Hot water apparatus
AssigneeNoritz Corporation
InventorsWataru OOSHITA, Takeshi OOHIGASHI
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Abstract
A hot water apparatus includes a heat exchanger and a housing. A case has a circumferential wall portion, a lower opening, and a flange portion. A case has a flange portion, a circumferential wall portion, and an upper opening. The circumferential wall portion includes a downwardly-extending wall portion inserted into the inside of the circumferential wall portion through the upper opening. In a state where the downwardly-extending wall portion is arranged inside the circumferential wall portion, the lower opening is located below an upper surface of the flange portion.
Claims9
A hot water apparatus comprising:
- a heat exchanger including a heat exchange portion and a first case in which the heat exchange portion is housed;
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- a housing including a second case connected to the first case of the heat exchanger,
- the first case of the heat exchanger including
- a first circumferential wall portion,
- a first opening provided at a lower end of the first circumferential wall portion, and
- a first flange portion located above the first opening and extending outward from the first circumferential wall portion,
- the second case of the housing including
- a second flange portion connected to the first flange portion,
- a second circumferential wall portion arranged inside the second flange portion, and
- a second opening provided at an upper end of the second circumferential wall portion,
- the first circumferential wall portion of the heat exchanger including a downwardly-extending wall portion that is inserted through the second opening of the housing into an inside of the second circumferential wall portion,
- in a state where the downwardly-extending wall portion is arranged inside the second circumferential wall portion, the first opening being located below an upper surface of the second flange portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.