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US 9,516,968 B2Granted
Water heater
OwnerRobert Hillinventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a water heater capable of heating fluid to boiling point, wherein said heater includes a heating element, a water level gauge, a temperature measure, and a transceiver; wherein control of at least the element is provided by a mobile communication device communicating with the transceiver.
Claims24
A water heater comprising:
- a heating element;
- a level gauge which senses when the water heater is empty and switches off the water heater;
- a transceiver wherein remote switching of the heating element is achieved by a user transmitting a command, from a mobile communication device, via a wireless network to the transceiver, wherein a time at which boiling of the contents is to be reached is determined either:
- from data specified by the user, or using data and a predetermined formula;
- and
- wherein the mobile communication device includes means for identifying the position of said mobile communication device and the position of the heater and measuring the distance therebetween and wherein the time at which boiling of the contents is reached is determined by the predetermined formula based upon the distance between the water heater and the mobile communication device.
3 more elements
A kettle comprising a heating element, a level gauge which senses when the kettle is empty and switches off the kettle;
- and a transceiver wherein remote switching of the heating element is achieved by a user transmitting a command, from a mobile communication device, via a wireless network to the transceiver, wherein a time at which boiling of the contents is to be reached is determined either:
- from data specified by the user, or using data and a predetermined formula;
- and
- wherein the mobile communication device includes means for identifying the position of said mobile communication device and the position of the heater and measuring the distance therebetween and wherein the time at which boiling of the contents is reached is determined by the predetermined formula based upon the distance between the kettle and the mobile communication device.
1 more element
A water heater comprising:
- a heating element;
- a level gauge which senses when the water heater is empty and switches off the water heater;
- a transceiver wherein remote switching of the heating element is achieved by a user transmitting a command, from a mobile communication device, via a wireless network to the transceiver, wherein a time at which boiling of the contents is to be reached is determined either:
- from data specified by the user, or using data and a predetermined formula;
- further comprising data calculation software, the data calculation software included in the water heater and/or accessible by the mobile communication device;
- and
- wherein the time at which boiling of the contents of the water heater is reached is determined by the data calculation software according to temperature measured by the water temperature measuring means and level gauge data.
4 more elements
A kettle comprising a heating element, a level gauge which senses when the kettle is empty and switches off the kettle;
- and a transceiver wherein remote switching of the heating element is achieved by a user transmitting a command, from a mobile communication device, via a wireless network to the transceiver, wherein a time at which boiling of the contents is to be reached is determined either:
- from data specified by the user, or using data and a predetermined formula;
- comprising data calculation software included in the water heater and/or accessible by the mobile communication device;
- and
- wherein the time at which boiling of the contents of the kettle is reached is determined by the data calculation software according to temperature measured by the water temperature measuring means and level gauge data.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.