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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:
Oct. 03, 1989
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Edgardo J Parsi, Lexington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Ionics, Incorporated, Watertown, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2041824 ; 204301 ;
Abstract
An apparatus containing a multiplicity of two or three chamber units comprising a combination of ion exchange membranes and bipolar membranes with certain of said chambers containing a filler of ion-exchange material. The apparatus can be used to remove weakly ionized substances such as silica from water. The three chamber unit can be further used to pretreat (acidify) water prior to treatment of the water in an electrodialysis or electrodeionization stack.