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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2014
Cal Poly Corporation, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Trygve J. Lundquist, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Patricia M. Compas-Markman, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
CAL POLY CORPORATION, San Luis Obispo, CA (US);
Abstract
A field water purification system filter is described. The filter includes a water tight enclosure formed between two layers of a polymeric material, an inlet and an outlet are coupled to the water tight enclosure. A filter envelope including a quantity of filter media is inside the water tight enclosure. The water filter having a minimal thickness when not filled with water. The filter envelope is formed by a first set of bonded segments of the two layers of polymeric material. The filter can also include an outer channel having a first side formed by the water tight enclosure and a second side opposite from the first side. The second side can include a second set of bonded segments of the two layers of polymeric material interspersed with a set of nonbonded segments, the nonbonded segments defining openings in an intermittent barrier between the outer channel and the filter media.