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US 2013/0104873 A1Published application
Pellet furnace
OwnerDaniel S. Henry, Bruce R. Lisleinventors
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Abstract
A pellet furnace includes a pellet feed assembly, a conveyor assembly, a combustion blower assembly, a baffle assembly, and a control system. The pellet feed assembly includes a distribution tray having a plurality of distribution pins for spreading a mass of pellets over a desired area. The conveyor assembly includes an air distribution plenum and a plurality of grate plates for maintaining a deposited mass of pellets and receiving air from air distribution plenum to facilitate primary combustion of the mass of pellets.
Claims4
A pellet furnace comprising:
- a pellet feed assembly including a distribution tray having a plurality of distribution pins for spreading a mass of pellets over a desired area;
- a conveyor assembly including an air distribution plenum and a plurality of grate plates for maintaining a deposited mass of pellets and receiving air from an air distribution plenum to facilitate primary combustion of the mass of pellets;
- a combustion blower assembly;
- a baffle assembly configured to facilitate secondary combustion of the exhaust air from primary combustion at the conveyor assembly and defines a lower secondary combustion chamber including a plurality of flow deflectors and secondary air injectors, the lower secondary combustion chamber being connected to an upper secondary combustion chamber including a plurality of flow deflectors;
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- a control system configured for controller operation of the pellet furnace.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.