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US 2019/0336988 A1Published application
Heated Hose Nozzle
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorsKathleen L. Daudish, Christopher M. Hayden, Sergiu G. Mihu, Eric R. Jurczyszak, Curtis J. Keohane
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Abstract
A hose nozzle assembly which is capable of heating water comprising an internal heating chamber with at least one heating element. The hose nozzle assembly is able to heat water from a common garden hose with the ability to control both flow rates and temperature.
Claims20
A hose nozzle assembly comprising:
- an electrical cord;
- a handle comprising an inlet, a valve, and a valve tubing;
- a body connected to the handle comprising a heating chamber, wherein the heating chamber comprises a bare wire heating element and wherein the bare wire heating element is configured to be electrically connected to the electrical cord;
- and
- a nozzle sprayer connected to the body;
- wherein a fluid path is formed from the inlet, through the valve, the valve tubing, and the heating chamber, and ends at the nozzle sprayer.
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A hose nozzle assembly comprising:
- an electrical cord;
- a handle comprising an inlet, a valve and a valve tubing;
- a body connected to the handle comprising:
- an inlet temperature sensor;
- a heating chamber, wherein the heating chamber comprises a heating element;
- an outlet temperature sensor;
- a flow sensor;
- and
- a control board, wherein the control board is configured to receive inputs from the inlet temperature sensor and the flow sensor;
- and
- a nozzle sprayer connected to the body;
- wherein a fluid path is formed from the inlet, through the valve, the valve tubing, the heating chamber, and the nozzle sprayer;
- and wherein the control board is configured to regulate an amount of power provided to the heating element given a predetermined temperature set point and the inputs received from the inlet temperature sensor and the flow sensor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.