# US 2014/0190671 A1 · Fluid Pre-Heating Assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190671 A1 - Document ID: US20140190671A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/738,464 - Filed: 2013-01-10 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-10 - Inventors: Farouk Dargazli - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190671A1 ## CPC - F28D 20/0034: {using liquid heat storage material} - F28D 1/024: {with an air driving element} - F28D 21/0001: {Recuperative heat exchangers} - Y02E 60/14: Thermal energy storage - F28D: HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT (fluid heaters having heat generating means and heat transferring means F24H; furnaces F27; details of heat-exchange apparatus of general) - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and a fan operationally coupled to said fan motor wherein said fan is configured to draw air over said tank. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising said tank having an outside diameter being less than an inside diameter of said housing wherein an air space surrounds said tank. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising said tank having a height being less than a height of said housing wherein a fan space is defined above said tank. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising said fan motor being coupled to said housing and positioned beneath an inside surface of a top wall of said housing wherein said fan motor is positioned within a fan space in said housing. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The assembly according to claim 2, further comprising: a drive shaft coupled to and extending downwardly from said fan motor; said fan being coupled to a free end of said drive shaft wherein said fan motor rotates said fan; and said fan urging air through said air space wherein the fluid in said tank is brought to an ambient temperature. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising a plurality of slits extending through a top wall of said housing and 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The assembly according to claim 6, further comprising 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. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising an air fin coupled between an inside surface of an outside wall of said housing and an outside surface of an outer wall of said tank wherein said air fin is positioned proximate a fan space in said housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The assembly according to claim 8, further comprising 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. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising 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 an outside wall of said housing. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising 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 outside wall of said housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The assembly according to claim 10, further comprising said free end of said inlet conduit being fluidly coupled to a fluid source wherein said inlet conduit fills said tank with the fluid. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The assembly according to claim 11, further comprising 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. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The assembly according to claim 1, further comprising: an inlet conduit fluidly coupled to and extending laterally away from a top of said tank; and 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. ### Claim 15 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; and 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.