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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 21, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Eugen Safta, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ; C02F / ; C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
210748 ; 210760 ; 210764 ; 210192 ; 210259 ; 210900 ; 422 24 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for purifying water includes: a plurality of UV radiators which include a helical quartz tube through which water to be purified passes and an ultraviolet light source to irradiate water passing through the helical quartz tube to remove microbes, a plurality of filtration stages including fine, ultra-fine and micro filters, a reactor including a bed of gold, and an irradiation stage including a quartz tube through which water to be purified passes and a laser light source with a wavelength in the range of 200-300 nm to irradiate water passing through the quartz tube, whereby microbes in the water passing through the apparatus are killed and removed.