US 11,787,707 B2
Sterilization module, water purification device, and system comprising water purification device
Woong Ki Jung, Ansan-si (KR); and Sang Hyun Chang, Ansan-si (KR)
Assigned to SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD., Ansan-si (KR)
Filed by SEOUL VIOSYS CO., LTD., Ansan-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/575,068.
Application 17/575,068 is a continuation of application No. 16/780,649, filed on Feb. 3, 2020, granted, now 11,225,419.
Application 16/780,649 is a continuation of application No. 15/936,274, filed on Mar. 26, 2018, granted, now 10,550,011, issued on Feb. 4, 2020.
Application 15/936,274 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2016/008610, filed on Aug. 4, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0136763 (KR), filed on Sep. 25, 2015; application No. 10-2015-0153423 (KR), filed on Nov. 2, 2015; and application No. 10-2016-0044348 (KR), filed on Apr. 11, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0135441 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. C02F 1/32 (2023.01); A61L 2/10 (2006.01); A61L 2/26 (2006.01); B01D 35/16 (2006.01); B01D 35/04 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/325 (2013.01) [A61L 2/10 (2013.01); A61L 2/26 (2013.01); B01D 35/04 (2013.01); B01D 35/16 (2013.01); C02F 1/32 (2013.01); A61L 2202/11 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3221 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3227 (2013.01); C02F 2201/3228 (2013.01); C02F 2303/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sterilization module comprising:
a main body having an opening at upper and lower sides of the main body;
a protective cover disposed inside the main body and configured to shield an interior of the main body from an outside of the main body, the protective cover including a material through which UV light transmits;
a substrate secured to an inner wall of the main body and disposed on the protective cover;
a cover seat protruding inward from an inner surface of the main body such that the protective cover is seated on the cover seat;
an UV light emitter disposed on the substrate and configured to emit UV light;
a spacer disposed between the substrate and the protective cover and configured to separate the UV light emitter from the protective cover; and
an inner sealing member disposed between an upper surface of the cover seat and a lower surface of the protective cover to seal a gap between the main body and the protective cover, and
wherein the protective cover covers the UV light emitter and the substrate.