Patent ID: 6224764
Filing Date: 2001-05-01
Classification: A61L,C02F

Abstract:
An apparatus for purifying and disinfecting water including a tubular housing having an inside diameter and including a rear inlet end and a front outlet end, a disinfection stage and an absorption stage containing activated charcoal being provided in said housing between said rear inlet end and said front outlet end, each of said disinfection stage and said absorption stage having a front end and a rear end at which a respective perforated cylindrical insert is arranged, said cylindrical inserts having an outside diameter which corresponds substantially to the inside diameter of said housing, said inserts at said front and said rear end of said disinfection stage and said insert at said front end of said absorption stage being arranged to be stationary and said insert at said rear end of said absorption stage being arranged to be axially displaceable, a spring element which exerts a pressing force on said insert at said rear end of said absorption stage in a direction toward said absorption stage being provided in the tubular housing between said insert at said front end of said disinfection stage and said insert at said rear end of said absorption stage, wherein said inserts are pot-shaped and have a porous base which is remote from the associated stage, fibers containing activated charcoal being arranged between said base and the corresponding stage.