Water purifier-use cartridge

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017158527-A1
Application number	US-201515320476-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 24, 2015
Priority date	Jun 24, 2014
Publication date	Jun 8, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A water purifier-use cartridge includes a container main body having a filtering medium container and a lid portion bonded to the opening end side of the filtering medium container and a filtering medium in the filtering medium container. The lid portion has a water intake port and a water discharge port, a first water passage communicating with the water intake port is formed on an outer side of the filtering medium in the filtering medium container. The filtering medium is molded activated carbon having a second water passage and a hollow fiber membrane is configured to be in touch with the second water passage. The molded activated carbon and the hollow fiber membrane are disposed along a central axis direction of the filtering medium container, the water purifier-use cartridge is configured such that water flows from the first water passage to the second water passage through the molded activated carbon.

First claim

1 . A water purifier-use cartridge comprising:
a container main body having a tubular filtering medium container and a lid portion provided on an opening end side of the filtering medium container and a filtering medium accommodated in the filtering medium container, wherein the container main body is provided with a water intake port and a water discharge port, a first water passage communicating with the water intake port is formed on an outer side of the filtering medium in the filtering medium container, the filtering medium is constituted at least by activated carbon at least having a space constituting a second water passage in an interior and a hollow fiber membrane configured so as to be in touch with the second water passage, the hollow fiber membrane is disposed downstream the activated carbon, the water purifier-use cartridge is configured such that water flows from the first water passage to the second water passage through the activated carbon, and a ratio (L 2 /L 1 ) of a length (L 2 ) of the activated carbon to a length (L 1 ) of the hollow fiber membrane accommodated in the filtering medium container is from 2.0 to 4.0.

2 . A water purifier-use cartridge comprising:
a container main body having a tubular filtering medium container and a lid portion provided on an opening end side of the filtering medium container and a filtering medium accommodated in the filtering medium container, wherein the container main body is provided with a water intake port and a water discharge port, a first water passage communicating with the water intake port is formed on an outer side of the filtering medium in the filtering medium container, the filtering medium is constituted at least by activated carbon at least having a space constituting a second water passage in an interior and a hollow fiber membrane configured so as to be in touch with the space constituting the second water passage, the hollow fiber membrane is disposed downstream the activated carbon, the water purifier-use cartridge is configured such that water flows from the first water passage to the second water passage through the activated carbon, and an effective volume of the activated carbon with respect to an effective membrane area of the hollow fiber membrane is from 600 to 800 cc/m 2 .

3 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio (L/d) of a length (L) of the container main body to a maximum diameter (d) of the container main body is 2.4 or more and 5.0 or less.

4 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the activated carbon and the hollow fiber membrane are disposed along a central axis direction of the filtering medium container.

5 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a passage cross-sectional area of the first water passage is from 1.0 to 8.0 cm 2 .

6 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein an average value of the passage cross-sectional area of the first water passage is from 3.0 to 6.0 cm 2 .

7 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a mass of the activated carbon with respect to an effective membrane area of the hollow fiber membrane is from 200 to 400 g/m 2 .

8 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a rib is radially provided from an inner center portion of the lid portion.

9 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a concave positioning is provided at an inner center portion of the lid portion.

10 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the container main body is provided with an identification means to distinguish the water intake port from the water discharge port.

11 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , comprising a hollow fiber membrane case that houses the hollow fiber membrane and is fitted with the lid portion, wherein
an interval of from 2.0 to 4.0 mm is provided between the inner bottom face of the lid portion and a part other than the fitting portion at the lid portion side end portion of the hollow fiber membrane case.

12 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the filtering medium container and the lid portion are bonded to each other.

13 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the lid portion is provided with a water intake port and a water discharge port.

14 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein a protruding portion in a radial direction of the filtering medium container and the lid portion has a cylindrical shape of 9.0 mm or less.

15 . The water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 , wherein the activated carbon is molded activated carbon.

16 . An under sink type water purifier using the water purifier-use cartridge according to claim 1 .

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Rayon Co

Inventors

• Kawai Yoshinobu
• Suzuki Satoshi
• Kobayashi Yukio
• Kimura Shouzou
• Kato Tatsuhiro
• Honjou Kenji

Classifications

• C02F2303/02

  Odour removal or prevention of malodour · CPC title

• C02F2101/12

  Halogens or halogen-containing compounds · CPC title

• B01D15/08

  Selective adsorption, e.g. chromatography · CPC title

• C02F2307/06

  Mounted on or being part of a faucet, shower handle or showerhead · CPC title

• C02F2201/006

  Cartridges · CPC title