Patent ID: 6240250
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: F24H

Abstract:
An improved ""in-line"" tankless water heater for interconnection between an electrical power supply, a cold water inlet line and a hot water supply line; the water heater, comprising:an elongated body having a top and a bottom;a pair of temperature limit switches, a terminal block and a pair of microswitches mounted on an exterior surface of the elongated body;each of the pair of microswitches being carried on a lower portion of the elongated body, over a pair of chambers, secured to the elongated body;a cold water inlet and a hot water outlet held in the top of the elongated body;an elongated passage formed internally of the elongated body in fluid communication between the cold water inlet and each of the pair of chambers;each of the pair of chambers being separated by a resilient element;a first chamber of each of the pair of chambers having an inlet and no outlet;a second chamber of each of the pair of chambers having an inlet and an outlet;a pair of heating elements held in a pair of elongated water heating chambers formed in the elongated body;each of the pair of elongated water heating chambers being in fluid communication with the outlet of the second chamber of each of the pair of chambers and the hot water outlet; andmeans for actuating the pair of microswitches to activate the pair of heating elements and heat the water in the pair of elongated water heating chambers.