Patent ID: 11971195
Assignee: RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY
Field: Thermal processes and apparatus (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 0:
1. A liquid storage tank comprising:
a tank configured to hold a liquid therein;
a heating element disposed within the tank;
an inlet for receiving unheated liquid into the tank;
an outlet for outputting heated liquid from the tank; and
a thermal partition configured to divide an interior space of the tank into a first portion, which includes the heating element and the outlet, and a second portion, which includes the inlet, wherein the first portion is below the second portion,
wherein the thermal partition has an aperture through which the first portion and the second portion are in fluid communication, and
wherein the thermal partition has a conical shape which tapers toward the first portion such that the aperture is positioned at a lowest point of the conical shaped thermal partition.