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Hot water tank cleaning device

  • US 5,609,124 A
  • Filed: 10/12/1994
  • Issued: 03/11/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for cleaning hot water tanks of a type each including a drain outlet at a bottom end thereof in flow communication with water contained in the tank and also including a cold water inlet and a hot water outlet, the cold water inlet continuously supplying pressurized water to the tank, said device comprising a conduit means having first and second ends, a valve means on said conduit means intermediate said first and second ends thereof, said first end of said conduit means being connected to the drain outlet of the tank, whereby, when said valve means is opened, at least some of the water and impurities contained in the tank are flushed out of the tank through the drain outlet thereof at least partly under a pressure of the supply water continuously fed to the tank by way of the cold water inlet, said at least some water and impurities exiting the tank through the drain outlet then passing through said conduit means and said valve means and out of said second end of said conduit means for appropriate disposal thereof.

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