Patent ID: 9723947
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: A47J,F24H,H05B

Claim:
1. An appliance for providing heated water on demand comprising: a water tank; a water flow heater that includes a single heating element having an activated state and a deactivated state, a flow conduit, and a final heating chamber, and the final heating chamber includes a water outlet and steam outlet orifice, wherein the water outlet is functionally independent of the steam outlet orifice; wherein the water outlet and the steam outlet orifice are positioned within the final heating chamber to permit steam to exit the final heating chamber via the steam outlet orifice at the same time and independent of water exiting the final heating chamber via the water outlet; a pump functionally independent of the water flow heater, disposed to pump a flow of water from the water tank to the water flow heater; wherein the water flow heater is configured so that water flow pumped passing through the water flow heater travels through the flow conduit and subsequently through the final heating chamber; wherein a first portion of the single heating element is disposed within the water flow heater in proximity to the flow conduit and a second portion of the single heating element is disposed in proximity to and within the final heating chamber, and in the activated state the single heating element produces heating power adequate to heat the flow of water exiting the flow conduit to a first temperature below boiling, and adequate to heat the flow of water within the final heating chamber to a boiling temperature to provide heated water on demand.