Mikvah Water Filter with Continuous Flow Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current water cleaning apparatuses for mikvahs do not comply with Jewish religious law requirements, as they either allow standing water, remove mikvah water, or create physical barriers, which are not permissible in mikvah water cleaning processes.
Innovation Solution
A mikvah water filtering and cleaning apparatus with a specially designed water flow assembly that ensures continuous unobstructed flow, prevents standing water, and includes a wall securing assembly and filter medium removal devices, allowing for efficient and user-friendly operation while adhering to halachic guidelines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a commercially available water cleaning apparatus is used, then water cleaning functionality is provided, but the apparatus does not comply with Jewish religious law requirements (allows standing water, removes mikvah water, or creates physical barriers)
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus is divided into multiple functional components: an outer casing with inlet/outlet openings, an inner chamber with filter medium, and a water circulation system. This segmentation allows each component to fulfill specific halachic requirements while maintaining overall cleaning functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The inner chamber containing the filter medium is nested within the outer casing. This nested structure enables the filter to be contained within the apparatus without creating external physical barriers, complying with halachic requirements while providing effective filtration.
2Productivity
If filter medium is added to clean water, then water cleaning effectiveness is improved, but filter medium removal and replacement becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The filter medium is designed to be extractable from the inner chamber. The apparatus structure allows the filter medium to be removed and replaced without disassembling the entire apparatus, making maintenance easy while preserving cleaning effectiveness during operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus transitions from a static filter installation to a dynamic maintenance process. The filter medium can be dynamically removed and replaced during operation, allowing the system to adapt between cleaning mode and maintenance mode.
3Reliability
If water circulation is increased to prevent standing water, then compliance with halacha is improved, but energy consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The water circulation system operates continuously to maintain constant water movement through the filter medium and back into the mikvah. This continuous circulation prevents standing water formation while maintaining halachic compliance without requiring intermittent high-energy operations.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus uses the mikvah's own water for circulation, filtering and returning it to the same body. This self-service approach maintains water movement for halachic compliance without requiring external water sources or additional energy-intensive water transfer systems.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus maintains mikvah water cleanliness efficiently and cost-effectively, ensuring compliance with Jewish religious laws by preventing standing water and maintaining continuous flow without removing mikvah water or introducing physical barriers.
Implementation Method 1
a tubular filter medium removably, collaterally positioned within and along the outer tube
Implementation Method 2
a forced water circulation assembly that facilitates continuous unobstructed flow of mikvah water
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus and method for filtering and cleaning water in a mikvah, which comply with Jewish religious law (halacha), and applications thereof. Apparatus includes: outer tube with mikvah water inlet and outlet openings, tubular filter medium within outer tube, middle tube with openings and within filter medium, inner tube with openings and within middle tube, and forced water circulation assembly including propeller, propeller shaft, and propeller motor, operatively connected to outer, middle, inner tubes. Apparatus configured with specially designed water flow assembly that facilitates continuous unobstructed flow of filtered and cleaned mikvah water inside the apparatus. Also disclosed are filter medium removal and replacement devices, for facilitating efficient and user-friendly removal and replacement of the filter medium. Applicable for filtering and cleaning water in various sized mikvahs, and maintaining mikvah water highly clean, in full compliance with Jewish religious law (halacha), and in a very efficient, user-friendly, and cost effective manner.