Portable water heater
AssigneeTaph, LLC
InventorTrevor Adrian
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Abstract
A portable hot water heater for larger-scale applications including emergency use, situations involving hazardous materials, and the like. The hot water heater advantageously efficiently and rapidly heats large quantities of water for providing a stream of hot water for immediate use. The hot water heater includes a pump that can draw water from any suitable water source, a power source, a heating assembly that quickly and efficiently heats the water as it flows through the heating assembly. The heating assembly is attached to a shower head or other fixture.
Claims23
A portable water heater providing a continuous flow of hot water by heating the water as it flows through the portable water heater to the user for immediate use, the portable water heater comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of walls including a top wall and a bottom wall, the top wall and the bottom wall each having a plurality of openings formed therein, the housing forming a front portion and a back portion separated by a vertical dividing member;
- a plurality of fuel burners located in the back portion and configured to produce heat into the housing as fuel is burned, each of the plurality of fuel burners being independently operable;
- at least one heat transfer conduit having a substantially uncoiled output portion and a substantially uncoiled input portion fluidly connected to a water source, substantially all of the at least one heat transfer conduit being disposed about a horizontal axis in the housing, the at least one heat transfer conduit being located in the back portion and in thermal communication with the plurality of fuel burners and configured to transfer the heat produced by the plurality of fuel burners to the water flowing through the at least one heat transfer conduit and to output heated water outside of the housing;
- a valve control assembly located in the front portion fluidly connected to the plurality of fuel burners;
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- wherein each of said plurality of fuel burners is entirely outside each of the at least one heat transfer conduit and the housing being configured to allow the incoming air to flow around the at least one fuel burner and through the housing substantially unobstructed.
A portable water heater for providing a continuous flow of hot water by heating the water as it flows to the user for immediate use, the portable water heater comprising:
- a housing having a plurality of walls, the housing forming a front portion and a back portion separated by a vertical dividing member;
- a heat transfer conduit fluidly connected to a water source and configured to output heated water outside of the housing, the heat transfer conduit being located in the back portion and configured into a coiled tube;
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- a fuel burner in thermal communication with the heat transfer conduit, the fuel burner being located in the back portion and entirely outside of the coiled tube, the fuel burner being positioned such that the flame of the fuel burner is substantially perpendicular to the coiled tube and is in direct thermal communication thereto;
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- a valve control assembly located in the front portion fluidly connected to the fuel burner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.