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US 11,293,668 B2Granted
Hot water tank with thermal mixing valve
AssigneeNational Machine Group
InventorsRonald Shaffer, Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde, Ronnie Browne
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Abstract
A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
Claims20
A heating system, comprising:
- a water heater having a tank and a cap that is arranged on an upper end of the tank, wherein the cap defines a valve chamber and the tank defines a fluid chamber;
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- a thermal mixing valve arranged within the valve chamber, wherein the thermal mixing valve includes a first and second fluid inlet that each extend into the fluid chamber and a fluid outlet that extends exterior the cap, the first fluid inlet being longer than the second fluid inlet.
A heating system, comprising:
- a water heater having a tank and a cap that is arranged on an upper end of the tank, wherein the cap defines a valve chamber and the tank defines a fluid chamber, the tank further comprising:
- a heating element arranged within the fluid chamber, wherein the heating element includes an inlet and an outlet, wherein the outlet of the heating element is proximate to an upper region of the fluid chamber;
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- a thermal mixing valve arranged within the valve chamber, wherein the thermal mixing valve includes a first and second fluid inlet that each extend into the fluid chamber and a fluid outlet that extends exterior the cap, the second fluid inlet extending into the upper region of the fluid chamber that is above the outlet of the heating element, and the first fluid inlet extending further into the fluid chamber than the second fluid inlet and being longer than the second fluid inlet.
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