter shown in FIG. 3.
• the housing 70 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B may comprise a single chamber 71 which is separated by an intermediate magnetic treatment zone 72 in FIG. 4A or 73 in FIG. 4B.
• the chamber 71 above and below the magnetic treatment zones 72 or 73 preferably contains fluid treatment media different from that employed in the magnetic treatment.
• such treatment media may include sand, bakuhan, taicho, carbon and/or finely divided metals such as alloys of copper and zinc as described in U.S. Patent No.5, 415, 770.
• the medium 76 in the chamber 71 above the zones 72 or 73 may be the same or different than the medium 77 in the chamber below the zones.
• the magnetic treatment zone 72 as shown in FIG. 4A is annular in nature such as shown in FIGS. 1 and 5-8 in which the center is blocked from fluid flow so that the fluid flow is concentrated in the annular magnetic section MS about the perimeter of the magnetic treatment zone and between the outer wall 31 and inner wall 32, to achieve the magnetic field density and increased speed of fluid flow as previously described.
• Comparable increased field densities and speed of fluid flow are also achieved in the magnetic treatment zone 73 arrangement of FIG. 4B in which the water flow through the magnetic treatment zone 73 is blocked about the annular perimeter between the outer wall 31 and inner wall 32, and is concentrated through the magnetic section MS in the center of the zone and within the inner wall 32.
• the fluid to be treated will enter the inlet 74 of housing 70 in FIS. 4A and 4B, will pass through the water treatment medium 76 in the upper part of chamber 71, will pass through the magnetic treatment zone 72 and its magnetic section MS, through the treatment medium 77 in the lower portion of the chamber 71, and will exit the housing 70 via the outlet 78. It will also be appreciated that the fluid flow can be reversed and flow from the bottom of the housing 70 to the top.
• the fluid purifier shown in FIG. 4C also includes a housing 80 defining a chamber 81 therein for containing a treatment medium 82 which, when water is being purified, may be anyone of the various treatment media previously described in the description of FIGS. 4A and 4B.
• the magnetic section MS in FIG. 4C is positioned at the discharge from the purifier for example at the end of a discharge riser 83 after the fluid has been introduced to the housing 80 through the inlet 84 and fully treated by the treatment medium 82.
• the magnetic section MS is of reduced diameter relative to the diameter of the housing 80 and treatment medium 82.
• the speed of flow of the fluid to be treated is preferably low through the treatment medium 82 to maximize contact time with that treatment medium, and then is substantially increased as is the density of the magnetic field as the fluid passes through the reduced diameter magnetic section MS.
• FIG. 5 a vertical cross-sectional view of a second preferred embodiment of magnetic section MS of fluid purifier is shown which includes a generally cylindrical housing 86, having a longitudinal axis a, and an outer wall 87 and inner wall 88 which define a chamber 89 therein.
• the chamber 89 is generally annular for the reasons described in the discussion of FIG. 1, e. g. t increased speed of fluid flow and density of magnetic field.
• a first magnetic layer 301, a second ceramic layer 302, a third magnetic layer 303, etc. are positioned within the chamber 89.
• the ceramic layer (s) 302 is substantially the same as the ceramic layers 102, 104 and 106 in FIG. 1.
• magnetism in the magnetic layers 301, 303 in FIG. 5 which are separated by the ceramic layer (s) 302 is provided by irregularly and differently shaped magnet pieces 90 which are disbursed throughout the magnetic layers 301 and 303 together with magnetite pieces 92.
• FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are also vertical cross- sectional views of three additional preferred embodiments of magnetic sections MS of a fluid purifier.
• the embodiments in FIGS. 6-8 differ from those shown in FIGS. 1 and 5 in that the components in the magnetic section are not layered in FIGS. 6-8. Instead, the various components are distributed relatively uniformly over the height of the chambers 94 and the ceramic layers are eliminated. Instead the ceramic is present in the form of a coating 96 on one or more of the components.
• the chamber 94 contains relatively uniformly mixed but differently shaped and irregular magnet pieces 90 as in FIG. 5, and magnetite pieces 92. However, the magnetite pieces in FIG. 6 have the ceramic coating 96 coated thereon.
• Coating the magnetite pieces 92 in FIG. 6 and magnetic pieces 94 in FIG. 7 with the ceramic coating 96 has the advantage that it protects the pieces against rust. Such ceramic coating also places the ceramic which has somewhat of a catalytic effect closer to the magnetic action.
• the magnet pieces 90 are preferably of different and irregular shape to prevent them from attracting and attaching to each other to the extent that they might stick together and block the flow of water. Because they are of different shape and are irregular, even if they do stick together, there are numerous pores and voids between the combined structure to permit the passage of water through the agglomerated structure and in close proximity to the magnetic fields of the respective pieces for enhanced magnetic treatment.
• magnetite pieces 92 are again coated with a ceramic coating 96 as in FIG. 6, but the magnet pieces 90 have been replaced at the various levels with annular solid magnetics 40- 5, 40-6 and 40-7 similar to the embodiment shown in FIG. 1.
• FIGS. 6-8 essentially eliminate the need for discrete levels or layers of treatment materials in the magnetic section MS. This facilitates both the ease of assembly as well as replacement of materials .
• FIGS. 5-8 are depicted as annular in form as in FIGS. 1 and 4A, it will be appreciated that they may also take the center form shown in FIG. 4B.

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