Patent ID: 8011032
Filing Date: 2011-09-06
Classification: A61H,E04H

Abstract:
1. A water recirculation assembly for a bathing installation with a water recirculation flow path and a tub for holding bathing water, comprising: a housing structure having an inlet opening and an outlet opening, the inlet opening adapted to be in fluid communication with bathing water in the tub, the housing structure defining a chamber; a filter assembly disposed within the chamber and adapted to filter particulate or impurities from the bathing water; a water pump including an electrically powered drive unit disposed within the chamber and adapted to pump bathing water which has passed into the housing structure through the inlet opening and passed through the filter assembly, said water pump having an external housing surface, the water pump and electrically powered drive unit generating waste heat during pump operation, and wherein said water pump and said housing structure are adapted such that the water pump is submerged within bathing water in the chamber of the housing structure during use to provide direct contact between the external housing surface of the pump and the bathing water in the chamber, thereby facilitating heat transfer from the water pump and the external housing surface to the bathing water.