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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 17, 2004
Chia Kung, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Phillip Goebel, New Hope, MN (US);
Thomas J. Cartwright, Albertville, MN (US);
Peter Cartwright, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kenneth J. Sieth, Delafield, WI (US);
Richard Reckin, Colgate, WI (US);
Duane Freimuth, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Chia Kung, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Phillip Goebel, New Hope, MN (US);
Thomas J. Cartwright, Albertville, MN (US);
Peter Cartwright, Bloomington, MN (US);
Kenneth J. Sieth, Delafield, WI (US);
Richard Reckin, Colgate, WI (US);
Duane Freimuth, Milwaukee, WI (US);
General Electric Company, Fairfield, CT (US);
Abstract
A home RO filtration system includes a membrane module having an inlet connected to a feed line, the membrane module also having a concentrate outlet coupled to a concentrate line, and a permeate outlet coupled to a permeate line. The permeate line communicates with a faucet. The system includes a flush reservoir communicatively coupled between the permeate line and the feed line. The system is configured such that after the faucet is turned off, a portion of permeate is delivered to the reservoir and then delivered to the inlet of the module to flush the module.