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Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1998

Filed:

Feb. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:

John E Zabinski, Naperville, IL (US);

Roger Rehfeldt, Arlington Heights, IL (US);

Assignee:

Culligan International Company, Northbrook, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364500 ; 364502 ; 210143 ; 210190 ;
Abstract

A water softening apparatus is provided including a water tank, a brine tank, chlorination electrodes for providing chlorination to water flowing in the water tank and a circuit for providing electrical energy to the chlorination electrodes. A microprocessor controls the circuit, with the microprocessor being software controlled to determine when regeneration should commence, when backwash should terminate, when brine/slow rinse should commence, when the chlorination electrodes should be energized, when the chlorination electrode energization should terminate, when brine/slow rinse should terminate, when fast rinse should commence, and when fast rinse should terminate.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Zabinski, John. (1998). Water softening apparatus with microprocessor control (U.S. Patent No. 5751598). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5751598

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