Patent ID: 6217753
Filing Date: 2001-04-17
Classification: B67D,C02F,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for processing water including:a conduit having a first end and a second end;means for purifying water disposed in said conduit between said first and second ends thereof, said first end of said conduit being arranged to conduct an object water to be purified into said conduit, said second end of said conduit being arranged to conduct the water purified by said water purifying means to a location outside of said apparatus;prohibiting means for selectively prohibiting a flow of the water through said conduit from said second end to said first end, said prohibiting means including detecting means including a pressure detector for detecting whether the purified water is required to be conducted to the location outside of said apparatus through said second end of said conduit, wherein said prohibiting means includes regulating means for regulating said object water being and conducted into said conduit through said first end thereof in response to a detecting reuslt of said detecting means.