Patent ID: 6048456
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: B01D,C02F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of manufacturing a water treatment device having a water treatment media bed of the type that can be contaminated by volatile vapors, including:assembling a housing from a length of open pipe and a pair of end caps, said assembling including securing one said end cap over each open end of said pipe using an adhesive of the type that releases volatile vapors during curing and forming at least two openings at opposite ends of said housing;curing said adhesive;after said adhesive is cured, charging said housing with a water treatment media of the type that can be contaminated with volatile vapors by passing said water treatment media through one of said openings wherein said adhesive is cured without substantially contaminating said water treatment media with volatile vapors;providing a pair of screens in said housing, wherein said screens are outwardly of said water treatment media when said screens and said water treatment media are in said housing; andproviding a pair of fittings outwardly of said screens in said at least two openings.