Household apparatus using a liquid, comprising a purifying system of the type in which at least a substance must be removed form said liquid
First Claim
1. A household apparatus using a fluid, comprising a purifying or treatment system of the type in which at least a substance must be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, in particular a water softening system, said system comprising at least an electrochemical, electro-dialysis or electro-osmosis cell, with a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and at least a permeable separation element, further comprising it provides:
- a first type of separation element, of the ion exchange element type, being permeable to at least a first substance to be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, a second type of separation element, of the ion exchange type, not being permeable to said first substance and permeable to at least a second substance, a plurality of channels delimited between said electrodes and/or said separation elements, first collecting means of a portion of said fluid from which said substance must be extracted or the fluid to be purified, second collecting means of a portion of said fluid provided to receive said first substance or the fluid to be contaminated, means in association with at least said first and/or second collecting means (P, S, AC) for detecting the features of at least a part of the fluid, circulation means for obtaining a substantially closed circuit and/or a continuous circulation of said fluid between said collecting means and said channels of said cell for purifying at least a part of the fluid, controlling means comprising at least one electronic controller, and receiving information from said means, for controlling at least said cell and the fluid circulation until a preset purifying value of said fluid is reached.
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Abstract
Household apparatus using a fluid, comprising a purifying system in which at least a substance must be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, said system comprising:
- an electrochemical, electro-dialysis or electro-osmosis cell (20); collecting means (P,S,AC) of said fluid; controlling means (SCE).
According to the invention, recycle means are provided (12,22,23,15,21,24), to realize a substantially closed circuit and/or continuous circulation of said fluid between the collecting means (P,S) and said cell (20), until a preset purifying value of the fluid is reached.
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79 Claims
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1. A household apparatus using a fluid, comprising a purifying or treatment system of the type in which at least a substance must be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, in particular a water softening system, said system comprising at least an electrochemical, electro-dialysis or electro-osmosis cell, with a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and at least a permeable separation element,
further comprising it provides: -
a first type of separation element, of the ion exchange element type, being permeable to at least a first substance to be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, a second type of separation element, of the ion exchange type, not being permeable to said first substance and permeable to at least a second substance, a plurality of channels delimited between said electrodes and/or said separation elements, first collecting means of a portion of said fluid from which said substance must be extracted or the fluid to be purified, second collecting means of a portion of said fluid provided to receive said first substance or the fluid to be contaminated, means in association with at least said first and/or second collecting means (P, S, AC) for detecting the features of at least a part of the fluid, circulation means for obtaining a substantially closed circuit and/or a continuous circulation of said fluid between said collecting means and said channels of said cell for purifying at least a part of the fluid, controlling means comprising at least one electronic controller, and receiving information from said means, for controlling at least said cell and the fluid circulation until a preset purifying value of said fluid is reached. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 66, 75, 76)
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35. A household apparatus according to the 33, wherein the separating elements, which delimit the second channels comprising said electrodes are of the cationic type selective to univalent ions.
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42. A treatment or purification method of a fluid, realized in a household apparatus, of the type in which at least a substance must be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, in particular a water softening method, where is provided the use of an electrochemical, electro-dialysis or electro-osmosis cell, with a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and at least a permeable separation element,
comprising: -
a first type of separation element, of the ion exchange element type, being permeable to at least a first substance to be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, a second type of separation element, of the ion exchange type, not being permeable to said first substance and permeable to at least a second substance, a plurality of channels delimited between said electrodes and/or said separation elements, first collecting means of a portion of said fluid from which said substance must be extracted or the fluid to be purified, second collecting means of a portion of said fluid provide to receive said first substance or the fluid to be contaminated, means in association with at least said first and/or second collecting means for detecting the features of at least a part of the fluid, circulation means for obtaining a substantially closed circuit and/or a continuous circulation of said fluid between said collecting means and said channels of said cell for purifying at least a part of the fluid, controlling means comprising at least one electronic controller, and receiving information from said means for controlling at least said cell and the fluid circulation until a preset purifying value of said fluid is reached. - View Dependent Claims (43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77)
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78. A purification or treatment system of a fluid, comprised in a household apparatus, of the type in which at least a substance must be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, in particular a water softening system, said system comprising at least an electrochemical, electro-dialysis or electro-osmosis cell, with a positive electrode and a negative electrode, and at least a permeable separation element,
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a first type of separation element, of the ion exchange element type, being permeable to at least a first substance to be removed from at least a portion of said fluid, a second type of separation element, of the ion exchange type, not being permeable to said first substance and permeable to at least a second substance, a plurality of channels delimited between said electrodes and/or said separation elements, first collecting means of a portion of said fluid from which said substance must be extracted or the fluid to be purified, second collecting means of a portion of said fluid provide to receive said first substance or the fluid to be contaminated, means in association with at least said first and/or second collecting means for detecting the features of at least a part of the fluid, circulation means for obtaining a substantially closed circuit and/or a continuous circulation of said fluid between said collecting means and said channels of said cell for purifying at least a part of the fluid, controlling means comprising at least one electronic controller, and receiving information from said means for controlling at least said cell and the fluid circulation until a preset purifying value of said fluid is reached. - View Dependent Claims (79)
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