US 9,341,390 B2 · Tap water device for storing and heating tap water

Abstract

The invention involves a tap water structure for storing and heating tap water. The tap water structure contains storage devices, such as a tap water storage tank, for storing a certain amount of tap water. The storage devices are equipped with a tap water input for adding tap water to the storage devices, as well as a tap water output for removing water from the storage devices. The tap water structure is equipped with heating elements that will warm the tap water stored in the storage devices. The storage devices also include a heat exchanger supply and a heat exchanger return, as well as an additional heat exchanger return; these can all be connected to an external heat exchanger unit. The tap water device includes regulators to return the tap water to the storage devices either via the heat exchanger return and/or via the additional heat exchanger return.

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Dependent claims

A water heating and storing assembly, comprising:

a storage tank for storing an amount of water,
a water inlet for adding water to the storage tank;
a water outlet for removing water from the storage tank;
a heating element disposed within the storage tank for heating the water stored in the storage tank;
a supply receiving water from the storage tank;
a first return coupled to the storage tank at a first position of the storage tank;
a second return coupled to the storage tank at a second position of the storage tank different from the first position;
and
a regulator in fluid communication with the supply, the first return, and the second return, the regulator receiving water from the supply and returning the water to the tank by controllably distributing the water to the first return and the second return.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tap water device for storing and heating tap water

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Tap water device for storing and heating tap water

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Abstract

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