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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2022
Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Yongsheng Ding, Shanghai, CN;
Jie Zhang, Shanghai, CN;
Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;
Abstract
An expansion tank control device and a water heater and expansion tank including the expansion tank control device. The device may include a water flow sensor arranged in a water inlet waterway of a water heater to detect water flow in the water inlet waterway. The device can further include a controller outputting a driving electric signal after receiving a first electric signal output by the water flow sensor, and a reset electric signal after receiving a second electric signal output by the water flow sensor. The expansion tank can include an electric driving part arranged on a shell of the expansion tank, and a push plate on a driving end of the part, a controlled end of the electric driving part driving the push plate to move toward the expansion tank after receiving the driving electric signal or away from the expansion tank after receiving the reset electric signal.