Single piece combustion product diverter for water heaters
AssigneeRheem Manufacturing Company
InventorsJeremy Allen Peters, Timothy David Scott, Martin John Fabian, Robert Johnson, Prudhvi Vishnu Vardhan Amaravadhi
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Abstract
A fuel-fired water heater includes a top water outlet, a water tank, a top cover assembly having a top surface, wherein the top water outlet is disposed on the top surface to output water from the water tank, a multi-pass heat exchanger positioned in the water tank, wherein the multi-pass heat exchanger comprises flue tubes, and a top plenum at a top end portion of the water heater, wherein the top plenum has a first end and a second end.
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A water heater comprising:
- a top water outlet;
- a water tank;
- a top cover assembly having a top surface, wherein the top water outlet is disposed on the top surface to output water from the water tank;
- a multi-pass heat exchanger positioned in the water tank, wherein the multi-pass heat exchanger comprises flue tubes;
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- a top plenum disposed at a top end portion of the water heater, wherein the top plenum comprises a single horse-shoe-shaped plenum.
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A water heater comprising:
- a top water outlet;
- a water tank;
- a top cover assembly having a top surface, the top water outlet disposed on the top surface to output water from the water tank;
- a multi-pass heat exchanger positioned in the water tank, the multi-pass heat exchanger comprising:
- a first-pass flue tube;
- a set of second-pass flue tubes;
- a set of third-pass flue tubes;
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- a top plenum at a top end portion of the water heater, the top plenum having a first end and a second end, the first end of the top plenum is separated from the second end of the top plenum so as to define a space, the space including an aperture sized to receive a water outlet pipe through the top water outlet.
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A method of heating water, the method comprising:
- providing, via water input pipe, un-heated water into a water heater comprising:
- a top water outlet;
- a water tank;
- a top cover assembly having a top surface, the top water outlet disposed on the top surface to output water from the water tank;
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- a multi-pass heat exchanger positioned in the water tank, the multi-pass heat exchanger comprising a top plenum at a top end portion of the water heater, the top plenum having a first end and a second end, the first end of the top plenum separate from the second end of the top plenum so as to define a space, the space including an aperture sized to receive a water outlet pipe through the top water outlet;
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- heating, via the heat exchanger, the un-heated water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.