公开(公告)号：US20170333817A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15671245

申请日：2017-08-08

Applicant: Whirlpool Corporation

Inventor： Nihat O. CUR ,  KIRK W. GOODWIN ,  TIMOTHY A. KEE ,  JAMES W. KENDALL ,  STEVEN JOHN KUELH ,  VERNE H. MYERS ,  GINGER ELAYNE PATERA ,  MARK M. SENNINGER

IPC: B01D35/30 ,  B01D15/10 ,  C02F1/00 ,  C02F101/32 ,  C02F1/68 ,  C02F101/20 ,  C02F5/10 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/28 ,  C02F101/30

CPC classification number: C02F1/003 ,  C02F1/281 ,  C02F1/283 ,  C02F1/42 ,  C02F1/68 ,  C02F1/76 ,  C02F5/10 ,  C02F2101/20 ,  C02F2101/306 ,  C02F2101/322 ,  C02F2303/185 ,  C02F2307/04

Abstract: A liquid (water) pitcher that includes a pitcher having a liquid receiving aperture configured to allow a liquid (water) to be delivered into an interior liquid storage volume defined by at least one upwardly extending wall extending upward from a base and a liquid (water) filter positioned within the pitcher that includes a filter housing and at least one gravity-driven fluid treatment medium within the filter housing where the filter housing has a plurality of fluid intake apertures and at least one treated fluid outlet configured to deliver treated fluid into an internal volume of a vessel wherein the at least one fluid filtering medium treats the liquid at a rate of at least about one liter per minute while removing at least chlorine odor and chlorine taste components from the liquid (water).