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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2025

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2022
Applicant:

Kx Technologies Llc, West Haven, CT (US);

Inventors:

William Li, Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Frank A. Brigano, Northford, CT (US);

Blake E. Savoy, Killingworth, CT (US);

Christopher Thibeault, Wethersfield, CT (US);

Assignee:

KX Technologies LLC, West Haven, CT (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/16 (2006.01); B01D 39/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 39/163 (2013.01); B01D 39/1623 (2013.01); B01D 39/18 (2013.01); B01D 2239/025 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0407 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0414 (2013.01); B01D 2239/0442 (2013.01); B01D 2239/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A single sheet water filter media for gravity filtration applications that improves flow performance over the product life while maintaining sufficient metal reduction, wherein at least two distinct density gradients of the single sheet form a physical barrier for capturing colloidal and insoluble contaminants, retaining the colloidal and insoluble contaminants until the contaminants become soluble in the fluid, and being removed by the single sheet filter media. The single sheet filter overcomes the difficulties of dual- and multi-layer filters attributable to slower flow rate realized well before the rated lifetime of the product. The two distinct density gradients of the single sheet filter media are created by exerting a force on a liquid slurry, such force resulting in the separation of higher powder loading and fibers that compose the top and bottom density gradients, respectfully.


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