US 12,318,719 B2
Fluid purification device
Paul H. Adams, Monroe, CT (US); Stephen P. Huda, Shelton, CT (US); James M. Buckley, New Hartford, CT (US); John Anthony Triunfo, Bridgeport, CT (US); Joseph K. Patterson, Monroe, CT (US); Michael T. La Tulippe, Fairfield, CT (US); Robert Camp, Bridgeport, CT (US); and Robert F. Smith, Waterbury, CT (US)
Assigned to Unger Marketing International, LLC, Bridgeport, CT (US)
Filed by Unger Marketing International, LLC, Bridgeport, CT (US)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/383,236.
Application 18/383,236 is a division of application No. 16/534,030, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,911,720.
Application 16/534,030 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/684,071, filed on Apr. 10, 2015, granted, now 10,414,671, issued on Sep. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/716,640, filed on Aug. 9, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/743,880, filed on Oct. 10, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/802,990, filed on Feb. 8, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/977,778, filed on Apr. 10, 2014.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/065,803, filed on Oct. 20, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2024/0123379 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. B01D 35/147 (2006.01); B01D 29/31 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); C02F 103/04 (2006.01)
CPC B01D 35/1475 (2013.01) [B01D 29/31 (2013.01); C02F 1/004 (2013.01); B01D 2201/06 (2013.01); B01D 2201/16 (2013.01); C02F 2103/04 (2013.01); C02F 2201/004 (2013.01); C02F 2201/007 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water purification system comprising:
a tank having an interior space;
a cover having a bore, the cover being removably coupled to the tank;
a media container having an element, the media container disposable within the interior space; and
a valve that engages the element within the interior space, the valve at least partially disposed within the bore of the cover, the valve being movable between an open position and a closed position;
wherein when the element is not disposed within the interior space, the valve is biased to the open position; and
the interior space is fluidly coupled to an atmosphere when the valve is in the open position;
wherein the valve is configured to move into the closed position when the element is disposed within the interior space.