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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Applicant:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jianmin Yin, Racine, WI (US);
Matthew Critchley, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/20 (2006.01); F24H 1/18 (2006.01); F24H 9/12 (2006.01); F24H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/188 (2013.01); F24H 1/0018 (2013.01); F24H 1/0054 (2013.01); F24H 1/202 (2013.01); F24H 9/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water heater includes a tank containing water to be heated and a thermal displacement conduit communicating between a portion of the tank and a receptacle. Water is displaced out of the portion of the tank, through the conduit, and to the receptacle during thermal expansion of the water during heating.