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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2007
Applicant:
Kenneth A. Bradenbaugh, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth A. Bradenbaugh, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Assignee:
AOS Holding Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A water heater including a water inlet line having an inlet opening that introduces cold water to a tank, a water outlet line having an outlet opening that withdraws heated water from the tank, and a heating element. The water heater further includes a control circuit. The heating element can be an electrical resistance heating element, a gas heating element, or a combination thereof. In one construction, the gas heating element includes a first combustive section and a second combustive section separately controlled from the first combustive section.