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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Jerome P. Kovach, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Stuart L. Park, Chardon, OH (US);
Francis A. Red, Parma, OH (US);
Keith E. Brown, Solon, OH (US);
James W. Kewley, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
George R. Jordan, Jr., Chardon, OH (US);
Jimmie L. Hunt, Jr., Girard, OH (US);
Dale J. Spangenberg, Jr., Chardon, OH (US);
Jerome P. Kovach, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Stuart L. Park, Chardon, OH (US);
Francis A. Red, Parma, OH (US);
Keith E. Brown, Solon, OH (US);
James W. Kewley, Colorado Springs, CO (US);
George R. Jordan, Jr., Chardon, OH (US);
Jimmie L. Hunt, Jr., Girard, OH (US);
Dale J. Spangenberg, Jr., Chardon, OH (US);
Kinetico Incorporated, Newbury, OH (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treating water including a tank having an inlet and outlet and a water treatment material or resin within the tank. A control valve assembly having multiple, separable levels houses a water usage metering mechanism and a regeneration control mechanism, each having associated turbines. An inlet/bypass valve communicates source water with the tank inlet or directly to a system outlet. When the treatment material is exhausted, it is regenerated by actuating the bypass valve to communicate the source water with the system outlet. The turbine driven regeneration control then sequences the steps of regeneration, including opening a control valve to communicate inlet water to a venturi in order to aspirate brine solution and deliver to the tank outlet. The brine solution passes through the treatment material and is discharged through the tank inlet which is communicated to a system drain. At the conclusion of this step, brine solution is blocked from the venturi and the tank is slow rinsed. Subsequently, the communication of the venturi with the tank inlet is blocked, but water is allowed to flow through the venturi and refill the brine reservoir. Water at the outlet is then communicated to the tank outlet to perform a fast rinse. At the conclusion of this step, the source water is communicated to the tank inlet and the bypass step is terminated.