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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2013
Rinnai America Corporation, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Scott Gilman Humphrey, Powder Springs, GA (US);
Timothy J. Shellenberger, Tyrone, GA (US);
James Stuart York, Sharpsburg, GA (US);
Rinnai America Corporation, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Abstract
A water heating system including a water container having a cold water inlet that connects to a water supply, a hot water outlet, a water heater outlet and a water heater inlet; an instantaneous water heater mounted to the water container and having a tank supply inlet connected to the water heater outlet, a tank supply outlet connected to the water heater inlet, a burner, and a heat exchanger located adjacent the burner between the tank supply inlet and the tank supply outlet; a pump connected between the water container and the instantaneous water heater that moves water between the water container and the instantaneous water heater; and a controller that operates the pump and the burner.