Patent ID: 8229289

Claim:
A condensate-vaporizing device having an electrically heatable receiving chamber ( 10 ) for a condensation water ( 12 ) created in a cooling device and to be evaporated, in which the receiving chamber ( 10 ) is formed by a pipe section ( 14 ) on an exterior of which at least one heating element ( 16 ) is arranged and in thermal contact with the pipe section ( 14 ) and at which one end ( 18 ) an inlet ( 20 ) for the fed-in condensation water ( 12 ) is arranged, and at an other end ( 24 ) an outlet ( 26 ) for the water vapor generated by the heating element ( 16 ) from the condensation water is arranged, the condensate-vaporizing device comprising: an inlet labyrinth ( 30 ) formed at the condensation water inlet ( 20 ) which has a downwardly open inlet opening ( 32 ) and a return flow blocking device for the condensation water ( 12 ) present in the pipe section ( 14 ) and which is to be evaporated, and the downwardly open inlet opening ( 32 ) arranged in direct flow contact with a condensate collecting vessel ( 22 ) and below the condensation water level ( 28 ) of the condensation water present in the condensate collecting vessel ( 22 ) so that the condensation water ( 12 ) flows into the pipe section ( 14 ) by gravity.