CDI type water treatment apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10040706-B2
Application number	US-201414907759-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 4, 2014
Priority date	Aug 5, 2013
Publication date	Aug 7, 2018
Grant date	Aug 7, 2018

Abstract

A CDI type water treatment apparatus according to the present invention includes: a CDI filter unit which discharges purified water in a purification mode for purifying raw water, discharges recycle water in a recycle mode for recycling electrodes, and includes a water inlet port through which the raw water is introduced and a water outlet port through which the purified water or the recycle water is discharged; a supply unit for supplying the raw water to the CDI filter unit; a dispensing unit for dispensing the purified water to a user; a discharge unit for discharging the recycle water to the outside; a valve unit including a plurality of valves; and a control unit for controlling opening or closing the valves of the valve unit.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A CDI type water treatment apparatus comprising:
a CDI filter unit which discharges purified water in a purification mode for purifying raw water, discharges recycle water in a recycle mode for recycling electrodes, and includes a water inlet port through which the raw water is introduced and a water outlet port through which the purified water or recycle water is discharged;
a supply unit for supplying the raw water to the CDI filter unit;
a dispensing unit for dispensing the purified water to a user;
a discharge unit for discharging the recycle water to the outside;
a valve unit including
a supply valve disposed on a flow path from the supply unit to the water inlet port,
a selection valve for selecting any one of a flow path from the water outlet port to the discharge unit, a flow path from the water outlet port to the dispensing unit, and a flow path from an upstream side of the supply valve to the water outlet port, and
a drain valve disposed on a flow path from a downstream side of the supply valve to the outside; and

a control unit for controlling opening or closing the valves of the valve unit,
wherein the selection valve comprises:
a case including
a first inlet/outlet port communicating with the water outlet port,
a second inlet/outlet port communicating with the discharge unit,
a third inlet/outlet port communicating with the dispensing unit, and
a fourth inlet/outlet port communicating with the upstream of the supply valve;

a first selection plate having a flow path connecting the first and second inlet/outlet ports inside the case;
a second selection plate having a flow path connecting the first and third inlet/outlet ports inside the case; and
a third selection plate having a flow path connecting the first and fourth inlet/outlet ports inside the case.

2. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs, in the purification mode, a control for opening the supply valve, selecting the flow path from the water outlet port to the dispensing unit through the selection valve, and closing the drain valve.

3. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs, in the recycle mode, a control for opening the supply valve, selecting the flow path from the water outlet port to the discharge unit through the selection valve, and closing the drain valve.

4. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the control unit performs, when the electrodes of the CDI filter unit need to be cleaned, a control for closing the supply valve, selecting the flow path from the upstream side of the supply valve to the water outlet port through the selection valve, and opening the drain valve.

5. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the drain valve is a detachable valve being opened when a separate tube is connected from the outside.

6. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the selection valve selects a required flow path by selecting any one of the selection plates.

7. A CDI type water treatment apparatus comprising:
a CDI filter unit which discharges purified water in a purification mode for purifying raw water, discharges recycle water in a recycle mode for recycling electrodes, and includes a water inlet port through which the raw water is introduced and a water outlet port through which the purified water or recycle water is discharged;
a supply unit for supplying the raw water to the CDI filter unit;
a dispensing unit for dispensing the purified water to a user;
a discharge unit for discharging the recycle water to the outside;
a valve unit including
a supply valve disposed on a flow path from the supply unit to the water inlet port,
a selection valve for selecting any one of a flow path from the water outlet port to the discharge unit, a flow path from the water outlet port to the dispensing unit, and a flow path from an upstream side of the supply valve to the water outlet port, and
a drain valve disposed on a flow path from a downstream side of the supply valve to the outside; and

a control unit for controlling opening or closing the valves of the valve unit,
wherein the CDI filter unit comprises a first CDI filter and a second CDI filter performing the purification mode when the first CDI filter is not in the purification mode;
the first CD filter comprises a first water inlet port through which the raw water is introduced and a first water outlet port through which the purified water or the recycle water is discharged;
the second CDI filter comprises a second water inlet port through which the raw water is introduced and a second water outlet port through which the purified water or the recycle water is discharged; and
the flow path from the supply unit to the water inlet port communicates with both the first water inlet port and the second water inlet port; and
wherein the selection valve comprises:
a case including
a first inlet/outlet port communicating with the first water outlet port,
a second inlet/outlet port communicating with the discharge unit,
a third inlet/outlet port communicating with the dispensing unit,
a fourth inlet/outlet port communicating with the upstream of the supply valve, and
a fifth inlet/outlet port communicating with the second water outlet port;

a first selection plate having, inside the case, a flow path connecting the first inlet/outlet port with the second inlet/outlet port and a flow path connecting the fifth inlet/outlet port with the third inlet/outlet port, respectively;
a second selection plate having, inside the case, a flow path connecting the first inlet/outlet port with the third inlet/outlet port and a flow path connecting the fifth inlet/outlet port with the second inlet/outlet port, respectively; and
a third selection plate having, inside the case, a flow path connecting the first inlet/outlet port with the fourth inlet/outlet and connecting the fifth inlet/outlet port with the fourth inlet/outlet port.

8. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the selection valve selects a required flow path by selecting any one of the selection plates.

9. The CDI type water treatment apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the selection valve adjusts a ratio of the purified water to the recycle water by forming the second and third inlet/outlet ports to have sizes different from each other.

Assignees

• Coway Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwon Tae Seong
• Choi In Du
• Lee Soo Young
• Cho Young Gun
• Mun Sung Min
• Moon Hyoung Min
• Park Byung Kil

Classifications

• C02F2303/14

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• C02F2303/20

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• C02F1/4691 Primary

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