Hot water supply system

• US 4,909,435 A
• Filed: 06/28/1988
• Issued: 03/20/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/1987
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yonekubo, Hiroaki, Kidouchi, Yasuo
• Primary Examiner(s): Tanner, Harry B.
• Application Number:
  US07/213,103
• Time in Patent Office: 630 Days
• Field of Search: 236/12.1, 236/12.11, 236/46 R, 236/93 R, 236/93 B, 137/334, 137/337, 4/192
• US Class Current: 236/12.12
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1393 characterised by the use of electric means
• CPC Class Codes: H10B 12/37 the capacitor being at least partially in a trench in the substrate

Abstract

In a first hot water supply system, when water supply is required to be stopped, a temperature of supplied water is moved to a given temperature. The water supply is stopped after the temperature of the supplied water moves to the given temperature. In a hot water supply system according to another aspect of the invention, one of a plurality of outlets is selected and water is directed toward the selected outlet. When the selected outlet is required to be changed to another of the outlets, a temperature of the water is changed to a given temperature. The selected outlet is changed to another of the outlets after the water temperature changes to the given temperature.

Claims

1. A hot water supply system, comprising:

(a) a temperature adjusting means for adjusting a temperature of water;

(b) a control valve allowing and inhibiting supply of the temperature adjusted water;

(c) a temperature setting means for setting a target temperature value for the water temperature adjusted by the temperature adjusting means;

(d) a supply setting means for instructing allowance and inhibition of the water supply by the control valve; and

(e) a control means for controlling the temperature adjusting means and the control valve in accordance with an output signal from the supply setting means, the control means being operative, in cases where the supply setting means instructs the inhibition of the water supply and where the supplied water temperature resides outside a prescribed range, to change the supplied water temperature to a given temperature before performing a control for the inhibition of the water supply.

2. The hot water supply system of claim 1, wherein:

in cases where the supply setting means instructs the inhibition of the water supply and where the supplied water temperature resides outside the prescribed range, the control means is operative to change the target temperature, which was set by the temperature setting means, to the given temperature, and to control the temperature adjusting means and then inhibit the water supply.

3. The hot water supply system of claim 1, wherein:

the temperature adjusting means comprises a temperature detector, and wherein, in cases where the supply setting means instructs the inhibition of the water supply and where the supplied water temperature resides outside the prescribed range, the control means is operative to control the temperature adjusting means to vary the water temperature and is operative to control the control valve to inhibit the water supply after a signal of the temperature detector corresponds to detection of said given temperature.

4. The hot water supply system of claim 1, wherein:

the temperature adjusting means comprises an electrically controllable valve means for mixing hot water and cold water.

5. The hot water supply system of claim 1, wherein:

the control means is operative, after the water temperature is changed to the given temperature, to keep the water supply for a predetermined interval and then perform the control of the control valve.

6. A hot water supply system, comprising:

(a) a temperature adjusting means for adjusting a temperature of water;

(b) a change-over valve selectively supplying the temperature adjusted water to one of a plurality of positions;

(c) a temperature setting means for setting the water temperature adjusted by the temperature adjusting means;

(d) a change setting means for instructing change of the water supplied positions to which water is supplied by the change-over valve; and

(e) a control means for controlling the temperature adjusting means and the change-over valve in accordance with an output signal from the change setting means, the control means being operative, in cases where the change setting means instructs the change of the water supplied positions and where the supplied water temperature resides outside a prescribed range, to change the supplied water temperature to a given temperature before performing a change of the water supplied positions.

7. The hot water supply system of claim 6, wherein;

in cases where the change setting means instructs the change of the water supplied positions and where the supplied water temperature resides outside the prescribed range, the control means is operative to change the setting temperature, which was set by the temperature setting means, to the given temperature, and to control the temperature adjusting means and then control the change-over valve to change the water supplied positions.

8. The hot water supply system of claim 6, wherein;

the temperature adjusting means comprises a temperature detector, and wherein,

in cases where the change setting means instructs the change of the water supplied positions and where the supplied water temperature resides outside the prescribed range, the control means is operative to control the temperature adjusting means to vary the water temperature and is operative to control the change-over valve to change the water supplied positions after a signal of the temperature detector reaches a given temperature.

9. The hot water supply system of claim 6, wherein;

the temperature adjusting means comprises an electrically controllable valve mixing hot water and cold water.

10. The hot water supply system of claim 6, wherein:

the control means is operative to keep the water supply for a predetermined interval after the water temperature is changed to the given temperature and to then perform the control of the change-over valve.

11. A hot water supply system, comprising:

(a) a temperature adjusting means for adjusting a temperature of water;

(b) a plurality of control valves allowing and inhibiting supply of the temperature adjusted water to a plurality of positions;

(c) a temperature setting means for setting a water temperature adjusted by the temperature adjusting means;

(d) a selection setting means for selecting at least one of the water supplied positions; and

(e) a control means for controlling the temperature adjusting means and the control valves in accordance with an output signal from the selection setting means, the control means being operative to move the supplied water temperature to a given temperature and then perform the water supply to said given one of the water supplied positions in circumstances where the selection setting means instructs the water supply to given one of the water supplied positions and where the supplied water temperature resides outside a prescribed range.

12. The hot water supply system of claim 11 wherein, in cases where the selection setting means instructs the water supply to said given one of the water supplied positions and where the supplied water temperature resides outside the prescribed range, the control means is operative to change the setting temperature, which was set by the temperature setting means, to the given temperature, and to control the temperature adjusting means and then perform the water supply to said give one of the water supplied positions.

13. The hot water supply system of claim 11, wherein;

the temperature adjusting means comprises a temperature detector, and wherein, in cases where the selection setting means instructs the water supply to said given one of the water supplied positions and where the supplied water temperature resides outside the prescribed range, the control means is operative to control the temperature adjusting means to vary the water temperature and is operative to control the control valves to perform the water supply to said given one of the water supplied positions after a signal of the temperature detector reaches a given temperature.

14. The hot water supply system of claim 11, wherein;

the temperature adjusting means comprises an electrically controllable valve mixing hot water and cold water.

15. The hot water supply system of claim 11, wherein;

the control means is operative to, after the water temperature is moved to the given temperature, keep the water supply for a predetermined interval and then perform the control of the control valves.

16. The hot water supply system of claim 11, wherein;

the control of the control valves by the control means allows the water supply to two or more of the water supplied positions simultaneously.

17. A hot water supply system, comprising:

(a) means for detecting when a water supply is required to be stopped;

(b) means for changing a temperature of supplied water to a given temperature when a requirement for stopping of the water supply is detected; and

(c) means for stopping the water supply after the temperature of the supplied water changes to the given temperature.

18. A hot water supply system, comprising:

(a) a plurality of outlets;

(b) means for selecting one of the outlets and directing water toward the selected outlet;

(c) means for detecting when the selected outlet is required to be changed to another of the outlets;

(d) means for changing a temperature of the water to a given temperature when a requirement for a change of the selected outlet is detected; and

(e) means for changing the selected outlet to another of the outlets after the water temperature changes to the given temperature.