Hot water supply apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9841197
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14714481

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A hot water supply apparatus has: a thermo-sensitive valve which is connected in parallel to a cold water delivery pipe and a hot water delivery pipe and which is closed when the hot water temperature to flow inside the valve is above a predetermined temperature to thereby shut off communication between the cold water delivery pipe and the hot water delivery pipe; and a circulation pump. By operation of the circulation pump, water circulation takes place from a heat exchanger through the hot water delivery pipe, a return pipe, the circulation pump, and a cold water supply pipe back to the heat exchanger. When the thermo-sensitive valve is open, water circulation takes place also through the thermo-sensitive valve. Instantaneous hot water supply operation is finished when an amount detected by a flow sensor falls below a predetermined amount during the instantaneous hot water supply operation.

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RINNAI CORPORATION2-26 FUKUZUMI-CHO NAKAGAWA-KU NAGOYA-SHI AICHI

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Sato, Eri Nagoya, JP 13 8
Yuge, Ai Nagoya, JP 2 11

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