Patent ID: 6120686
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B01J,C02F

Abstract:
Apparatus for conditioning drinking water from tap water by removing disinfective materials, comprisinga cylindrical casing with a lid, a peripheral wall and a bottom,a water input and a water outlet,filtering materials which are arranged in sections of the casing arranged one above the other, and the tap water to be purified is passed through the sections,whereby,a) the different sections of the casing being designed as separate filter cartridges, which are independent and are exchangeable one against the other, and which in the form of construction kits are combined within the device dependent on the disinfective materials included within the tap water to be conditioned, and which are to be removed,b) the individual cartridges are perforated on the bottom and the top side for vertical water flow, whereas the peripheral surfaces of the cartridges are impermeable for water,c) the tap water being passed under pressure at the bottom of the device, being urged from the bottom to the top through the individual filter cartridges in a substantial vertical direction, and being removed at the upper part namely the lid, andd) germ killing material arranged in the form of salt tablets, inserted withing recesses formed at the peripherally outer sides of the cartridges.