Water softener having timer control valve

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9556042
APP PUB NO 20130068678A1
SERIAL NO

13643505

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A water pressure regenerated type water softener including: a timer control valve having a valve control unit rotated by a timer spring and into which raw water is supplied; a plurality of conduits into which the raw water selectively flows under the control of the timer control valve; a regeneration tank communicating with a regeneration tank inlet conduit of the conduits; and a resin tank unit receiving regeneration water flowing from the regeneration tank and containing an ion exchange resin therein. The water softener can be operated in one of stop mode, soft water mode, raw water mode and regeneration mode under the control of the valve control unit. When regeneration mode is selected, the valve control unit rotates to stop mode by the timer spring after a preset amount of time has elapsed.

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WOONGJIN COWAY CO LTDCHUNGNAM SOUTH KOREA JEOLLANAM-DO

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
An, Joong Keun Seoul, KR 4 9
Kim, Won Tae Seoul, KR 148 636
Park, Chun Ho Seoul, KR 64 93
Yoon, Sung Hun Seoul, KR 2 0

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