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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1992
Yutaka Takahashi, Nara, JP;
Ikuo Kobayashi, Nara, JP;
Masao Noguchi, Ikoma, JP;
Nobuyuki Hirai, Neyagawa, JP;
Keiko Nakanishi, Nara, JP;
Masanobu Hattori, Nara, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
A water purifying apparatus has feeding device for feeding water under pressure; a bacteria culturing tank; and air supply device for feeding air to the bacteria culturing tank by inducing air by utilizing fluid energy of circulating water; and an air flow detector provided on an air suction duct of the air supply means. A filter provided upstream of the feeding means for feeding water under pressure has the capability of preventing moss from growing in a water tank and sterilizing water. An ultraviolet lamp for sterilizing the water in a water tank is provided in a circulating duct. A carrier for fixing bacteria which grows aerobic and anaerobic bacteria is composed of a basic mineral material.