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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2007
Robert William Stimpson, Douglas, GB;
Yanchun Wang, Ballasalla, GB;
James Edward Self, Colby, GB;
Graham Jones, Blackpool, GB;
Robert William Stimpson, Douglas, GB;
Yanchun Wang, Ballasalla, GB;
James Edward Self, Colby, GB;
Graham Jones, Blackpool, GB;
DLP Limited, Isle of Man, British Isles, GB;
Abstract
An electric shower water heater unit for connection to a water supply and a mains electricity supply comprises a housing having a shower water outlet to which a shower hose is connectable; an electric water heater housed in the housing and fluidly connectable to a water supply outlet of the water supply and electrically connectable to the mains electricity supply, the electric water heater supplying water to the shower water outlet of the housing; a user-operable controller () for controlling a temperature and a flow rate of water supplied to the shower water outlet of the housing, and a control circuit which is housed in the housing and which controls the electric water heater based on inputs received from the user-operable controller (). The user-operable controller includes a touch-pressure sensitive element () for pressing by a user and which is in communication with the control circuit. The control circuit only controls the electric water heater when a pressure imparted by a user pressing the touch-pressure sensitive element () is equal to or greater than a predetermined value.