Hot water supply apparatus provided with pressure reducing valve

Abstract

A hot water supply apparatus of the present invention includes: a direct water inlet pipe into which direct water is introduced; a heat exchanger for heating direct water introduced through the direct water inlet pipe with combustion heat of a burner; a hot water supply pipe for discharging the hot water heated in the heat exchanger; a bypass pipe connected between the direct water inlet pipe and the hot water supply pipe so as to mix a part of the direct water introduced through the direct water inlet pipe with the hot water discharged through the hot water supply pipe; and a pressure reducing valve provided on the bypass pipe and configured to reduce the pressure of water passing through the inside of the bypass pipe to supply the water to the hot water supply pipe when hot water is supplied.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.