Patent ID: 6221245
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: C02F

Abstract:
A water filter system for processing water having dissolved solids of calcium ions and carbonate ions therein, said system comprising:an elongated pressure vessel having an upper neck and neck passage and an interior cavity;a fitting having a lower portion sealingly engaging said neck within said neck passage and defining an input passage for receiving a flow of water and an output passage for discharging a flow of water;a catalytic chamber coupled to said input passage supporting a quantity of catalytic media through which water flows, said catalytic media promoting the change of said calcium ions and carbonate ions to suspended sub-micron sized calcium carbonate;a magnetic chamber coupled to said catalytic chamber having a water passage therethrough and a plurality of magnets providing a plurality of reversing magnetic fields within said water passage traversed by water flowing through said water passage; anda quantity of chlorine filtering media within said interior cavity of said pressure vessel,said water flowing downwardly through said input passage, said catalytic chamber, said magnetic chamber and upwardly through said chlorine filtering media and said interior cavity and outwardly through said output passage.