Patent ID: 6909842

Claim:
A fluid heater comprising: a reservoir for containing fluid and including heating elements positioned therein; an inlet-conduit assembly having an inlet-aperture at one end and being in communication with said reservoir at an opposite end; an outlet conduit in communication with said reservoir at one end and having an outlet-aperture at an opposite end, said outlet conduit including an open top end, said reservoir including an open top end with a passage extending between said outlet conduit and said reservoir open top ends; a fluid-flow detector assembly mounted to one of said inlet-conduit assembly and outlet conduit; a heating element modulator mounted to said inlet-conduit assembly, said heating element modulator being connected to said heating elements; a thermal sensor mounted to at least one of said inlet-conduit assembly, reservoir and outlet conduit; a controller connected to said heating element modulator, to said fluid-flow detector assembly and to said thermal sensor; whereby, fluid enters said inlet-conduit assembly through its inlet-aperture causing said fluid-flow detector assembly to instruct said controller to activate said heating elements via said heating element modulator; the fluid then flows into said reservoir to be heated by said heating elements and out of said reservoir into said outlet conduit towards said outlet-aperture.