Patents by Inventor Xuegang CAI

Xuegang CAI has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11077406
    Abstract: Disclosed is a central tube set. The central tube set includes: a permeate tube, a peripheral wall of the permeate tube being arranged with a pure water influx hole communicating with an internal channel of the permeate tube; and a plurality of wastewater tubes arranged at intervals. The wastewater tubes are arranged around the permeate tube, a peripheral wall of each wastewater tube is arranged with a wastewater influx hole communicating with an internal channel of each wastewater tube. The plurality of the wastewater tubes and the permeate tube are arranged at intervals, to form a receiving space between each wastewater tube and the permeate tube, for receiving a portion of the reverse osmosis membrane sheet set which is extending into the central tube set. The present application further provides a spiral wound reverse osmosis membrane component and a reverse osmosis water purifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui, Fangzhen Zheng, Guodong Song
  • Patent number: 10967330
    Abstract: A central tube assembly for a filter cartridge and a manufacturing method for the central tube assembly are provided. The central tube assembly includes a first half-tube defines a first flow passage, and having a first water inlet at an end thereof and a water output hole in a side wall thereof, a filtering membrane bent to form a first membrane layer and a second membrane layer, the first half-tube being disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer; an input-water filtering net connected to the first half-tube and disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer, a second half-tube disposed outside of a bending of the filtering membrane, defining a second flow passage, and having a water input hole in a side wall thereof and a first water outlet at an end thereof, and a produced-water filtering net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Inventors: Guodong Song, Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui
  • Patent number: 10807045
    Abstract: Provided are a central tube for a filter cartridge and a filter device having same. The central tube (100) comprises a first half tube (1), a second half tube (2) and a membrane element (3), wherein the first half tube (1) has a first mating surface, and the first mating surface is grooved to form a first flow channel (111); the second half tube (2) has a second mating surface, the second mating surface is grooved to form a second flow channel (21), and the first half tube (1) and the second half tube (2) are butt-jointed to form a hollow, straight tube shape; and the membrane element (3) is arranged between the first half tube (1) and the second half tube (2) and seals the first flow channel (111) and the second flow channel (21), respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Foshan Midea Chungho Water Purification Equipment Co., Ltd., Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Guodong Song, Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui
  • Publication number: 20200222856
    Abstract: A central tube assembly for a filter cartridge and a manufacturing method for the central tube assembly are provided. The central tube assembly includes a first half-tube defines a first flow passage, and having a first water inlet at an end thereof and a water output hole in a side wall thereof, a filtering membrane bent to form a first membrane layer and a second membrane layer, the first half-tube being disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer; an input-water filtering net connected to the first half-tube and disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer, a second half-tube disposed outside of a bending of the filtering membrane, defining a second flow passage, and having a water input hole in a side wall thereof and a first water outlet at an end thereof, and a produced-water filtering net.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: GUODONG SONG, Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui
  • Patent number: 10589229
    Abstract: A central tube assembly for a filter cartridge and a manufacturing method for the central tube assembly are provided. The central tube assembly includes a first half-tube defines a first flow passage, and having a first water inlet at an end thereof and a water output hole in a side wall thereof a filtering membrane bent to form a first membrane layer and a second membrane layer, the first half-tube being disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer; an input-water filtering net connected to the first half-tube and disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer a second half-tube disposed outside of a bending of the filtering membrane, defining a second flow passage, and having a water input hole in a side wall thereof and a first water outlet at an end thereof and a produced-water filtering net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Inventors: Guodong Song, Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui
  • Patent number: 10399011
    Abstract: Disclosed are an integrated composite filter cartridge (200) and a water purifying system (300) having same. The integrated composite filter cartridge (200) comprises: an outer shell (20), wherein a chamber (21) is defined in the outer shell (20), and the outer shell (20) is provided with a raw water inlet (22), a pre-treated water outlet (23), a pre-treated water inlet (24), a purified water outlet (25) and a waste water outlet (26) which are in communication with the chamber (21); a pre-treatment filter cartridge (100); a central pipe (30); a filter membrane (40); and a control member, which is connected to the pre-treated water outlet (23) and the pre-treated water inlet (24). When the integrated composite filter cartridge (200) is used for the first time, the control member switches on the raw water inlet (22) and the pre-treated water outlet (23) and switches off the pre-treated water inlet (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WATER DISPENSER MFG. CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Lei Liu
