Patent ID: 8978993
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: B67D,E03B,F16K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A water recovery device for diverting and storing water from a hot water delivery line comprising: a manually activated knob to initiate within the water delivery device a flow of a stream of water from the hot water delivery line into an internal metal tube in the water delivery device; and next into an internal split metal tube surrounding a thermal sensitive bimetallic coil, the bimetallic coil automatically activates, upon the arrival of heated water from the hot water delivery line, an internal ball valve, wherein the split metal tube maintains the water stream within the confines of the tubing, avoiding unnecessary water contact with the thermostatic coil; resulting in protection of said critical moving parts of the thermostatic coil from being jammed by any calcium-like impurities which may exist in the water stream; further, the stream of water flows through the internal ball valve and out to a reservoir to receive and hold the diverted water for later use; and said ball valve rotates interactively from the action of the bimetallic coil to close the stream of water upon heated water reaching a predetermined temperature without having wasted any water along the process.