Electric resistance heating devices – Heating devices – Tank or container type liquid heater
Patent
1999-01-07
2000-11-14
Walberg, Teresa
Electric resistance heating devices
Heating devices
Tank or container type liquid heater
392473, 122 132, F24H 120, H05B 378
Patent
active
061481467
ABSTRACT:
A hot water heater of a low profile, box-shaped design, with the height and width remaining generally constant, and the length being dependent on the volumetric capacity desired for the water heater. The water heater is configured for horizontal configuration or vertical mounting and includes a cold water inlet for allowing input of cold water into a lower compartment. A baffle plate divides the lower compartment from an upper compartment, and water from the cold water inlet flows through a baffle opening, or delivery outlet, into the upper compartment. While in the lower compartment, the water is subjected to heating by at least one heating element, which serves to pre-heat the water. As the water flows to the upper compartment, it is heated further by at least one additional heating element located in the upper compartment. A hot water outlet is provided in the upper compartment generally at the opposite end of the upper compartment from the baffle opening such that the water will have passed all of the heating elements prior to exiting the hot water outlet. A gas burner version of the water heater includes a conduit for delivering water through a water chamber such that the water is pre-heated in the conduit prior to exiting a delivery opening.
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Loftis James B.
Poore Bobby L.
Fastovsky Leonid
Walberg Teresa
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