Process of treating water

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF ION EXCHANGE USING AN ION EXCHANGE HIGH CAPACITY RESIN MINERAL BED WITH A FREEBOARD HEAD OF WATER THEREABOVE WITH AN INLET ABOVE THE FREEBOARD AND AN OU!LET BELOW THE MINERAL BED WHICH COMPRISES THE STEPS OF (A) PASSING WATER THROUGH SAID INLET AND FREEBOARD SPACED AND DOWN THROUGH SAID BED FURING THE SERVICE PHASE AND WITHDRAWING THE TREATED WATER AFTER TREATMENT THEREOF FROM SAID OUTLET TO A POINT OF USE; RECONDITIONING SAID BED BY (B) BACKWASHING UPWARDLY BY INTRODUCING WATER AT THE OUTLET BELOW THE BED AND WITHDRAWING SAME THROUGH SAID INLET TO A POINT OF DISPOSAL AT A RATE SO AS TO EXPAND THE MINERAL BED ABOUT FORTY PERCENTUM WITH OUTER REMOVAL OF MINERAL THROUGH SAID INLET, (C) INTRODUCING A REGENERATE SOLUTION ABOVE SAID BED ABD BELOW SAID FREEBOARD SPACE AND WITHDRAWING THE RESULTANT REGENERATE SOLUTION FROM SAID OUTLET BELOW THE BED TO A POINT OF DISPOSAL, (D) SLOW RINSING SAID BED BY INTRODUCING WATER ABOVE SAID BED AND BELOW SAID FREEBOARD AND (E) FAST RINSING BY INTRODUCING WATER AT SAID INLET AND WITHDRAWING FROM SAID OUTLET BELOW THE BED TO A POINT OF DISPOSAL AT A RATE ABOUT TWICE THE BACKWASH RATE OF FLOW WHEREBY TO REMOVE REGENERATE SOLUTION POCKETS LEFT IN THE MINERAL AND FREEBOARD SPACE AND TO REMOVE ANY TURBIDITY AND IORN DEPOSITS AND TO REPACK SAID MINERAL BED WHEREUPON A SUBSEQUENT SERVICE PHASE WILL PROVIDE CONDITIONED WATER WITHOUT TRACES OF REGENERATE SOLUTION AND IRON DEPOSIT IN CASE OF IRON BEARING WATERS BEING TREATED.