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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7327950 | Semi-instantaneous water heater system A water heater system includes a boiler having a supply port, an output port and a recirculation input port. A heat exchanger includes first input and output ports, and second input and output ports. An averaging tank has an inlet and an outlet. A first fluid flow s... | 02/05/2008 |
| 6377750 | Heating apparatus comprising a plastics body and a planar heating element A heating apparatus comprises a plastic body and a planar heating element, together defining a liquid heating vessel. The heating element is clamped between a portion of the body and a retaining ring, the body and the retaining ring being fixed together b... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6370328 | Water heating tank with thermosiphonic circulation for improved heat recovery rate An electric water heater has a vertically disposed tank with a cold water inlet, a hot water outlet and at least one horizontally disposed elongated immersion heating element extending into the region of the tank between an upper region and a lower region... | 04/09/2002 |
| 5865097 | Apparatus for heating water, intended for the preparation of hot beverages Apparatus for heating water intended for the preparation of hot beverages, comprising a cold-water reservoir (2) for storing unheated water and a hot-water reservoir (3) for storing heated water, wherein a heat-maintaining element (4) is accommodated in t... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5701387 | Storage tank water heater tempering system A hot water tempering system for use with a standard water heater storage tank includes a heat exchanger interposed between the hot water outlet means and the cold water inlet means for transferring heat from hot water exiting from the tank to cold water ... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5138693 | Electric fluid heater with thermosphonic fluid circulation A fluid heater having a fluid chamber with a base wall and an upright sidewall is positioned above a feed chamber having an upper wall. A plurality of identical tubular passage heaters, each having an upper outlet end connected to the fluid chamber base w... | 08/11/1992 |
| 5067170 | Electric water warming system An electric water warming system generally comprises a cylindrical first water storage tank to be installed in a vertical fashion, a water feed pipe connected to a bottom portion of the first water storage tank for feeding water therein, and a hot water f... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4855569 | Water heater for preformed spas and baptismal pools An electric water heater for preformed spas and baptismal pools includes an elongated horizontally disposed tubular heat exchanger having a water inlet in a first end wall and a water outlet adjacent the opposite second end wall and defining a water flow ... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4825043 | Electric continuous flow heater for liquid containers A continuous flow electric heater for heating liquid contained in a liquid container has a plurality of parallel tubular heating ducts (7b) each bounded by a tubular wall (ib) having upper and lower ends connected respectively to a lower inflow chamber (1... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4714821 | Heat accumulator A heat accumulator is disposed in heat exchange relationship with a heating system. The accumulator includes a body of a material having a high heat capacity and a high melting point, such as iron or ceramic material. The accumulator is arranged for being... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4655171 | Livestock watering device A livestock watering device which includes a bucket-like container, including side walls and a bottom wall, for holding a quantity of water. A conduit, including an inlet and an outlet, forms a closed loop communicating through the side walls of the conta... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4564962 | Energy efficient thermosyphoning spa heater system In a spa a thermosyphoning unit is attached in upright position on the spa shell where such unit comprises an upward flowing cold inlet pipe, a heating pipe, an upward flowing hot outlet pipe, and a heating element. A one speed pump is required. Water is ... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4416222 | Hot water heater circuitry Dual flow circuitry is utilized to transport fluid held in a tank through a heating means by providing means for carrying both inflow and outflow streams and means for depositing the inflowing stream at a predetermined level in the tank while utilizing on... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4414462 | Tank car heating system A heated railway tank car includes heating conduits arranged on the tank and filled with a heating fluid and coupled to an electrically driven pump and heat exchanger in a closed-loop system for heating and continuously recirculating the heating fluid thr... | 11/08/1983 |
| 4243871 | Fluid heating system with storage of electric heat A heating system includes a heat storage tank containing a heat transfer fluid (water) electrically heated to a high temperature. A tube/shell heat exchanger having a pair of fluid flow paths arranged in counter flow relationship is provided for extractio... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4197446 | Energy-saving device for domestic water heaters An energy saving device for use in connection with a heat-insulated storage vessel in a domestic hot-water system is disclosed. When there is no demand for hot water, water contained in the vessel is heated in an electric through-flow heater and circulate... | 04/08/1980 |
| 3998207 | Differential temperature controller for use in a solar energy conversion system An integrated circuit dc-comparator compares voltage signals representative of sump water and collector water temperatures in a solar energy conversion system and continuously provides a direct current voltage signal from the time that it is sensed that t... | 12/21/1976 |