  • Patent number: 10399021
    Abstract: A water purification system (1) includes a composite filter cartridge (100) that includes a pretreatment filter cartridge (110) and a filtration membrane assembly (120), and is provided with a raw water inlet (130), a pretreatment water outlet (140), a pressurizing pretreatment water inlet (150), a pure water outlet (160) and a condensed water outlet (170); a raw water inlet pipe (200) connected with the raw water inlet (130); a pure water outlet pipe (300) connected with the pure water outlet (160); a condensed water outlet pipe (400) connected with the condensed water outlet (170); a pretreatment water outlet pipe (500) connected with the pretreatment water outlet (140); a pressurizing pretreatment water inlet pipe (600) connected with the pressurizing pretreatment water inlet (150) and the pretreatment water outlet pipe (500) respectively; and a booster pump (900) disposed on the pretreatment water outlet pipe (500).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Xingzhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 10399019
    Abstract: An integrated composite filter and a water purification system having the same are provided. The integrated composite filter includes: a shell defining a chamber therein, and defining a raw water inlet, a pretreated water outlet, a pretreated water inlet, a pure water outlet and a waste water outlet which are in communication with the chamber respectively; a pretreating filtering element disposed within the chamber; a filtering membrane disposed within the chamber. The pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are sequentially positioned between the raw water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet, and the pretreating filtering element is positioned between the raw water inlet and the pretreated water outlet, and the filtering membrane is positioned between the pretreated water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA WATER DISPENSER MFG. CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xuegang Cai
  • Patent number: 10370265
    Abstract: A water purification system includes: a composite filter cartridge including a pretreatment filter cartridge and a filter membrane assembly; a raw water inlet pipe; a pure water outlet pipe; a pretreated water pipe; a booster pump; a water quality detecting device disposed to the raw water inlet pipe and/or the pure water outlet pipe and configured to detect water quality in the raw water inlet pipe and the pure water outlet pipe; and a control device connected to the water quality detecting device and configured to determine service life of the composite filter cartridge and/or judge whether the composite filter cartridge has lost efficacy according to information detected by the water quality detecting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WATER DISPENSER MFG. CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Lei Liu, Xingzhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190193031
    Abstract: Disclosed is a central tube set. The central tube set includes: a permeate tube, a peripheral wall of the permeate tube being arranged with a pure water influx hole communicating with an internal channel of the permeate tube; and a plurality of wastewater tubes arranged at intervals. The wastewater tubes are arranged around the permeate tube, a peripheral wall of each wastewater tube is arranged with a wastewater influx hole communicating with an internal channel of each wastewater tube. The plurality of the wastewater tubes and the permeate tube are arranged at intervals, to form a receiving space between each wastewater tube and the permeate tube, for receiving a portion of the reverse osmosis membrane sheet set which is extending into the central tube set. The present application further provides a spiral wound reverse osmosis membrane component and a reverse osmosis water purifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui, Fangzhen Zheng, Guodong Song
  • Publication number: 20190127255
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a composite filter assembly and a water purification system, the composite filter assembly includes a housing, and a composite filter, the housing defines a raw water inlet, an initial filtered water outlet, a pressurized water inlet, a pure water outlet, and a waste water outlet, the composite filter includes a pre-posed filter, a membrane filter, and a post-posed filter, the pre-posed filter and the membrane filter are defined in a manner from outside to inside, the post-posed filter is connected with the membrane filter; the initial filtered water outlet is communicated with an outlet end of the pre-posed filter, the pressurized water inlet is communicated with an inlet end of the membrane filter; the outlet end of the pre-posed filter is adjacent to the inlet end of the membrane filter, the initial filtered water outlet is an annular opening which surrounds the pressurized water inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Xingzhi ZHANG, Xuegang Cai
  • Publication number: 20190022589
