Abstract: A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 21, 2022
Date of Patent:
September 5, 2023
Assignee:
NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
Inventors:
Ronald Shaffer, Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde, Ronnie Browne
Abstract: A water heater system includes a water heater and a thermal mixing valve. The water heater includes a tank and a cap that each define interior volumes. The interior volume of the tank includes a heating element is the location where fluid is heated, whereas the cap includes a volume within which the thermal mixing valve may be disposed. The thermal mixing valve pulls cool and warm water from the volume of the tank, and then discharges a mixed stream of fluid at a user desired temperature via an outlet.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 26, 2017
Date of Patent:
April 5, 2022
Assignee:
NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
Inventors:
Ronald Shaffer, Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde, Ronnie Browne
Abstract: A motor driven electromechanical actuator assembly includes a motor assembly having a motor shaft and a gear assembly. The gear assembly includes a plurality of gears with a belt drive that couples the motor assembly to the actuator output shaft. The actuator assembly also includes a position sensor system configured to determine a rotational characteristic of the drive shaft.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 20, 2016
Date of Patent:
August 3, 2021
Assignee:
NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
Inventors:
Raymond Alvero Forrester, Jr., Robert William Hyde
Abstract: A water heater includes a water tank and a flow-through heating element. The water tank contains heated water. The flow-through heating element is located in the lower portion of the water tank and heats water as water is passed through an interior channel of the heating element. In another configuration, the water heater further includes a recirculation line and the heating element further includes an input end external of the water tank to receive water to be heated and an output end to output heated water into the water tank. The recirculation line transports water from the water tank to the input end of the heating element that is external of the water tank.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 22, 2016
Date of Patent:
February 16, 2021
Assignee:
NATIONAL MACHINE GROUP
Inventors:
Ronald Shaffer, Jr., Samuel Chrisant, Robert William Hyde