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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:
Dec. 22, 1987
Filed:
Feb. 10, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Newport Filters, Inc., Hemet, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210137 ; 210266 ; 210438 ;
Abstract
A potable water filter comprising a housing having an inlet and first and second outlets, a tube in the housing having a peripheral wall, a passage extending through the tube, and an opening in the peripheral wall leading to the passage, a tubular pleated filter element surrounding the tube and a carbon filter element within the tube. Some of the water from the inlet flows through the tubular filter element and the carbon filter element to the second outlet. Another portion of the water from the inlet flows along the tubular filter element to flush the tubular filter element and then flows out the first outlet.