| 摘要 |
A kettle comprising a water temporary retention vessel 231 charged with a smaller volume of water than that received by a water heating chamber 300 of the kettle wherein the vessel 231 is not in fluid communication with the water heating chamber 300 during a heating operation. The relatively cooler water in the vessel 231 is mixed with the water heated within the water heating chamber 300 during a water dispensing operation resulting in water which has a temperature below the boiling point. This reduces the quantity of time and energy required to produce hot water as not all the water will be heated. Preferably, the water heating chamber 300 and the water temporary retention vessel 231 receive water from a water reservoir 206 wherein water is siphoned 600 from the reservoir 206 to the vessel 231 and then overflow from the vessel 231 fills the chamber 300.
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