US 11,747,047 B2
Hot water tank with thermal mixing valve
Ronald Shaffer, Stow, OH (US); Samuel Chrisant, Stow, OH (US); Robert William Hyde, Wadsworth, OH (US); and Ronnie Browne, Stow, OH (US)
Assigned to NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP, Stow, OH (US)
Filed by NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP, Stow, OH (US)
Filed on Feb. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/651,880.
Application 17/651,880 is a continuation of application No. 16/345,139, granted, now 11,293,668, previously published as PCT/US2017/058499, filed on Oct. 26, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/413,132, filed on Oct. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0235968 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F24H 9/20 (2022.01); F28D 20/00 (2006.01); G05D 23/185 (2006.01); F24H 1/12 (2022.01); G05D 23/13 (2006.01)
CPC F24H 9/2021 (2013.01) [F24H 1/122 (2013.01); F28D 20/0039 (2013.01); G05D 23/1346 (2013.01); G05D 23/1858 (2013.01); F28D 2020/0069 (2013.01); Y02E 60/14 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A heating system, comprising:
a tank defining an interior fluid chamber; and
a thermal mixing valve arranged exterior of the tank comprising:
a first fluid inlet that extends into the fluid chamber a first distance;
a second fluid inlet that extends a second distance into the fluid chamber, the first distance being longer than the second distance; and,
a fluid outlet exterior to the tank.