Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Teruo Nakagawa

Minoru Fukumoto

Norio Yoshida

Susumu Yamano

An automotive vehicle such as, for example, an electric car is provided with a liquid heating and circulating apparatus for heating the interior of the vehicle body. The liquid heating and circulating apparatus is provided with a main tank containing liquid, a heater mounted in the main tank for heating the liquid, and a pump for circulating the liquid heated by the heater. The liquid heating and circulating apparatus is also provided with a water supply unit connected to the main tank and accommodating a pressure relief valve assembly, and an auxiliary tank connected to the water supply unit. The pressure relief valve assembly is operated according to predetermined pressures within the main tank to place the main tank in communication with the auxiliary tank.

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