# US 12,180,057 B2 · Hot water discharging apparatus

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- Number: US 12,180,057 B2
- Document ID: US12180057B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/770,694
- Filed: 2020-10-21
- Published: 2022-11-24
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2019-10-31
- Assignees: Coway Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Coway Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Hyun-Soo Shin; Chul-Ho Kim; Young-Hoon Hong; Hyoung-Min Moon; Si-Jun Park
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12180057B2

## CPC

- B67D 1/0895: {Heating arrangements}
- E03C 1/044: having a heating or cooling apparatus in the supply line (water heaters, e.g. with continuous flow, F24H)
- B67D 1/0014: {the beverage being supplied from water mains}
- B67D 1/0081: {Dispensing valves}
- B67D 1/12: Flow or pressure control devices or systems {, e.g. valves, gas pressure control, level control in storage containers}
- B67D 2210/00062: Pipe joints
- B67D: DISPENSING, DELIVERING OR TRANSFERRING LIQUIDS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (cleaning pipes or tubes or systems of pipes or tubes B08B9/02; emptying or filling of bottles, jars, cans, casks, barrels, or similar containers, not otherwise provided for B67C; water supply E03; pipe systems F17D; domestic hot-water supply systems F24D; measuring volume, volume flow, mass flow or liquid level, metering by volume G01F; coin-freed or like apparatus G07F)
- E03C: DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER (not connected to either water-supply main or to waste pipe A47K; devices of the kind used in the ground E03B, E03F); SINKS

## Abstract

Disclosed is a hot water discharging apparatus. A hot water discharging apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a water heater for heating water that has flowed into hot water, and discharging the hot water; and a hot water discharge unit that is connected to the water heater so that the hot water discharged from the water heater is discharged to the outside, wherein the water heater is provided with an outlet through which the hot water is discharged, the hot water discharge unit includes a hot water discharge member connected to the outside so that the hot water is discharged to the outside, and the water heater may be disposed so that the outlet is located higher than the hot water discharge-side end of the hot water discharge member.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A hot water discharging apparatus comprising:
a water heater, heating water having flowed in, producing hot water, and discharging the hot water; and
a connection pipe horizontally connected to an outlet of the water heater, wherein the connection pipe is disposed horizontally;
a hot water discharge unit connected to the outlet of the water heater to allow the hot water discharged from the water heater to be discharged externally;
a hot water discharge valve connected between the connection pipe and the hot water discharge unit; and
a flexible pipe connected to the hot water discharge valve on one side and the hot water discharge unit on the other side, wherein the flexible pipe forms a curve while connected to the hot water discharge valve and the hot water discharge unit;
wherein the water heater is provided with the outlet through which the hot water is discharged, the hot water discharge unit includes a hot water discharge member connected externally to discharge the hot water externally, and the water heater is disposed such that the outlet is located higher than a hot water discharge-side end of the hot water discharge member, and
wherein the hot water discharge valve is disposed to be located lower than the connection pipe, and the hot water discharge member is disposed to be located lower than the hot water discharge valve.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The hot water discharging apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hot water discharge valve is provided with a first connector, and the connection pipe is provided with a connecting portion to which the first connector is connected.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The hot water discharging apparatus of claim 2, wherein the hot water discharge valve is provided with a second connector, and
the flexible pipe is connected to the second connector and the hot water discharge member.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The hot water discharging apparatus of claim 3, wherein the second connector and the hot water discharge member are provided with a fitting member to which the flexible pipe is connected, respectively.