(19)
(11) EP 0 828 116 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
14.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/42

(43) Date of publication A2:
11.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/11

(21) Application number: 97306944.6

(22) Date of filing: 08.09.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: F24D 17/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 09.09.1996 GB 9618773

(71) Applicant: Caradon Ideal Limited
Kingston Upon Hull HU5 4JN (GB)

(72) Inventors:
  • Lloyd, William John
    Near Beverley, East Yorkshire (GB)
  • Bratley, Roy
    Hessle, Hull, HU13 0HP (GB)

(74) Representative: Lerwill, John et al
A.A. Thornton & Co. Northumberland House 303-306 High Holborn
London, WC1V 7LE
London, WC1V 7LE (GB)

   


(54) A heating system


(57) A water heating system has an instantaneous water heater 1 for heating potable water in a potable hot water supply line 2. The supply of potable hot water can be supplemented by potable hot water contained in a supply vessel 4 connected to the supply line 2 downstream of the boiler 1. The invention allows the combination of the advantages of heating systems having a storage vessel and heating systems having an instantaneous water heater by providing a high initial potable hot water flow rate and a continuous supply of potable hot water at a lower flow rate thereafter.






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