US 12,454,474 B1
Water treatment apparatus
Aurora Connorton-Spragg, Dorchester (GB); Paul Spencer, Dorchester (GB); and Andrew Woods, Dorset (GB)
Assigned to FDI TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Dorchester (GB)
Filed by FDI TECHNOLOGIES LTD, Dorchester (GB)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2025, as Appl. No. 19/229,124.
Claims priority of application No. 2408039 (GB), filed on Jun. 6, 2024.
Int. Cl. C02F 1/46 (2023.01); B01D 61/42 (2006.01); C02F 1/469 (2023.01); C02F 101/10 (2006.01)
CPC C02F 1/4691 (2013.01) [B01D 61/428 (2022.08); C02F 1/4602 (2013.01); C02F 2101/10 (2013.01); C02F 2301/024 (2013.01); C02F 2303/22 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A water treatment apparatus comprising:
a capacitive deionisation apparatus; and
a water conditioning element;
wherein the water conditioning element comprises a metal alloy configured such that mineral ions within a flow of water, flowing over a surface of the water conditioning element, precipitate to provide a colloidal dispersion.