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US 2014/0190671 A1Published application
Fluid Pre-Heating Assembly
OwnerFarouk Dargazliinventor
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Abstract
A fluid pre-heating assembly includes a housing that may be positioned on a support surface. A tank is positioned within the housing so the tank may contain a fluid. A fan motor is coupled to the housing. A fan is operationally coupled to the fan motor so the fan may draw air over the tank.
Claims15
A fluid pre-heating assembly comprising:
- a housing configured to be positioned on a support surface;
- a tank positioned within said housing wherein said tank is configured to contain a fluid;
- a fan motor coupled to said housing;
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- a fan operationally coupled to said fan motor wherein said fan is configured to draw air over said tank.
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A fluid pre-heating assembly comprising:
- a housing configured to be positioned on a support surface;
- a tank positioned within said housing wherein said tank is configured to contain a fluid, said tank having an outside diameter being less than an inside diameter of said housing wherein an air space surrounds said tank, said tank having a height being less than a height of said housing wherein a fan space is defined above said tank;
- a plurality of slits extending through a top wall of said housing;
- an air opening extending through an outside wall of said housing proximate a bottom of said housing wherein said slits and said air opening are configured to allow air to flow into and through an air space within said housing, said air opening being one of a plurality of said air openings, said plurality of air openings being evenly distributed around an entire perimeter of said housing;
- an air fin coupled between an inside surface of said outside wall of said housing and an outside surface of an outer wall of said tank wherein said air fin is positioned proximate said fan space in said housing, said air fin being one of a plurality of said air fins, said plurality of air fins being evenly distributed around an entire perimeter of said tank wherein said plurality of air fins are configured to allow air to flow between said plurality of air fins;
- a fan motor coupled to said housing and being positioned beneath an inside surface of said top wall of said housing wherein said fan motor is positioned within said fan space in said housing;
- a drive shaft coupled to and extending downwardly from said fan motor;
- a fan coupled to a free end of said drive shaft wherein said fan motor rotates said fan wherein said fan urges air in through said slits, through said air space, and out through said air openings wherein the fluid in said tank is brought to an ambient temperature;
- an inlet conduit fluidly coupled to and extending laterally away from a top of said tank wherein a free end of said inlet conduit extends through said outside wall of said housing, said free end of said inlet conduit being fluidly coupled to a fluid source wherein said inlet conduit fills said tank with the fluid;
- an outlet conduit fluidly coupled to and extending laterally away from a bottom of said tank wherein a free end of said outlet conduit extends through an outer wall of said housing, said free end of said outlet conduit being fluidly coupled to a fluid supply line wherein said outlet conduit supplies the fluid from said tank to the fluid supply line;
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- a baffle coupled to said tank proximate said top of said tank wherein said inlet conduit delivers a fluid into a top of said baffle wherein said baffle evenly distributes the fluid downwardly into an interior of said tank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.