US Patent Issued to BWT Holding on April 15 for "Filter candle and system comprising a filter candle for preparing water" (Austrian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,657, issued on April 15, was assigned to BWT Holding GmbH (Mondsee, Austria).

"Filter candle and system comprising a filter candle for preparing water" was invented by Jurgen Johann (Mondsee, Austria), Michael Hofbauer (Salzburg, Austria) and Hannes Hittenberger (Tiefgraben, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A filter candle for treating water is provided, which is adapted to be connected to a filter head. The filter candle comprises a housing which is filled with an ion exchange material for softening the water to be treated. The filter candle has a head with one inlet and at least two outlets, and water that can be introduced in...