Patent ID: 7077272

Claim:
An antibacterial filter for filtering water, comprising: a water introduction unit adapted for introducing water therein; a water purifier unit adapted for purifying the water introduced through said water introduction unit; and a water discharge unit adapted for discharging the water purified by said water purifier unit, wherein said water purifier unit comprises: a cylindrical container having a central axis thereof; a tubular cartridge of a doughnut-shape in cross section, which is disposed on the center axis of said cylindrical container; a center pipe arranged to lie along said center axis and in communication with an opening formed in an inner wall surface provided at a lower portion of the cartridge; a magnet disposed at a longitudinally intermediate portion of the center pipe and having central magnetic force of a predetermined intensity; plural kinds of filter members arranged in layers in a water flow passage inside said cartridge; and at least one of said plural kinds of filter members having propolis ceramics mixed therein; said propolis ceramics comprising ceramics soaked in a solution of propolis extract, obtained from water-insoluble propolis material dissolved in alcohol, acetone or ether, and dried.