Patent ID: 6120682
Filing Date: 2000-09-19
Classification: B01D

Abstract:
A portable pump-type reverse osmosis apparatus combined integrally with a portable water container for holding water treated by said apparatus comprising:a. a portable tub-like housing having a flat, horizontally-oriented bottom, left and right vertically-oriented side walls, front and back vertically-oriented walls, and an open top;b. a pair of elongated cylindrically-shaped reverse osmosis units sandwiched between a reverse osmosis support means and a reverse osmosis cover means, said support means having a bottom side positioned to rest on said housing bottom and a contoured top side having recesses snugly engaging a substantial portion of a bottom surface of said units, said cover means having an upper flat surface and a contoured bottom surface having recesses snugly engaging a substantial portion of a top surface of said units;c. electrically operable water pump means mounted and positioned on said cover means upper flat surface;d. spacer enclosure means enclosing said pump means and having an upper surface spaced above said cover means at an elevation that is greater than the overall elevation of said pump means; ande. water container means in fluid communication with said units to receive, hold and dispense purified water therefrom, said container means positioned on top of said spacer enclosure means.