Patent ID: 11897792
Assignee: PENTAIR FILTRATION SOLUTIONS, LLC
Field: Chemical engineering (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  B | IPC B  C

Claim 0:
1. A reverse osmosis water system for use with a water source, the system comprising:
a housing having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving untreated water from the water source;
a reverse osmosis cartridge fluidly coupled to a medial waterline, the medial waterline transporting a first portion of pretreated water to the reverse osmosis cartridge;
an unfiltered waterline having a flow restrictor, the unfiltered waterline fluidly coupled to the medial waterline, the unfiltered waterline receiving a second portion of pretreated water; and
a blend waterline fluidly coupled to the medial waterline and the unfiltered waterline, the blend waterline transporting a blended water mixture to the outlet,
the blended waterline receiving filtered water delivered at a first flowrate from the medial waterline downstream of the reverse osmosis cartridge and unfiltered water delivered at a second flowrate from the unfiltered waterline downstream of the flow restrictor, the flow restrictor providing the second flowrate at a substantially equal rate to the first flowrate.