    Abstract: A central tube assembly (100) for a filter cartridge and a manufacturing method for the central tube assembly (100) are provided. The central tube assembly (100) includes: a first half-tube (10) defines a first flow passage (11), and having a first water inlet (12) at an end thereof and a water output hole in a side wall thereof; a filtering membrane (30) bent to form a first membrane layer and a second membrane layer, the first half-tube (10) being disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer; an input-water filtering net (40) connected to the first half-tube (10) and disposed between the first membrane layer and the second membrane layer; a second half-tube (20) disposed outside of a bending of the filtering membrane (30), defining a second flow passage (21), and having a water input hole (22) in a side wall thereof and a first water outlet (23) at an end thereof; and a produced-water filtering net (50).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Guodong SONG, Xuegang CAI, Peng GUI
  • Publication number: 20180318768
    Abstract: Provided are a central tube for a filter cartridge and a filter device having same. The central tube (100) comprises a first half tube (1), a second half tube (2) and a membrane element (3), wherein the first half tube (1) has a first mating surface, and the first mating surface is grooved to form a first flow channel (111); the second half tube (2) has a second mating surface, the second mating surface is grooved to form a second flow channel (21), and the first half tube (1) and the second half tube (2) are butt-jointed to form a hollow, straight tube shape; and the membrane element (3) is arranged between the first half tube (1) and the second half tube (2) and seals the first flow channel (111) and the second flow channel (21), respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Guodong SONG, Xuegang Cai, Peng Gui
  • Publication number: 20180043288
    Abstract: Disclosed are an integrated composite filter cartridge (200) and a water purifying system (300) having same. The integrated composite filter cartridge (200) comprises: an outer shell (20), wherein a chamber (21) is defined in the outer shell (20), and the outer shell (20) is provided with a raw water inlet (22), a pre-treated water outlet (23), a pre-treated water inlet (24), a purified water outlet (25) and a waste water outlet (26) which are in communication with the chamber (21); a pre-treatment filter cartridge (100); a central pipe (30); a filter membrane (40); and a control member, which is connected to the pre-treated water outlet (23) and the pre-treated water inlet (24). When the integrated composite filter cartridge (200) is used for the first time, the control member switches on the raw water inlet (22) and the pre-treated water outlet (23) and switches off the pre-treated water inlet (24).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Applicants: FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WATER DISPENSER MFG. CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Lei Liu
  • Publication number: 20170349454
    Abstract: A water purification system includes: a composite filter cartridge including a pretreatment filter cartridge and a filter membrane assembly; a raw water inlet pipe; a pure water outlet pipe; a pretreated water pipe; a booster pump; a water quality detecting device disposed to the raw water inlet pipe and/or the pure water outlet pipe and configured to detect water quality in the raw water inlet pipe and the pure water outlet pipe; and a control device connected to the water quality detecting device and configured to determine service life of the composite filter cartridge and/or judge whether the composite filter cartridge has lost efficacy according to information detected by the water quality detecting device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Xuegang Cai, Lei Liu, Xingzhi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160361673
    Abstract: A water purification system (1) includes a composite filter cartridge (100) that includes a pretreatment filter cartridge (110) and a filtration membrane assembly (120), and is provided with a raw water inlet (130), a pretreatment water outlet (140), a pressurizing pretreatment water inlet (150), a pure water outlet (160) and a condensed water outlet (170); a raw water inlet pipe (200) connected with the raw water inlet (130); a pure water outlet pipe (300) connected with the pure water outlet (160); a condensed water outlet pipe (400) connected with the condensed water outlet (170); a pretreatment water outlet pipe (500) connected with the pretreatment water outlet (140); a pressurizing pretreatment water inlet pipe (600) connected with the pressurizing pretreatment water inlet (150) and the pretreatment water outlet pipe (500) respectively; and a booster pump (900) disposed on the pretreatment water outlet pipe (500).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Xuegang CAI, Xingzhi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20160175746
    Abstract: An integrated composite filter and a water purification system having the same are provided. The integrated composite filter includes: a shell defining a chamber therein, and defining a raw water inlet, a pretreated water outlet, a pretreated water inlet, a pure water outlet and a waste water outlet which are in communication with the chamber respectively; a pretreating filtering element disposed within the chamber; a filtering membrane disposed within the chamber. The pretreating filtering element and the filtering membrane are sequentially positioned between the raw water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet, and the pretreating filtering element is positioned between the raw water inlet and the pretreated water outlet, and the filtering membrane is positioned between the pretreated water inlet and the pure water outlet as well as the waste water outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventor: Xuegang CAI