Apparatus and methods for pre-heating water with air conditioning unit or heat pump

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9945582
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15207170

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Water heater apparatus includes a tank for storing water; a heat exchanger associated with the tank and being operative to receive refrigerant and transfer heat therefrom to the tank, the heat exchanger representatively being a heat conductive tube externally wrapped around the tank in heat conductive contact therewith; air conditioning apparatus operative to utilize refrigerant flowing through a refrigerant circuit portion of the air conditioning apparatus, the refrigerant circuit portion being in fluid communication with the heat exchanger; and a control system operative to selectively cause a portion of the flowing refrigerant to pass through the heat exchanger, or cause essentially the entire flow of the refrigerant to bypass the heat exchanger.

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  • RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Babb, Jeremy L Fort Smith, US 6 98
Hawkins, Timothy B Fort Smith, US 11 120
Leete, Klint E Fort Smith, US 2 42

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