Gas pilot burner assembly
AssigneeHoneywell International Inc.
InventorsVictor Vasquez-Del-Mercado, Rene Meillon, Gerardo Lopez
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Abstract
A pilot tube assembly for easy repair and/or replacement of a pilot hood is disclosed. In one example, a field configurable burner tube assembly may include a burner tube, a pilot hood, wherein the pilot hood engages the burner tube and can be secured to the burner tube in any of two or more different orientations in the field, a thermo-electric device, and a bracket for carrying the pilot hood and burner tube assembly adjacent to the thermoelectric device.
Claims21
A field configurable burner tube assembly for a pilot burner, comprising:
- a burner tube;
- a pilot hood;
- wherein the pilot hood engages the burner tube and can be secured to the burner tube in any of two or more different orientations in the field;
- a thermo-electric device;
- and
- a bracket for carrying the pilot hood and burner tube adjacent to the thermoelectric device.
A field configurable burner tube assembly for a pilot burner, comprising:
- a pilot hood having a first end and a second end;
- a burner tube having a first end and a second end, the second end defining a lumen for receiving the second end of the pilot hood;
- and
- a collar and a securing element for adjustably securing the first end of the pilot hood relative to the second end of the burner tube in any of two or more different orientations in the field.
A method of configuring a burner tube assembly in the field, the method comprising:
- adjusting an orientation of a pilot hood relative to a burner tube among two or more different orientations;
- and
- frictionally engaging the pilot hood to the burner tube in the adjusted orientation.
A pilot burner assembly for a gas fired appliance, comprising:
- a first mounting bracket having a first aperture for mounting a burner tube assembly and a second aperture for mounting a thermoelectric device adjacent the burner tube assembly;
- the first mounting bracket further having two or more mounting features for mounting the bracket to the gas fired appliance;
- and
- a second mounting bracket having two or more first mounting features configured to align with two or more of the mounting features of the first bracket to optionally mount the second mounting bracket to the first mounting bracket, and one or more second mounting features for mounting the second mounting bracket to the gas fired appliance when the first bracket is mounted the second mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.