Fuel-fired heating appliance with louvered combustion chamber flame arrestor plate
CA 2549677 A1 · Owner: Kidd, Larry D. · Inventors: Lannes, Eric M.; Kidd, Larry D.; Taylor, Mark A.
Overview
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A fuel-fired heating appliance, representatively a gas-fired water heater, has a combustion chamber with an outer wall portion defined by a perforated flame arrestor plate having specially configured louvered combustion air intake openings through which combustion air is flowed into the combustion chamber. The louvered openings function to cause the entering combustion air to undergo directional changes as it inwardly traverses the openings and impart turbulence to the air entering the combustion chamber in a manner substantially inhibiting foreign matter blockage of the plate openings, providing an even combustion air inflow across the perforated plate area, and providing the plate with …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed March 13, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended March 13, 2022.
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