Thermostat-controlled water heating device for a bidet of a water closet with damped cold water inflow

A fluid heater and storage device for a bidet, the device comprising:

• a housing having a top, a bottom, a connection side and an opposite side substantially opposite to said connection side;
• inlet means on an upper portion of said connection side and for delivering input fluid to an inside upper portion of said housing, said upper portion of said inside of said housing and said upper portion of said connection side being adjacent said top;
• heater means positioned in a lower portion of said inside of said housing and for heating fluid surrounding said heater means, said lower portion of said inside of said housing being adjacent said bottom;
• insert means positioned adjacent said top and connection side and for receiving and guiding said input fluid, said insert means being positioned between said top and said heater means, said insert means cooperating with said top and connection side to guide said input fluid after said input fluid leaves said insert means to flow along on inside of said connection side, toward said bottom and across said bottom, said input fluid also surrounding said heater means during said flow and said heater means heating said input fluid and causing said heated fluid to rise toward said top as said input fluid passes said heater means, said insert means further cooperating with said heater means, said opposite wall and said top to further flow said heated fluid along said opposite wall from said lower portion of said housing to said upper portion and across said top toward said connection side;
• outlet means for removing the heated fluid from said upper portion of said housing, said outlet means being positioned at said upper portion of said connection side and adjacent said inlet means;
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• separating means positioned inside said housing, adjacent said top and said insert means, said separating means being for separating said input fluid from said heated fluid in said upper portion of said housing, and guiding said heated fluid from said inside of said housing to said outlet means, said separating means including a wall extending from said connection side and adjacent said top, said wall extending further away from said connection side than said insert means.