3m Innovative Properties Company

Benjamin P Williams

Judd D Olson

Sean C McGreevy

Kevin E Kinzer

Jeremiah P O'Leary

Shu Kun Chang

Anastasios G Karahalios

Hyun Jin Ko

James M Cooper

Paula A Marrs

Elizabeth R Kelly

Carly R Price

Kent E Lageson

Paul J Cobian

Gretchen A Hauble

Robert J Reuter

Mark R Stouffer

A water treatment device for filling at least one bottle with treated tap water includes a housing unit having a reservoir, and at least one valve arranged in fluid communication with the reservoir, the valve having a water inlet/air exit port arranged adjacent to the housing unit, and a water exit/air inlet port arranged opposite the water inlet/air exit port, whereby when the valve is actuated to its open condition, water flows through the valve and into the bottle, and air entrapped in the bottle flows through the valve and into the surrounding environment. When the valve is in its closed condition, air and water do not flow through the valve.

Water treatment device for producing bottled water

Disclosed are portable fluid treating and dispensing devices, systems, articles, and methods particularly adapted for use in treating potable liquids, such as drinking water, and dispensing it into a plurality of portable potable liquid containers, such as water bottles.

Portable fluid treating and dispensing device, systems, articles, and methods

Herein are disclosed apparatus and methods that can be used to receive a volume of potable water from a source and to treat the volume of water so as to improve the perceived or actual aesthetic quality of the water, and to thereafter contain the treated water such that it can be used or consumed. In general, the apparatus comprises a container capable of receiving a volume of water, and a capture element within the container that is capable of removing at least a portion of such substances in the water as may be perceived as impacting water quality. The capture element comprises sorbent media that is capable of removing at least some portion of such undesirable substances, and that may comprise, for example, activated carbon and the like.

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St. Joseph, WI, United States of America

Benjamin P Williams