Boiler for a heating system, as an article of manufacture, a boiler-heating system combination, and a method for heating a heat-transfer medium such as water in a heating system

As an article of manufacture, a boiler for heating a heat transfer medium for one use and another heat transfer medium for another use, comprising:

• a combustion chamber within which combustion takes place in a direct heat transfer relationship within a heat transfer medium;
• a vessel for containing said heat transfer medium and said combustion chamber;
• a first partition for said vessel at the upper part thereof defining an upper smoke chamber;
• an inlet in said partition for said combustion chamber;
• a plurality of outlets for said upper smoke chamber;
• a plurality of smoke tubes interconnected with said outlets for said upper smoke chamber;
• a second partition for said vessel at the lower part thereof defining a lower smoke collection chamber interconnected with said smoke tubes and a chimney;
• a third partial partition of said vessel from a bottom of said vessel and short of the first partition, for separating said combustion chamber and said plurality of smoke tubes;
• outlet means for said heat transfer medium proximate said upper partition of said vessel;
• inlet return means for said heat transfer medium proximate said lower portions of said vessel;
• a heat transfer conduit for said another heat transfer medium within said heating vessel having a heat transfer conduit inlet and outlet interconnecting means, said inlet return means for said heat transfer medium proximate said lower portion of said vessel being above said inlet interconnecting means for said heat transfer conduit for said another heat transfer means and proximate a lower portion of said plurality of said smoke tubes;
• said outlet interconnecting means for said another heat transfer medium on a side of said partial partition and proximate said combustion chamber;
• said heat transfer conduit for said another heat transfer medium extending proximate said plurality of said smoke tubes for a length thereof across said partial partition, and proximate to said combustion chamber for a length thereof, and
• means for access to said lower smoke collection chamber.

A hot tap water distribution system and heating system for a dwelling for furnishing on demand hot tap-water and heating a dwelling by means of circulating heat transfer medium from a boiler to a radiator type and the like heating means, the combination comprising:

• a combustion chamber within which fuel combustion takes place in a direct heat transfer relationship within a heat transfer medium for said heating system;
• a first vessel for containing said heat transfer medium and said combustion chamber interconnected with said heating system for said dwelling;
• an outlet from said first vessel for interconnecting said heating system with said heat transfer medium and means for circulating said heat transfer medium within said dwelling;
• an inlet for said first vessel, for interconnecting said heating system for return of said heat transfer medium from said dwelling to said first vessel;
• a heat transfer conduit for said hot tap water system within said first vessel, said heat transfer conduit for said tap water having heat transfer conduit inlet and outlet interconnecting means at the lower and upper portion of and through said first vessel, said tap water inlet interconnecting means being below said combustion chamber, below said outlet for said heat transfer medium and below said inlet for said first vessel, and said outlet for said tap water, through said first vessel, interconnecting above said combustion chamber;
• a plurality of downcoming smoke tubes interconnectingly related with said combustion chamber;
• a lower chamber interconnectingly related with said combustion chamber via said smoke tubes, and a chimney for said combustion chamber and said smoke tubes, and
• said heat transfer conduit for said tap water inlet interconnecting means being proximate to said lower chamber but within said vessel for said heat transfer medium.

A hot tap water distribution system and a heating system for a dwelling for furnishing on demand hot tap water and heating a dwelling by means of circulating heat transfer medium from a boiler to a radiator type and the like heating means, the combination comprising:

• a combustion chamber within which fuel combustion takes place in a direct heat transfer relationship within a heat transfer medium;
• a first vessel for containing said heat transfer medium and said combustion chamber;
• a first partition for said vessel at the upper part thereof for defining an upper smoke chamber;
• an inlet in said partition for interconnecting with said combustion chamber;
• a plurality of outlets for said upper smoke chamber;
• a plurality of smoke tubes interconnected with said outlets for said upper smoke chamber;
• a second partition for said vessel at the lower part thereof defining a lower smoke collection chamber interconnected with said smoke tubes and a chimney;
• a partial third partition of said vessel from a bottom of said vessel and short of the first partition, for separating said combustion chamber and said plurality of smoke tubes;
• outlet means for said heat transfer medium proximate said upper partition of said first vessel interconnected with said heating system for said dwelling;
• inlet return means for said heat transfer medium proximate said lower portions of said first vessel interconnected with said heating system for said dwelling;
• means for circulating said heating medium to said boiler;
• a heat transfer conduit for said tap water within said first vessel having a heat transfer conduit inlet and outlet interconnecting means, said inlet return means for said heat transfer medium proximate said lower portion of said vessel, but above said inlet interconnecting means for said heat transfer conduit for said tap water and proximate a lower portion of said plurality of said smoke tubes;
• outlet interconnecting means for said tap water on a side of said partial partition proximate said combustion chamber, and
• said heat transfer conduit for said tap water extending proximate said plurality of said smoke tubes for a length thereof and across said partial partition, and proximate to said combustion chamber for a length thereof.

A method for providing tap water and heat to a dwelling comprising the steps of:

• firing intermittently a fuel in a combustion chamber zone within a heat transfer medium for said dwelling, contained in a vessel zone;
• conducting downwardly through a plurality of smoke pipe zones combustion products including smoke during firing of said fuel;
• collecting said smoke and combustion products in a collection chamber zone;
• expelling said gaseous combustion products through a chimney;
• collecting other combustion products in said collection zone for disposal of same;
• heating said heat transfer medium in said vessel for said heating of said dwelling;
• circulating said heat transfer medium when needed within said dwelling by removing said heat transfer medium proximate an upper part of said vessel zone and returning said heat transfer medium in a reintroducing zone between said collection chamber zone and combustion chamber zone;
• introducing tap water at a position below said recirculating heat transfer medium reintroducing zone but proximate said collection chamber zone;
• heating an adequate supply of said tap water by heat transfer from said heat transfer medium in tap water heating zone in relationship to a graduated convectional heating of said heat transfer medium below and above said combustion chamber, and
• withdrawing upon demand said tap water from the top of said vessel zone containing said hot tap water.