Water purifier

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11639298-B2
Application number	US-202117150089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 15, 2021
Priority date	Jan 15, 2020
Publication date	May 2, 2023
Grant date	May 2, 2023

Abstract

A water purifier is provided. The water purifier includes a raw water flow path provided to introduce raw water from an outside, a clean water flow path connected to the raw water flow path, pre-treatment filters arranged in parallel on the clean water flow path to filter the raw water, and a water purifying filter arranged on the clean water flow path to receive clean water discharged from the pre-treatment filters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water purifier comprising:
a raw water flow path provided to introduce raw water from an outside of the water purifier;
a clean water flow path connected to the raw water flow path;
a plurality of pre-treatment filters arranged in parallel on the clean water flow path to filter the raw water, the plurality of pre-treatment filters extending in a first direction from an inlet to an outlet and arranged in a second direction different from the first direction;
a water purifying filter arranged on the clean water flow path to receive clean water discharged from the plurality of pre-treatment filters, the water purifying filter arranged in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction with respect to the plurality of pre-treatment filters;
a post-treatment filter connected to the clean water flow path to receive clean water discharged from the water purifying filter; and
a drain flow path extending in the second direction different from the first direction through which a portion of clean water discharged from the water purifying filter is diverted before reaching the post-treatment filter to reduce a flow resistance on the clean water flow path.

2. The water purifier of claim 1 , wherein
the post-treatment filter is arranged in the second direction with respect to the water purifying filter.

3. The water purifier of claim 1 , wherein the second direction is perpendicular to the third direction.

4. The water purifier of claim 1 , wherein the water purifying filter includes:
an inlet formed to allow water to be introduced in a longitudinal direction of the water purifying filter; and
an outlet formed to allow filtered clean water to be discharged in a direction opposite to an introduction direction of the inlet.

5. The water purifier of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of inlet valves installed upstream of the plurality of pre-treatment filters with respect to a direction in which water flows to control opening and closing of the clean water flow path, each of the plurality of inlet valves corresponding to one of the plurality of pre-treatment filters.

6. The water purifier of claim 5 , further comprising:
an input portion configured to receive a selection for the plurality of pre-treatment filters, and
at least one processor configured to control opening and closing of the plurality of inlet valves according to information, including the selection for the plurality of pre-treatment filters, received from the input portion.

7. The water purifier of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outlet flow path connected to the post-treatment filter to receive clean water discharged from the post-treatment filter,
wherein the post-treatment filter includes:
an inlet connected to the clean water flow path, and
an outlet connected to the outlet flow path.

8. The water purifier of claim 1 , further comprising:
a branch pipe arranged on the clean water flow path to branch the raw water to the plurality of pre-treatment filters.

9. The water purifier of claim 8 ,
wherein the branch pipe includes a first pipe, and
wherein the water purifier further comprises a second pipe formed to allow the clean water discharged from the plurality of pre-treatment filters to be introduced to the water purifying filter.

10. The water purifier of claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of pre-treatment filters includes a plurality of composite filters, each of the composite filters being of a same type, and
wherein the water purifying filter includes a membrane filter.

11. A water purifier comprising:
a raw water flow path provided to introduce raw water from an outside of the water purifier;
a plurality of branch flow paths branched from the raw water flow path;
a plurality of pre-treatment filters arranged respectively on the plurality of branch flow paths, the plurality of pre-treatment filters extending in a first direction from an inlet to an outlet and arranged in a second direction different from the first direction;
a water purifying filter provided to receive clean water discharged from the plurality of pre-treatment filters, the water purifying filter arranged in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction with respect to the plurality of pre-treatment filters;
a post-treatment filter arranged on a clean water flow path and provided to receive clean water discharged from the water purifying filter; and
a drain flow path extending in the second direction, different from the first direction, through which a portion of clean water discharged from the water purifying filter is diverted before reaching the post-treatment filter to reduce a flow resistance on the clean water flow path.

12. The water purifier of claim 11 , wherein the post-treatment filter is arranged in the second direction with respect to the water purifying filter.

13. The water purifier of claim 11 ,
wherein the water purifying filter is arranged in the third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction with respect to the plurality of pre-treatment filters, and
wherein the post-treatment filter is arranged in the second direction with respect to the water purifying filter.

14. A water purifier comprising:
a raw water flow path provided to introduce raw water from an outside of the water purifier;
a plurality of branch flow paths branched from the raw water flow path;
a plurality of pre-treatment filters arranged respectively on the plurality of branch flow paths, the plurality of pre-treatment filters extending in a first direction from an inlet to an outlet and arranged in a second direction different from the first direction;
a water purifying filter provided to receive clean water discharged from the plurality of pre-treatment filters, the water purifying filter arranged in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction with respect to the plurality of pre-treatment filters;
a post-treatment filter arranged on a clean water flow path to receive clean water discharged from the water purifying filter; and
a drain flow path through which a portion of clean water discharged from the water purifying filter is diverted before reaching the post-treatment filter to reduce a flow resistance on the clean water flow path,
wherein the water purifying filter includes:
an inlet formed to allow water to be introduced in a longitudinal direction of the water purifying filter, and
an outlet formed to allow filtered clean water to be discharged in a direction opposite to an introduction direction of the inlet.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jungha
• Lee Jongho
• Cho Yeonwoo
• Choi Sungpil

Classifications

• B01D29/60

  integrally combined with devices for controlling the filtration · CPC title

• C02F2307/14

  Treatment of water in water supply networks, e.g. to prevent bacterial growth · CPC title

• B01D29/56

  in series connection · CPC title

• B01D35/1573

  Flow control valves · CPC title

• C02F2209/40

  Liquid flow rate · CPC title