Hot water supply system
First Claim
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1. A hot water supply system, comprising:
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(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.
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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.
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18 Claims
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1. A hot water supply system, comprising:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A hot water supply system, comprising:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A hot water supply system, comprising:
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(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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A hot water supply system, comprising:
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(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.
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18. A hot water supply system, comprising:
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(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.
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