Water filtration system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10370269-B2
Application number	US-201815861530-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 3, 2018
Priority date	Mar 7, 2017
Publication date	Aug 6, 2019
Grant date	Aug 6, 2019

Abstract

A water filtration system (100) includes: a raw water inlet (100a); a pure water outlet (100b); a purified water outlet (100c); a waste water outlet (100d); and an integrated filter cartridge (1) having first (10a) through fourth ports (10d), in which the first port (10a) is connected to the raw water inlet (100a), the second port (10b) is connected to the pure water outlet (100b), the purified water outlet (100c) and the waste water outlet (100d) are both connected to the third port (10c), and a water storage device (2) is disposed to at least one of a flow path connected to the pure water outlet (100b) and the fourth port (10d).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water filtration system, comprising:
a raw water inlet;
a pure water outlet;
a purified water outlet;
a waste water outlet; and
an integrated filter cartridge comprising a pre-filter cartridge, a fine filter cartridge and a post-filter cartridge, and having a first port, a second port, a third port, and a fourth port, wherein
the first port is connected to the raw water inlet, the second port is connected to the pure water outlet, the purified water outlet and the waste water outlet are both connected to the third port, and the fourth port is connected to a water storage device,
a first portion of raw water entering through the raw water inlet is configured to flow out through the pure water outlet after filtered by the pre-filter cartridge, the fine filter cartridge and the post-filter cartridge successively,
a second portion of the raw water entering through the raw water inlet is configured to flow out through the purified water outlet after only filtered by the pre-filter cartridge, and
a third portion of the raw water entering through the raw water inlet is produced as waste water by the integrated filter cartridge and configured to flow out through the waste water outlet.

2. The water filtration system according to claim 1 , wherein a water inlet valve and a booster pump are provided between the first port and the raw water inlet, and the water inlet valve is located upstream of the booster pump.

3. The water filtration system according to claim 2 , wherein the water storage device is provided with a detection device, and when the detection device detects that the water storage device is not full of liquid, a controller of the water filtration system opens the water inlet valve and operates the booster pump.

4. The water filtration system according to claim 3 , wherein the detection device is one selected from the group consisting of a pressure sensor and a liquid level sensor.

5. The water filtration system according to claim 2 , wherein a pre-filtering mesh is disposed between the raw water inlet and the water inlet valve.

6. The water filtration system according to claim 1 , wherein the third port comprises a first sub-port and a second sub-port, the purified water outlet is connected to the first sub-port through a purified water flow path, and the waste water outlet is connected to the second sub-port through a waste water flow path.

7. The water filtration system according to claim 1 , wherein a first one-way valve and a first high pressure switch are provided between the second port and the pure water outlet, and the first one-way valve and the first high pressure switch are integrated together.

8. The water filtration system according to claim 1 , wherein a second one-way valve and a second high pressure switch are provided between the third port and the purified water outlet, and the second one-way valve and the second high pressure switch are integrated together.

9. The water filtration system according to claim 1 , wherein the water storage device is one selected from the group consisting of a water storage bag, a pressure tank, and a water tank.

10. The water filtration system according to claim 1 , wherein the fine filter cartridge is one selected from the group consisting of a reverse osmosis filter cartridge and a nano-filtration membrane filter cartridge.

Assignees

• Foshan Shunde Midea Water Dispenser Mfg Co Ltd
• Midea Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yang Lyu

Classifications

• C02F9/20

  Portable or detachable small-scale multistage treatment devices, e.g. point of use or laboratory water purification systems · CPC title

• C02F1/44 Primary

  by dialysis, osmosis or reverse osmosis {(general membrane separation processes B01D61/00, membrane modules B01D63/00, electrodialysis C02F1/4693, combination of membrane modules and bioreactors C02F3/1268)} · CPC title

• C02F2209/005

  Processes using a programmable logic controller [PLC] · CPC title

• B01D61/08 Primary

  Apparatus therefor · CPC title

• C02F1/003

  using household-type filters for producing potable water, e.g. pitchers, bottles, faucet mounted devices (C02F9/20 takes precedence) · CPC title