Patent ID: 6491815
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
A water treatment apparatus comprising:(a) a base; (b) a water treatment reservoir removable from the base, the water treatment reservoir in fluid communication with an ozone source when mounted on the base, the reservoir having a bottom, a head space for receiving off gas and a passageway having a first end in the head space and a second end associated with an off gas venting outlet, the passageway being in; communication with the head space at at least one position and arranged such that the first and second ends are open to the ambient when the water treatment reservoir is removed from the base wherein the passageway is positioned such that when water is provided in the water treatment reservoir for a treatment cycle, a portion of the passageway extends through water in the water treatment reservoir; and, (c) a fluid passageway extending between the off gas venting outlet of the water treatment reservoir and an ozone destructor when the water treatment reservoir is mounted on the base.