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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Joe D Byles, Fresno, CA (US);
NIBCO Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for attachment to a plumbing system having a warm water outlet, for rapidly delivering hot water through the plumbing system to the warm water outlet, comprising a diverter valve attachable to a building water pipe upstream of the warm water outlet for purging cold water from the water pipe, a diverter pipe section extending from the diverter valve, a back flow preventer in flow relationship with the diverter pipe section, and a flow control regulator in flow relationship with the diverter pipe section, whereby a small controlled flow of cold water may be diverted from the water pipe to thereby cause rapid delivery of warm water to the warm water outlet when actuated.