Compact instantaneous water heater

Claim 1

A COMPACT WATER HEATER COMPRISING, A CASING, MEANS DEFINING A COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN SAID CASING AND COMING A CAP-LIKE COVER MEMBER DEFINING AN UPPER PART OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN WHICH COMBUSTION TAKES PLACE, SAID CAP-LIKE MEMBER HAVING THROUGH, ELONGATED APERTURES EXTENDING IN A CIRCUMFERENTIAL DIRECTION FOR ALLOWING HOT GASES OF COMBUSTION TO FLOW OUT OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, MEANS ON SAID CAP-LIKE COVER MEMBER DEFINING SAID APERTURES OPENING IN A DOWNWARD DIRECTION , A PLURALITY OF STACKED HEAT-ABSORBING BODIES DISPOSED AROUND AND OVER SAID UPPER PART OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER IN IMMEDIATE CONTACT THEREWITH TO BE HEATED BY SAID GASES FLOWING OUT OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER APERTURES, MEANS TO SPRINKLE WATER ON THE STACK OF SAID HEAT-ABSORBING BODIES FOR HERAT TRANSFER FROM SAID HOT GASES AND SAID BODIES TO THE SPINKLED WATER PERCOLATING THERETHROUGH, MEANS FOR COLLECTING THE HEATED WATER COMPRISING MEANS DEFINING A HOT WATER RESERVOIR DISPOSED AT A LEVEL FOR RECEIVING SAID WATER AFTER PERCOLATING THROUGH SAID HEAT-ABSORBING BODIES AND DISPOSED BENEATH AND CLOSE ADJACENT TO SAID STACKED HEAT-ABSORBING BODIES TO HOLD THE HEATED WATER OUTWARDLY OF SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER AT LEAST PARTIALLY CIRCUMFERENTIALLY THEREOF, AND A BURNER ASSEMBLY IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER FOR BURNING A FUEL IN SAID COMBUSTION CHAMBER, WHEREBY SAID COMPACT WATER HEATER IS OF REDUCED DIMENSIONS AND CAN HEAT RELATIVELY LARGE AMOUNTS OF WATER WITH AN IMPROVED EFFICIENCY.