Fluid handling – With casing – support – protector or static constructional... – Vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-24
2001-02-13
Chambers, A. Michael (Department: 3753)
Fluid handling
With casing, support, protector or static constructional...
Vehicle
C137S350000, C137S334000, C222S146200, C219S202000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06186165
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a hot water delivery device for application to trucks, tractor
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trailer vehicles and the like.
As is known, truck and tractor-trailer drivers usually drives their vehicles through long distances in performing their product transportation jobs.
Thus, it would be advantageously for the driver to have available hot water for example for hand washing purposes, as required after servicing operations to the vehicle or in parking places or the like.
The availability of hot water would be very advantageous, in particular, in winter and night periods.
In fact, frequently a truck driver, as one of the above mentioned events occurs, cannot easily access hot water delivery stations on roads or highways; moreover, prior trucks or tractor-trailers do not include heating means for heating a possibly transported water amount.
Thus, as stated, it would be very advantageous to provide a hot water delivery device, to be easily applied to the above vehicles, and which allows to overcome or greatly reduce the above mentioned problems.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
Accordingly, the aim of the present invention is to provide such a hot water delivery device allowing the drivers of the above mentioned vehicles to have available a suitable hot water amount for meeting all of their contingent requirements.
Within the scope of the above mentioned aim, a main object of the present invention is to provide such a hot water delivery device, for application to trucks and the like, which can be used even in particularly rigid environmental conditions.
According to the present invention, the above mentioned aim and object, as well as yet other objects, which will become more apparent hereinafter, are achieved by a device for delivering hot water, for application to trucks, tractor-trailer vehicles and the like, according to claim
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According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, said heating means comprise a water boiler.
The boilers herein preferably used are electrically supplied, and have a comparatively small size, to be easily transported.
In particular, by way of a not limitative example, for a water tank holding 20 liters of water, it would be possible to use a boiler power supplied at 24 V, and having an electric power of 400 Watts.
In order to adjust the delivered water temperature, according to the user requirements, a mixing faucet is arranged between the water tank and boiler.
In said casing holding said device according to the invention, it is also possible to provide an electric resistance, for preventing water in said tank from freezing, in a case of a comparatively low outer temperature.
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Chambers A. Michael
McShane Thomas L.
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