Abstract: A filter and filter material for providing or treating potable water is provided. The filter includes a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a filter material disposed within the housing, the filter material formed at least in part from a mixture of a plurality of mesoporous and microporous activated carbon particles. Preferably, at least some of the mesoporous activated carbon filter particles are coated with a cationic polymer, and even more preferably, at least some of the particles are coated with a cationic polymer and silver or a silver containing material. Kits comprising filters and information relating to the reduction, killing or removal of bacteria, viruses, microbials, and TTHM are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 10, 2009
Date of Patent:
April 12, 2011
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Jeannine Rebecca Bahm, Andrew Thomas Pearks, Guillermo Matias Vidal, Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Michael Donovan Mitchell, Robert E. Astle, Katharine L. K. Faye, Robert Andrew Governal, Thomas J. Hamlin, Rebecca A. Lucht, Hemang Patel
Abstract: A filter block may comprise activated carbon filter particles without metallic biocides. The activated carbon filter particles may have a median particle size of less than or equal to about 90 microns and having a particle span of less than or equal to about 1.7. The filter block may have a permeability of greater than about 3.0×10?9 cm2 and a Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 2 logs. A portion of the activated carbon filter particles may be coated with a cationic polymer. Another filter block may comprise mesoporous activated carbon filter particles without metallic biocides, wherein the mesoporous activated carbon filter particles may have a median particle size of less than or equal to about 104 ?m and a particle span of less than or equal to about 2.05, and wherein at least a portion of the filter particles may be coated with a cationic polymer. The filter block may have a permeability of greater than about 2.0×10?9 cm2 and a Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 2 logs.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 19, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 1, 2011
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
Dimitris Ioannis Collias, Stephen Allen Goldman, Michael Donovan Mitchell
Abstract: A method for the reduction of acrylamide in food products, food products having reduced levels of acrylamide, and an article of commerce. In one aspect, the method comprises reducing the level of asparagine in a food material before final heating (e.g., cooking). In another aspect, the method comprises adding to a food material an enzyme capable of hydrolyzing the amide group of free asparagine. In yet another aspect, an article of commerce communicates to the consumer that a food product has reduced or low levels of acrylamide or asparagine.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 23, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 11, 2011
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
David Vincent Zyzak, Robert Alan Sanders, Marko Stojanovic, David Cammiade Gruber, Peter Yau Tak Lin, Maria Dolores Martinez-Serna Villagran, John Keeney Howie, Richard Gerard Schafermeyer
Abstract: A method of treating low-pressure untreated drinking water includes providing a low-pressure water filter device, running low-pressure untreated drinking water from a source of low-pressure untreated drinking water through a low-pressure water filter of the low-pressure water filter device, removing bacteria and viruses from the low pressure untreated drinking water at a level of Filter Bacteria Log Removal of greater than about 2 logs and a Filter Viruses Log Removal of greater than about 1 log, and filling a storage housing with treated drinking water at greater than about 5 mL/min. The low-pressure water filter device may include a connector for connecting to an untreated drinking water source, a low-pressure water filter comprising mesoporous activated carbon particles and a storage housing. The average fluid contact time with the low-pressure water filter may be greater than about 2 seconds.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 13, 2009
Date of Patent:
December 14, 2010
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company
Inventors:
John D. Tanner, David James Emmons, Richard P. Riedel, Michael Donovan Mitchell, Dimitris Ioannis Collias