Water heating apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9921012
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14091008

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A water heating apparatus includes a burner, a heat exchanger for heating hot and cold water with use of heat from the burner, a scale detector for detecting occurrence of scale clogging in the heat exchanger, a notifying unit for notifying an error when the scale detector detects occurrence of a scale greater than or equal to a predetermined amount, and a controller performing a control of allowing the notifying unit to notify an error and prohibiting combustion operation of the burner when the scale detector detects occurrence of a scale greater than or equal to the predetermined amount. The controller is configured to start a cleaning mode for cleaning inside the heat exchanger when the controller detects shifting operation to the cleaning mode after the combustion operation of the burner is prohibited.

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NORITZ CORPORATION93 EDOMACHI CHUO-KU KOBE-SHI HYOGO 650-0033

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujimoto, Yu Kakogawa, JP 8 45
Isaksen, Scott Torrance, US 1 15
Planasch, Bronwyn Santa Ana, US 1 15

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