Liquid purification or separation – Processes – Ion exchange or selective sorption
Reexamination Certificate
2007-10-23
2007-10-23
Menon, Krishnan S (Department: 1723)
Liquid purification or separation
Processes
Ion exchange or selective sorption
C210S675000, C210S264000, C210S269000, C210S284000, C210S288000, C210S503000, C210S190000, C092S078000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10519502
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a water softener capable of producing soft water at various temperatures and facilitating the regeneration of an ion exchange resin thereof. The water softener includes a water softening tank in which an internal region containing therein the ion exchange resin is partitioned into a plurality of water softening regions which are individually assigned into a predetermined temperature; a regeneration tank integrated with the water softening tank into a single body and containing the regeneration material of the ion exchange resin; a cold/hot control valve to supply raw water to a selected one of the plurality of water softening regions according to the temperature of the raw water to rapidly supply the soft water at a desired temperature to a user; and a regeneration valve to facilitate the periodic regeneration of the ion exchange resin through a simple manual operation.
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Jeong Choong-hoon
Jeong Seung-hoon
Kurtz Benjamin
Lowe Hauptman & Ham & Berner, LLP
Menon Krishnan S
Seung Gwang Co., Ltd.
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