*SALE NOTE: Even though silver bonded carbon has an "Unlimited" shelve life this water filter is being sold as a collectible since it was the first manufactured silver bonded carbon unit for public use. This water filter is not being sold as a water filter to be used even though it is "Unused" new old stock that should still work.
*MANUFACTURER: Bon Del name is owned by "Water Filter Co. Of America". In 1980 The Bon Del name was filed as a word mark trademark These were the first water filters to be manufactured from NASA released research concerning silver bonded to activated carbon technology under the Bon Del filed trademark name.
Information From The NASA Archives:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030002766.pdf
*MODEL: Model TR-1 Tourister Unit Bacteriostatic Water Filter for Home or Travel
*YEAR: These filters were produced in or around 1980 thru 1982 and never used. After 1982 new designs were developed. These filters were developed through released NASA research for public use and used as state of the art water treatment way back when.
*MATERIAL: Plastic body. The filter itself is silver bonded to carbon. The silver ions disinfect the water killing any bacteria. 9 1/2" L, 3 1/2" dia.
*MEASURES: Approx. 9 1/2" L, 3 1/2" dia.
*CONDITION: Unused in their original factory boxes. No adapters come or are included with this unit to hook it up to any types of faucets or ice makers. This water filter unit just comes with the plastic back flush hose. Any adapters can and will have to be purchased at a hardware store.
*ITEM DESCRIPTION: The blue container comes with a screw on cup lid. The bottom of the container has a threaded plastic nipple to attach the back flush hose. The back flush hose gets put on the nipple first and hooked to the faucet before use of this filter. The filter must be back flushed first before regular use.
This filter was designed to remove bacteria, chlorine and other harmful substances from water that has been municipally treated. Removes objectionable tastes and odors where chemicals and chlorine have been added.
*STATS: Active ingredients are: Metallic Silver 1.05%, Inert ingredient is activated carbon 98.95%.
Water pours through at a factory preset rate of 1/2 gallons per minute. Filters up to 5000 to 10,000 gallons of water in a lifetime.
*ORIGINAL RETAIL PRICE: $70.00
Information From The NASA Archives:
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/archive/nasa/casi.ntrs.nasa.gov/20030002766.pdf
History:
When Ray Ward moved from Utah to Arizona, he didn't like the taste of the water, so he decided to develop his own water filter. Today, only five years later, he is president and board chairman of Bon Del Manufacturing Company, Mesa, Arizona, whose filters are sold worldwide by some 20,000 distributors.
During extensive research on various types of filtering systems, Ward learned of a NASA unit designed to purify water supplied aboard the Space Shuttle Orbiter. Developed by Chemtric, Inc. Rosemont, Illinois. A compact, lightweight electrolytic water sterilizer, it generates silver ions_in concentrations of 50 to 100 parts per billion_in the water flow system. The silver ions serve as an effective bactericide/deodorizer. Ward received technical information from NASA on the sterilizer and used it as the basis for his own development, which• is known as the Bon Del Bacteriostatic Water Filter. Ward had originally not planned to manufacture the unit, simply to build a filter for personal home use. But friends and neighbors who learned of the unit wanted one; their rapid acceptance launched a booming business.
About the size of a thermos bottle, the Bon Del filter attaches to a faucet. Tap water passes through a filtering element of silver which has been chemically plated onto activated carbon. The silver inhibits bacterial growth while the activated carbon removes objectionable tastes and odors caused by addition of chlorine and other chemicals to the municipal water supply. Bon Del produces the filter in three models: a kitchen unit (upper left), the company's best seller; a "Tourister" unit for portable use while traveling (upper right); and a refrigerator unit that attaches to the ice cube water line. A filter will treat 5,000 to 10,000 gallons of water. Bon Del is introducing new designs in 1982.
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*Buyer is responsible for any maintenance or repairs needed if any.
*This item will be sold "as-is" in unused condition. No warranties or guarantees come with the purchase of this item. This water filter is being sold and a collectible and "Not" for use.
*Buyer is responsible for making sure all is correct with the item and the item will suit the buyers needs and expectations before purchase. Buyer is responsible for making sure purchase of this item is not a mistake.
*Items sold are inspected and photographed at different angles before being boxed up and shipped to the buyer. Any attempts to return broken items in exchange for what's been shipped to the buyer, make the purchase and exchange parts that are needed then send unit back for a refund, extort partial refunds or get a refund due to a mistake made by the buyer in the purchase of the item will be reported immediately.
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The shipping weight will be 3 1/2 lbs. A handling fee is charged to cover the time and any expenses associated with the packing and shipping of packages. Anything left is put towards the selling fee's.
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- Brand Bon Del name is owned by "Water Filter C
- Size Other
- Color Brown
- Age group Adult
- Gender Unisex
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