Patent ID: 9056145
Filing Date: 2015-06-16
Classification: A61L,C02F,Y02W

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for sterilizing water fulfilling a requirement of receiving water containing living organisms through an input pathway and responding to being repowered by automatically processing all water disposed within the apparatus and water afterward flowing through said apparatus to deliver a water product free of living organisms through an effluent pathway via a self-regulating, flow inhibiting, flow-through system which maintains water in a liquid state when raised to a predetermined sterilizing temperature for a predetermined period of time and only delivers the water when conditions for sterilization are met, thereby maintaining the effluent pathway free of living organisms, said apparatus comprising: a pressurized source; the input pathway through which water flows from said pressurized source; the effluent pathway from which water is dispensed from said apparatus; a single, unbifurcated pathway comprising said input pathway and said effluent pathway; a heating chamber for heating the water to the predetermined sterilizing temperature; a heat source associated with the heating chamber; said unbifurcated pathway further comprising sidewalls capable of withstanding increased internal pressure of the water at the sterilizing temperature and thereby maintaining the water in a liquid state; and control apparatus comprising: a flow controller which controls flow rate of water flowing through said unbifurcated pathway to assure that time for water flowing within the unbifurcated pathway is consistent with a time water is to be held at the predetermined sterilizing temperature to free the water of living organisms; a binary temperature sensor preset to emit a condition met signal only when the temperature of the water is greater than the predetermined sterilizing temperature; a binary pressure sensor preset to emit a condition met signal only when the pressure within the unbifurcated pathway is at least pressure of water heated to the predetermined sterilizing temperature; a pathway controller, which is self-operating, comprising a plurality of valving mechanisms which are disposed to provide all on/off control necessary for gating flow through the pathway, said pathway controller comprising: