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Water container

a water container and water technology, applied in the field of water containers, can solve the problems of acutely evident problems, long logistic chain to maintain supplies, time-consuming and expensive delivery of water over even short distances, etc., and achieve the effect of a more effective portable water filtration system

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-07-26
LIFESAVER IP LTD
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"The present invention provides a container for water that can resist deformation and a pressure differential across its walls. The container has a housing with at least one internal brace member that helps maintain its shape under load. The housing also has a base with pitched portions to resist deformation. The container can be made from plastic materials and has a removable pump and pressure regulator. The container also includes a water filter that can remove particles and a pore size of less than or equal to 25 nanometres to provide safe drinking water. The container can filter water with a pressure differential of any size."

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Delivering it over even short distances is time consuming and expensive.
It requires long logistic chains to maintain supplies.
This problem is acutely evident during military or humanitarian operations
If personnel choose to drink water from the surrounding environment they run the risk of becoming struck down by disease through the ingestion of bacteria or viruses living naturally in the water.

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[0037]FIGS. 1 and 2 show a jerrycan 10 designed in accordance with the present invention. The jerrycan 10 comprises a container housing 11 having four sidewalls 12-15, a base 16 and a top 17. The jerrycan 10 includes a manual pump unit 18 and a water filter cartridge 19 disposed within the housing 11, together with an externally mounted tap 20 coupled to the water filter cartridge 19. A carrying handle 21 is integrally formed with the top 17. When constructed the jerrycan 10 is sealed and is both water- and air-tight.

[0038]The water filter cartridge 19 is preferably of the type described in International patent application number PCT / GB2007 / 003623 (International publication number WO2008 / 037969) filed on 25 Sep. 2007. Filters of this type are made from a matrix of hollow fibre membranes 22 which typically have a mean pore size which is capable of ultra-filtration. As such, the filter cartridge 19 is effective to remove bacteria, viruses, cysts, parasites, fungi and all other water-b...

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Abstract

A jerrycan comprises a container housing having four sidewalls, a base and a top. The jerrycan includes a manual pump unit and a water filter cartridge disposed within the housing, together with an externally mounted tap coupled to the water filter cartridge. A carrying handle is integrally formed with the top. When constructed the jerrycan is sealed and is both water- and air-tight. The container housing includes at least one internal brace member consisting of a hollow tube integral with the sidewalls.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a water container for removing impurities from water to provide sterile, safe drinking water.BACKGROUND TO THE INVENTION[0002]Water is heavy. Delivering it over even short distances is time consuming and expensive. It requires long logistic chains to maintain supplies. This problem is acutely evident during military or humanitarian operations[0003]If personnel choose to drink water from the surrounding environment they run the risk of becoming struck down by disease through the ingestion of bacteria or viruses living naturally in the water.[0004]Our published International patent application WO2008 / 037969 discloses a water bottle having a water filter which removes sediments and other deposits from the water and has a retention of greater than log 6 (99.9999%) of bacteria, cysts, parasites and fungi, and greater than log 4 (99.99%) of viruses from the water.[0005]One well known container used to carry larger volumes of wat...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): B65D77/00
CPCB01D61/08B01D61/18B01D63/02B01D2313/20C02F1/003C02F2303/04C02F1/441C02F1/444C02F2201/006C02F2201/009C02F1/283Y02A20/212B01D2313/2011B65D11/22C02F1/001
Inventor PRITCHARD, MICHAEL
Owner LIFESAVER IP LTD