Patent ID: 8595869

Claim:
An apparatus for conditioning the temperature of flowing water, comprising: a source of hot water; a shell having an interior, an inlet and an outlet, the inlet receiving flowing water from the source; a conduit located within said shell, said conduit including a first walled flowpath having an inlet, the inlet of said conduit receiving water from the inlet of said shell, the wall of the first flowpath including a first plurality of apertures, said apertures being spaced apart from one another along the first flowpath in the direction of flow, each aperture permitting the flow of water out of the first flowpath; and a thermostatically controlled valve having a hot water inlet, a cold water inlet, and a mixed flow outlet; wherein the interior of said shell and the wall of said conduit coact to form a second flowpath therebetween, water flowing from said apertures being received within said second flowpath and flowing out of the outlet of said shell and into the hot water inlet.