JOHN McLEAN 1911—2002 |
One of John’s Original Iron Systems |
The MacCLEAN Iron System |
John’s Original Iron System Patent |
Brian McCoy’s Iron System Patent |
Brian’s Water Treatment Laboratory |
Brian used to go to NC and pick up 2,000lbs of filter media every 3 or 4 months. |
Now we have at least 40,000lbs of filter media delivered each year. |
McCoy & McLean, the history of our family business. |
In 1972, Dr. John Oliver McLean patented his Iron Removal System that he invented in 1955 for his family and his home on the James River here in Richmond, VA. This simple design proved to be a breakthrough in technology for iron removal treatment. Years later a simple idea prospered into a well known family owned water treatment business.
In the early 1980’s Chemical Engineering Corp, an at that time small water treatment company in the mid west, purchased rights to John’s invention. The original invention was then modified to become a mass manufactured product known as the MacCLEAN Chem.-Free Iron Removal System.
John was in his seventies when he decided it was time to take a less active role in the company. John passed operation of the business to his daughter and son in-law, Sandy & Dan McCoy. John retained principle ownership until March, 2002.
After gaining control of the company, Sandy and Dan switched to using the pre-fabricated MacCLEAN Iron Removal System. The MacCLEAN Iron System became the company’s exclusive iron removal system from then on. This newly re-configured system proved quick and easy to install but never really removed iron as well as John’s original hand crafted and hand assembled iron system.
In 1991, Brian McCoy, grandson of Dr. John McLean, began working for his family’s water treatment business. Brian labored for the company, servicing and installing his grandfather’s water treatment systems and learning all brands and products for water treatment. He spent many of his days off from work with his grandfather in the lab, learning water chemistry and everything John could teach about designing and building water treatment.
In 1998, John McLean was approaching ninety. His daughter, Sandy McCoy, decided it was time to replace her father’s old iron system at his house with the MacCLEAN System.
John found fault with the MacCLEAN system right away. He started testing and quickly learned the MacCLEAN Iron System is not capable of removing 100% of the iron present in his water. The MacCLEAN Iron System components included: Iron Filter Tank with Control Valve and an air injector (“Micronizer”, “HydroCharger” or Air Charger) installed between the well pump and the expansion tank.
John and Brian began re-configuring the MacCLEAN Iron System and trying all means of improvements and additions with little result. Brian took on the challenge to develop an improved MacCLEAN Iron System and spent many months, after working hours, sometimes all night, until he found the answer. The McCoy Iron Removal System was created.
With John’s permission, the McCoy Iron Removal System replaced the MacCLEAN System as an experiment. The new system’s start-up produced amazing results.
The McCoy Iron Removal System out-performed the MacCLEAN Iron System and is still treating that water today. The McCoy Iron Removal System removes 100% of 14ppm soluble and insoluble iron, 100% of 4ppm hydrogen sulfide, and neutralizes an acid pH of 6.5.
Dr. John McLean considered the McCoy Iron Removal System to be a breakthrough in technology for our family’s water treatment business and the industry. John also noted the mechanical properties of iron treatment resembled his original system’s iron treatment mechanics like no other.
One year after John McLean’s untimely death in 2002, the McCoy Iron Removal System gained 20 years of patent protection from the USPTO. It became the first addition to The Real McCoy line of Water Treatment Systems.
Brian invented another breakthrough in 2007, this time for sulfur treatment. The McCoy Sulfur Eliminator System is a culmination of 14 years of laboratory and field testing and is the lowest maintenance and only 100% successful sulfur treatment on the planet. Brian McCoy guarantees instant and permanent sulfur elimination or you don’t pay for the system.
Brian McCoy honors his grandfather by continuing to offer innovative, low maintenance, and all natural water treatment systems along with impeccable, old fashioned, and honest service. Everything you could expect from John McLean can now be found with Brian McCoy and the McCoy family.
The McCoy Iron Removal and Sulfur Eliminator Systems are patented and exclusive to McCoy Water Filter, Inc.
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BRIAN McCOY |