Water treating reactor for the drinkability thereof
First Claim
1. A water treating device for treating drinking water, comprising;
- a substantially cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis, an inlet, and an outlet, and wherein water to be treated flows into the inlet, through a flowpath in the cylindrical housing and out the outlet;
a plurality of elongated UV lamps disposed in the cylindrical housing the UV lamps being arranged within the cylindrical housing such that the longitudinal axis of a series of the UV lamp forms a non-zero and non 90°
angle with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing; and
wherein each of the UV lamps includes opposite ends, and wherein at least one end of each of the plurality of UV lamps are supported within the cylindrical housing and lie within the flowpath of the water flowing through the cylindrical housing.
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Abstract
A water treating device includes a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis, an inlet and an outlet. Water to be treated enters the inlet, flows through the cylindrical housing and out the outlet. A plurality of elongated UV lamps are disposed in the cylindrical housing. The UV lamps extend generally in the same direction as the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing, but are disposed in a non-parallel relationship with the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing. Typically one end portion of each of the UV lamps is spaced outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing. Along the length of each of the UV lamps, the distance between the longitudinal axis of the UV lamps and the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing varies.
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25 Claims
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1. A water treating device for treating drinking water, comprising;
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a substantially cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis, an inlet, and an outlet, and wherein water to be treated flows into the inlet, through a flowpath in the cylindrical housing and out the outlet; a plurality of elongated UV lamps disposed in the cylindrical housing the UV lamps being arranged within the cylindrical housing such that the longitudinal axis of a series of the UV lamp forms a non-zero and non 90°
angle with a longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing; andwherein each of the UV lamps includes opposite ends, and wherein at least one end of each of the plurality of UV lamps are supported within the cylindrical housing and lie within the flowpath of the water flowing through the cylindrical housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A water treating device for treating drinking water, comprising;
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a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis; an inlet for directing water to be treated into the cylindrical housing; an outlet for directing treated water from the cylindrical housing; a plurality of elongated UV lamps for treating the water passing through the cylindrical housing; each UV lamp including a longitudinal axis and opposite ends, and wherein one end of each of the plurality of UV lamps lie outside of the cylindrical housing and the other end of each of the plurality of UV lamps are supported within the cylindrical housing; the plurality of UV lamps being skewed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the cylindrical housing such that the longitudinal axis of each of the UV lamps extends generally longitudinally through the cylindrical housing and such that the UV lamps in the housing converge towards the longitudinal axis of the housing. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A water treating device for treating drinking water, comprising:
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a housing having a longitudinal axis; an inlet for directing water to be treated into the housing; an outlet for directing treated water from the housing; the housing including an internal chamber for containing water flowing through the chamber; a plurality of UV lamps for treating water flowing through the internal chamber of the housing; each UV lamp projecting through the housing and having an internal end portion disposed in the internal chamber and an external end portion that projects outwardly from the internal chamber and is disposed exteriorly of the housing; wherein the internal end portion of each UV lamp is skewed with respect to the longitudinal axis of the housing; an internal support disposed within the internal chamber for receiving and supporting the internal end portions of the UV lamps; an external UV lamp support structure disposed exteriorly of the internal chamber and disposed outwardly of the housing; the external end portions of the UV lamps projecting outwardly from the housing and being received and held by the external UV lamp support structure such that the external end portions of the UV lamps are accessible externally of the housing so as to permit their respective UV lamps to be easily replaced without requiring direct access to the internal chamber. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A water treating device for treating drinking water, comprising;
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a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis; an inlet for directing water to be treated into the cylindrical housing; an outlet for directing treated water from the cylindrical housing; a plurality of elongated UV lamps for treating the water passing through the cylindrical housing, each UV lamp including a longitudinal axis and opposite ends, and wherein one end of each of the plurality of UV lamps lie outside of the cylindrical housing and the other end of each of the plurality of UV lamps are supported within the cylindrical housing; a support structure, for receiving and supporting the plurality of UV lamps, disposed within the cylindrical housing; a first set of the plurality of UV lamps having ends circumferentially spaced and supported by the support structure at a first radius relative to the longitudinal axis; and a second set of the plurality of UV lamps having ends circumferentially spaced and supported by the support structure at a second radius relative to the longitudinal axis; wherein the plurality of UV lamps extending generally longitudinally through the cylindrical housing such the plurality of UV lamps converge towards longitudinal axis.
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