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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Dominique Cobb, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Erdogan Ergican, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., St. Joseph, MI (US);
Mark Graff, Michigan City, IN (US);
Eric Hill, Chicago, IL (US);
Beth Jackson, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Antony Kirk, Chicago, IL (US);
Steven J. Kuehl, St. Josepoh, MI (US);
Joseph R. Peters, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Michael Seeley, South Haven, MI (US);
Rex D. Wilson, Berrien Springs, MI (US);
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A water treatment apparatus that includes: at least one module which operatively and selectively treats one or both of an original household hot water received from the household hot water line and water flowing through the module and treats cold water received from an original household cold water line that flows through; a process control unit whereby a user selects a desired treatment option for the water flowing through the apparatus to be dispensed to the user; one or more plumbing connections which operatively divert the original household hot and cold water flow to the user selected water treatment module so as to dispense to the user the selected treated water; and one or more valves which operatively cooperate with the process control unit to direct the water flow within the apparatus so as to provide the user with the selected treated water.