Patent ID: 7509927

Claim:
A hydraulic header for a heating system, with an elongated header housing whose longitudinal axis runs vertically in the installation condition and whose interior forms a water chamber for hot water of the heating system, with one boiler inlet flow connection and one boiler return flow connection each of which are provided at a vertical distance to the other on a first longitudinal side of the header housing, and with one consumer inlet flow connection and one consumer return flow connection each of which are provided at a vertical distance to each other on an opposite longitudinal side of the header housing so that one boiler side and, on the opposite side, one heating circuit side is created on the header housing, comprising: a dividing element located in the interior of the header housing between the heating circuit side and the boiler side, an upper bypass between the heating circuit side and the boiler side formed near a top end of the header housing, and a lower bypass between the heating circuit side and the boiler side formed near a bottom end of the header housing.