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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 1987
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1984
Conrad Terrien, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Lee G Carlson, Willow Springs, IL (US);
UIP Engineered Products Corporation, Addison, IL (US);
Abstract
A moving bed ion exchange apparatus including a loading vessel having a resin inlet and a resin outlet and containing an ion exchange resin bed, a feed liquid inlet and outlet for passing a feed liquid through the resin bed in the loading vessel, a U-shaped regeneration vessel containing an ion exchange resin bed, one end of the regeneration vessel having a first conduit in resin transfer communication with the resin outlet in the loading vessel and the other end of the regeneration vessel having a second conduit in resin transfer communication with the resin inlet of the loading vessel, a first resin passing control valve for controlling the flow of resin through the first conduit, a second resin passing control valve for controlling the flow of resin through the second conduit, a regenerant inlet connected to the regeneration vessel for introducing regenerant into said vessel, a displacement rinse inlet connected to the regeneration vessel for introducing a rinse liquid into said regeneration vessel to diplace the regenerant, and a polish rinse inlet connected to the second conduit in close proximity to the second control valve for passing a rinse liquid through the second conduit for moving the resin away from the second control valve prior to admission of the resin into the loading vessel.