Hydro-furnaces and related methods for vehicles
OwnerFrancesco CONSADORI, Oscar SOLIS MARQUEZinventors
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Abstract
A hydro-furnace for an RV includes a housing, a water inlet and a hot water outlet accessible through the housing, a radiator tank inside a radiator compartment of the housing, a heat exchanger inside a burner compartment of the housing for heating water flowing therethrough, a burner inside the burner compartment to provide heat to the heat exchanger, a heater core inside a recirculating compartment of the housing or heating air flowing therethrough, a blower inside the recirculating compartment for pulling return air through the heater core and delivering heated air outside the housing, and a pump circulating water from the radiator tank through the heat exchanger, through the heater core, and back to the radiator tank.
Claims20
A water heater and furnace system for a recreational vehicle (RV) comprising:
- a housing comprising a plurality of panels defining an interior;
- a water inlet for receiving water from a water supply accessible through the housing;
- a hot water outlet accessible through the housing;
- a heat exchanger inside of the housing for heating water flowing through the heat exchanger;
- a burner inside of the housing to provide heat to the heat exchanger to heat the water flowing through the heat exchanger;
- a heater core coupled downstream of the hot water outlet of the heat exchanger;
- a blower for moving air across the heater core and delivering heated air outside the housing;
- a storage tank for storing water passed through the heater core;
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- a pump circulating water from the storage tank to the heat exchanger.
A method for regulating water outlet temperature and space heating of a hydro-furnace for a recreational vehicle (RV) comprising:
- circulating water from a water inlet to a heat exchanger for heating the water flowing through the heat exchanger and then directing the heated water through a heater core and then to a storage tank;
- heating air flowing across the heater core;
- heating the water running through the heat exchanger to produce heated water with a burner;
- pulling return air through the heater core with an air blower;
- heating the return air with the heated water to produce heated air;
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- circulating the water from the storage tank to the heat exchanger with a pump.
A water heater and furnace system for a recreational vehicle (RV) comprising:
- a heat exchanger configured to heat water received from a water supply;
- a heater core and a blower, the heater core being located remotely from the heat exchanger, the heater core being fluidly coupled to the heat exchanger by a first length of pipe, and the blower being configured to move air through the heater core and deliver heated air outside of a housing that houses the heater core and the heat exchanger;
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- a storage tank configured to store water passed through the heater core, the storage tank being located remotely from the water heater and the hydro-furnace, the storage tank being fluidly coupled to the heater core by a second length of pipe, and the storage tank being coupled to the heater exchanger to supply circulation water to the heat exchanger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.