Portable electric water heating device for melting snow

Claim 1

A portable snow melter for manual operating comprising: a. a dielectric housing for an electrical resistance wire, b. a helix of electrical resistance wire disposed in the housing, c. the housing having a low co-efficient of thermal conduction, and an elongated generally hollow tubular form, defining a water flow passage around the electrical resistance wire, d. an integral generally tubular end portion on one end of the housing having a water outlet passage therethrough and defining a socket for a wand, e. a gasket in the socket for defining a water seal between the housing and a wand, inserted in the socket, f. an integral generally tubular enlargement on the other end of the housing, g. a generally tubular insert in the enlargement, and having a first bore therethrough forming a water inlet Passage to the housing, h. a cylindrical bore in the insert transverse to said first bore, i. a rotatable cylindrical valve rotatably seated in the transverse bore, j. a water flow passage through the valve, k. a handle attached to the valve, and extending through a slot in the enlargement, for adjusting the valve from an aligned open position to a transverse blocking closed position relative to the first bore in the insert, l. a means for engaging a water supply hose to the enlargement, m. means connecting the wire helix in the housing to an electric power supply outside the housing, n. an elongated generally tubular wand having one end engaged with the water seal gasket in the socket and defining a water flow passage communicating with the water outlet from the housing, o. an elongated discharge chamber disposed transversely at the other end of the wand and communicating with the water flow passage in the tubular wand, p. a plurality of nozzles on the bottom of the discharge chamber for ejecting heated water in close proximity to a snowy surface.