Appliance for dispensing warm water having an auxiliary heater

An appliance for dispensing warm water comprising:

• a tank for storing water, a supply pipe for supplying water from exterior to said tank, and a dispensing pipe for dispensing water stored therein from said tank to exterior, in which the supply pipe is connected to a portion of an upper wall of said tank and has an inflow opening extended to an inside of said tank, and the dispensing pipe is connected to another portion of the upper wall of said tank and has a water valve extended to an outside of said tank;
• a first heater for heating water stored in said tank;
• a bimetal switch mounted on an outer surface of said tank, said bimetal switch for controlling said first heater by performing a switching operation according to a temperature of water in said tank so that a temperature of the water in said tank maintains a predetermined temperature;
• a PTC heater disposed adjacently to an inflow opening of said supply pipe for heating water which is disposed at a lower part of the tank;
• and
• a comparting member for surrounding said PTC heater such that said comparting member divides the tank into a comparted outside space in which the first heater is disposed and a comparted inside space in which the PTC heater is disposed, the inflow opening of the supply pipe being connected with an upper part of said comparted inside space so that water supplied through the supply pipe from exterior flows out of said supply pipe, downwardly in said comparted inside space, and the comparting member having a plurality of water flow aperatures to communicate the comparted outside space and the comparted inside space of the tank.