Patent ID: 9469557
Filing Date: 2016-10-18
CPC Classification: C02F

Claim Text:
1. A water treatment and filtration apparatus comprising, a filter tank having an inlet port, an outlet manifold, and a filter bed having an upper portion and a lower portion, a regeneration valve fixed to the top of the filter tank having a normal operating mode and a regeneration mode, a vertically disposed outlet pipe, having a top and a bottom, fixed to the regeneration valve and extending upwards, a horizontally disposed outlet cylinder fixed to the top of the outlet pipe perpendicularly and in direct fluid communication with the outlet pipe, an ozone injector disposed on the proximate end of the outlet cylinder, an ozone generator being in direct gas communication with the ozone injector, a horizontally disposed outlet line fixed to the distal end of the outlet cylinder, a vertically disposed tank return pipe fixed to the horizontally disposed outlet line comprising an upper portion having a length of at least 2.5 feet from the outlet line to the water level in a storage tank holding storage tank water and a lower portion having a length of 3 feet extending below the water level in the storage tank arranged to present a reduced water pressure to the ozone injector to facilitate gas flow into the water; and, an inlet line in direct fluid communication with the regeneration valve wherein water, selected from the group consisting of storage tank water and source water, is drawn and directed through the filter bed, injected with ozone and returned as treated water to the storage tank.