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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
May. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allen W. Scott, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Assignee:
American Water Heater Company, Johnson City, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05B 1/02 ;
Abstract
A water heater of the invention includes a water container; an element located to heat water in the water container; a sensor located to sense temperature; and a controller, the controller monitors the sensed temperature at termination of a defined time interval and compares the sensed temperature against a predetermined temperature, with the controller further identifying the element as defective when the sensed temperature is less than the predetermined temperature.