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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2017
Applicant:
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Raheel A. Chaudhry, Montgomery, AL (US);
David I. Vega Fernandez, Montgomery, AL (US);
Assignee:
Rheem Manufacturing Company, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/00 (2006.01); C02F 1/68 (2006.01); C02F 5/00 (2006.01); C02F 101/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/008 (2013.01); C02F 1/685 (2013.01); C02F 5/00 (2013.01); C02F 2101/10 (2013.01); C02F 2209/003 (2013.01); C02F 2209/445 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water treatment device includes a water treatment material contained within a housing of the water treatment device. The incoming water is exposed to the water treatment material to produce treated water. A magnetic field-based or a light-based sensor may determine an amount of the water treatment material remaining in the water treatment device and provide notification.