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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2019
Applicant:
Rinnai Corporation, Nagoya, JP;
Inventors:
Atsushi Fukaya, Aichi, JP;
Shigeki Takeuchi, Aichi, JP;
Assignee:
RINNAI CORPORATION, Nagoya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24D 3/08 (2006.01); F24D 19/10 (2006.01); F24H 1/52 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24D 3/08 (2013.01); F24D 19/1066 (2013.01); F24H 1/52 (2013.01); F24D 2220/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention improves the user-friendliness of a hot-water supply apparatus when using hot water supply and air conditioning. A switching control unit, which switches between heat medium flow pathsandaccording to an air conditioning ready state or a hot-water supply ready state, switches a heat medium flow path to the hot-water supply ready state by a switching valvein the case where air conditioning is not used by the time an air conditioning standby time elapses during standby in the air conditioning ready state.