Individual device for purifying and disinfecting water

Description

FIG. 1 is a side elevational view showing one embodiment of the claimed design, with a mouthpiece closure cap installed at one end, and round water inlet openings at the opposite end positioned evenly along the perimeter of the tube in an alternating chess-like order, the opposite side of the device being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 2 is a side elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 with the mouthpiece closure cap removed, the opposite side of the device being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 3 is an end elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1, showing peripheral end inlet openings at the water inlet end, opposite the end of the device having the mouthpiece closure cap;

FIG. 4 is a side elevational view showing a second embodiment of the claimed design, with a mouthpiece closure cap installed at one end, and longitudinally oblong water inlet openings at the opposite end positioned evenly along the perimeter of the tube, the opposite side of the device being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 5 is a side elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, with the mouthpiece closure cap removed, the opposite side of the device being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 6 is an end elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 4, showing peripheral end inlet openings at the water inlet end opposite the end of the device having the mouthpiece closure cap;

FIG. 7 is a side elevational view of a third embodiment of the claimed design, with a mouthpiece closure cap installed at one end, and peripherally positioned screw-like water inlet openings positioned evenly along the perimeter of the tube, the opposite side of the device being a mirror image of that shown;

FIG. 8 is a side elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, with the mouthpiece closure cap removed, the opposite side of the device being a mirror image of that shown; and,

FIG. 9 is an end elevational view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 7, showing peripheral end inlet openings at the water inlet end opposite the end of the device having the mouthpiece closure cap.

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Patent History
Patent number: D408886
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 12, 1998
Date of Patent: Apr 27, 1999
Assignee: R-Amtech International, Inc. (Bellevue, WA)
Inventors: Gennady Alexeevitch Matyushin (Moscow), Zoya Kirillovna Kim (Moscow)
Primary Examiner: Alan P. Douglas
Assistant Examiner: Robin V. Taylor
Law Firm: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Kurz, p.c.
Application Number: 0/89,327
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: Treatment (D23/207); D7/3002
International Classification: 2301;