Patent ID: 9664413
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: F24D,F24H,H05B

Claim:
1. A water heater comprising: a housing having a first end, a second end, a middle between the first end and the second end, an internal chamber with an inner sidewall, a central tank axis, an inlet port in the inner sidewall, a first outlet port in the inner sidewall longitudinally between the middle and the second end of the tank housing, and a second outlet port in the inner sidewall longitudinally between the first outlet port and the first end of the housing; a heating element within the housing; a water inlet line having a first longitudinal axis parallel to the central tank axis, the water inlet line in fluid communication with the internal chamber through the inlet port; a water outlet line having a second longitudinal axis parallel to the first axis fluidically connected to the internal chamber through the first outlet port and the second outlet port; wherein the first outlet port and the second outlet port are between a first plane intersecting and parallel to the first longitudinal axis and the second longitudinal axis and a second plane parallel to and spaced a distance from the first plane and intersecting the central tank axis; wherein the water inlet line intersects a third plane, the third plane intersecting and parallel to the first longitudinal axis and the central tank axis; wherein the water outlet line intersects a fourth plane angled less than ninety degrees from the third plane, the fourth plane intersecting and parallel to the second longitudinal axis and the central tank axis; an inlet temperature sensor within the water inlet line; an outlet temperature sensor within the water outlet line; and a controller electrically connected to the inlet temperature sensor, the outlet temperature sensor, and the heating element, the controller having a computer readable medium containing a set of instructions operable to: