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| 3L025 | Water heaters with a hot-water storage means | |
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| F24H1/18;1/18@A-1/18@Z;1/20;1/20@A-1/20@Z | AA | AA00 HEATING SYSTEMS THAT HEAT THE WATER OUTSIDE OF THE HOT-WATER STORAGE TANKS |
AA01 | AA02 | AA03 | AA04 | AA06 | AA08 | ||||
| . Externally heating heaters | . . External heating by means of combustion of gases | . . . Semi-storage types | . . . Provision of combustion chambers in the lower unit of the hot water storage tank | . . External heating by electrical resistors | . . External heating using devices other than gas-combustion electrical resistors | |||||||
| AA12 | AA13 | AA14 | AA15 | AA16 | AA17 | |||||||
| . . Structures of heat-circulation ducts | . . . Means for adjustment of the flow rate of circulation ducts | . . . Branched or multiple circulation ducts | . . . Means for deceleration of the flow-speed through the duct opening | . . . Tapping of hot water | . . . Use of a circulation-acceleration means | |||||||
| AA21 | AA22 | AA23 | AA25 | AA26 | AA27 | |||||||
| . External direct-heating types | . . Types that use combustible gases | . . . Use of flame-ducts along the outer circumference of the hot-water storage tank | . . Types that use electrical resistors | . . . Provision of electrical resistors on the bottom of the tank | . . . Provision of electrical resistors on the side of the tank | |||||||
| AA31 | AA33 | AA35 | AA37 | AA38 | ||||||||
| . Heating systems with a steam-generation means | . Heating systems with an induction-heating means | . Heating systems with a dielectric-heating means | . Combination of multiple heating systems | . Others | ||||||||
| AB | AB00 HEATING SYSTEMS THAT HEAT WITHIN THE HOT-WATER STORAGE TANKS |
AB01 | AB02 | AB03 | AB04 | AB05 | ||||||
| . Types that heat by combustion in the water | . . Structure of the gas-ejection units | . . Means for diffusion of combustion gases | . . . Use of a forced-diffusion means | . . Adjustment of pH | ||||||||
| AB11 | AB12 | AB13 | ||||||||||
| . Use of furnace pipes | . . Pulse-combustion types | . . Furnace pipes that are arranged horizontally | ||||||||||
| AB21 | AB22 | AB23 | AB24 | |||||||||
| . Arrangement of electrical resistors within the tank | . . Use of multiple resistors | . . . Vertically-divided arrangements | . . Specific uses | |||||||||
| AB31 | AB32 | AB34 | AB36 | AB38 | ||||||||
| . Immersion-heating types | . . Use of electrical resistors | . Electric-discharge heating types | . Electrode-heating types | . Other underwater heating systems | ||||||||
| AC | AC00 INDIRECT HEATING SYSTEMS |
AC01 | AC02 | AC03 | AC04 | AC05 | AC06 | AC07 | ||||
| . External indirect heating systems | . External direct heating systems | . . Use of combustible gases | . . Use of electrical resistors | . Arrangement of heat exchangers inside the tank | . Indirect heating systems that use heat-pipes | . Other indirect heating systems | ||||||
| AD | AD00 STRUCTURES OF WATER HEATERS THAT HAVE A HOT-WATER STORAGE MEANS |
AD01 | AD02 | AD03 | AD04 | AD05 | AD06 | AD07 | AD08 | AD09 | AD10 | |
| . Structure of water-supply units | . Structure of tapping units | . Heating chambers for hot water | . Means for guidance of circulation | . Means for separation of warm from cold water | . Means for release of air | . Heat insulation and heat radiation | . Structure and attachment of electrical resistors | . Water heaters with multiple hot-water storage units | . Others |