US2014084073A1PendingUtilityA1

Hot Water Appliance

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Assignee: COOL PETER JANPriority: Feb 10, 2011Filed: Feb 10, 2012Published: Mar 27, 2014
Est. expiryFeb 10, 2031(~4.5 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Peter Jan Cool
F24H 9/20F24H 1/00F24D 3/00F24D 19/10F24D 19/1009F24H 9/2035F24H 15/36F24H 15/464F24H 15/414F24H 15/281F24H 15/174F24H 15/457F24H 15/395F24H 15/335
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Abstract

The present invention relates to a hot water appliance comprising a heating member for heating water, a control unit for controlling the heating member, the control unit comprising a memory for storing a desired temperature of a space to be heated, and an input/output unit, wherein the input/output unit is adapted to receive a signal representative of a measured temperature, and wherein the control unit controls the heating member on the basis of the desired temperature and the measured temperature.

Claims

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1 . Hot water appliance, comprising:
 a heating member for heating water;   a control unit for controlling the heating member, the control unit comprising a memory for storing a desired temperature of a space to be heated, and an input/output unit connected to the control unit;   wherein the input/output unit is adapted to receive a signal representative of a measured temperature; and   wherein the control unit controls the heating member on the basis of the desired temperature and the measured temperature.   
     
     
         2 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the input/output unit is adapted to receive operating instructions from at least one operating device connected to the input/output unit, and the control unit is adapted to control the heating member on the basis of the received operating instructions. 
     
     
         3 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the control unit is adapted to store the received operating instructions in the memory. 
     
     
         4 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein a preset desired temperature or a predefined program for a desired temperature is stored in the memory, and wherein the control unit is adapted to control the heating member on the basis of respectively the preset temperature or the predefined program when no operating instructions have been respectively received or stored. 
     
     
         5 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the input/output unit further comprises a network coupling unit for exchanging data over a network. 
     
     
         6 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 5 , further comprising a web server for making a user interface available via the network coupling unit for the purpose of operating the hot water appliance. 
     
     
         7 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the user interface made available by the web server is accessible via the network coupling unit. 
     
     
         8 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the user interface is adapted to allow the user to perform at least one of the following actions of:
 entering a desired temperature;   entering a program for a desired temperature;   viewing a measured temperature;   viewing status information relating to the hot water appliance;   viewing maintenance information;   viewing error messages;   viewing performance data; and   adjusting the hot water appliance.   
     
     
         9 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the input/output unit comprises a wireless communication device. 
     
     
         10 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the operating device can be connected via the wireless communication device to the control unit. 
     
     
         11 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the memory is adapted to store a desired temperature for two or more spaces to be heated; and   the control unit is adapted to control the heating member on the basis of the desired temperature in the two or more spaces to be heated and the measured temperature.   
     
     
         12 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the input/output unit is adapted to receive two or more signals which are each representative of a measured temperature; and   the control unit is adapted to control the heating member on the basis of the desired temperature in the space to be heated or the desired temperatures in the two or more spaces to be heated, and the two or more measured temperatures.   
     
     
         13 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the control unit determines a deviation between a desired temperature in the space to be heated or the two or more spaces to be heated and the measured temperature or temperatures and applies a weighting to the deviations for the purpose of controlling the heating member.   
     
     
         14 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 9 , further comprising a notification member for sending a notification via the wireless communication device. 
     
     
         15 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising a housing in which the heating member, the control unit and the input/output unit are accommodated. 
     
     
         16 . Hot water appliance as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the device comprises a CH boiler or a combi-boiler.

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