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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Jin-kyu Joung, Seoul, KR;
Ki-chul Kim, Seoul, KR;
You-shin Kim, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Coway Co., Ltd, , KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 9/00 (2006.01); B01D 35/16 (2006.01); A61L 2/03 (2006.01); A61L 2/24 (2006.01); C02F 1/461 (2006.01); C02F 1/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 35/16 (2013.01); A61L 2/035 (2013.01); A61L 2/24 (2013.01); A61L 2202/23 (2013.01); C02F 1/461 (2013.01); C02F 1/50 (2013.01); C02F 2303/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is a method for sterilizing a water treatment apparatus having a plurality of tanks. The method includes, performing a sterilization preparation process to drain purified water from the first tank until a first amount of purified water is left, performing a sterilizing process to sterilize the first tank by supplying the sterilized water supplied from the sterilizing module, to drain water from the first tank through a first water outlet pipe until a second amount of water is left in the first tank, and to drain the second amount of water remaining in the first tank into the second tank through a second water outlet pipe.