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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Duncan Alexander Collins, Cookham, GB;
Jeremy Philip Meier, Streatley, GB;
Inventors:
Duncan Alexander Collins, Cookham, GB;
Jeremy Philip Meier, Streatley, GB;
Assignee:
Severn Trent Water Purification, Inc., Colmar, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/32 (2006.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
There is described a water disinfection apparatus comprising a channel for defining a flow of water, and plural ultraviolet light sources, each comprising an elongate ultraviolet lamp unit comprising at least one ultraviolet bulb and defining an elongate lamp unit axis; and a microwave unit comprising a microwave energy source for exciting the at least one ultraviolet bulb. In use, at least part of the elongate lamp unit encounters the flow of water.