DEVICE FOR TREATING WATER BY MEANS OF A REPLACEABLE FILTER CARTRIDGE

摘要

A device for treating water by means of a replaceable filter cartridge comprising a device (2) for determining and/or signalling a spent status of the filter cartridge that is removably housed in a housing seat (3). The determining and/or signalling device (2) and the housing seat (3) are provided with respective magnetic elements (21, 31), the magnetic element (31) of the seat (3) being arranged from a part opposite the determining and/or signalling device (2) with respect to a wall (32) that defines the seat.

主权项

1. A device for treating water by means of a replaceable filter cartridge comprising a device for determining and/or signalling a spent state of the filter cartridge, said determination and/or signalling device being removably housed in a housing seat, wherein the determination and signalling device and the housing seat are provided with respective magnetic members, said members being subject to a force of magnetic attraction with respect to one another, the magnetic member of the seat being arranged at a part opposite to the determination and/or signalling device on the opposite side with respect to a wall which defines the seat and the distance between the magnetic members when the determination and/or signalling device are located within the seat being such as to generate a force of magnetic attraction sufficient to hold the determination and/or signalling device within the seat and such that said determination and/or signalling device is released from the seat when the device is subjected to a predetermined external force.