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US 2006/0133783 A1Published application
System and method for generating steam for a steam bath
AssigneeMitch Altman
InventorsMitchell Altman, Scott Sharitz
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Abstract
A steam generator for use with a steam bath has a storage tank for holding a quantity of water from which steam is to be made, means for permitting the ingress of water and the egress of steam from the tank, first heating means for controllably maintaining the water at a temperature that is elevated from the ambient temperature but below its boiling point, and second heating means for selectively heating the water from its elevated temperature to produce steam upon demand.
Claims21
1-19. (canceled)
Steambath apparatus comprising:
- a tank for holding a sufficient quantity of water to provide steam for a steam bath;
- a valve for selectively permitting the ingress of water into the tank;
- an outlet permitting the egress of steam from the tank for provision to the steam bath;
- a relatively low wattage heater element thermally coupled to the water held in the tank;
- a temperature-responsive switch operatively coupled to the relatively low wattage heater element to maintain the temperature of the water at a higher level than the temperature exterior to the tank but below the boiling temperature of the water;
- a relatively high wattage heater element thermally coupled to the water held in the tank, said relatively low wattage heater element being in the range of approximately 0.5% to approximately 5.0% of the wattage of the relatively high wattage heater element;
- a second switch operatively connected to the relatively high wattage each heater element to heat the water held in the tank to its boiling point to produce steam for the steam bath upon demand by a user.
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A method for quickly producing steam for use in a steam bath, comprising the steps of:
- holding a quantity of water in a tank for conversion on demand into steam for a steam bath using a heating element at a relatively high wattage;
- using a heating element at approximately 0.5% to approximately 5.0% of the high wattage to maintain the temperature of the water in the tank at a higher level than the ambient temperature exterior to the tank, but below the boiling temperature of the water, so that steam is produced more quickly when desired than the time taken by the high wattage heater to heat the water from the ambient temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.