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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2019
Applicant:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Kenneth Allen Peterson, Shorewood, WI (US);
Chen Li, Menomonee Falls, WI (US);
Assignee:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/48 (2006.01); C02F 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/325 (2013.01); C02F 1/48 (2013.01); C02F 2201/322 (2013.01); C02F 2201/328 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3223 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3228 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A UV reactor for treating water, the reactor includes a UV source, a tube positioned around the UV source, a surrounding structure coaxially surrounding the tube, a flow path positioned between the tube and the surrounding structure for the flow of water to be treated, and a diffusive surface positioned around the surrounding structure to reflect UV light from the UV source back into the flow path.