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US 5,605,453 AGranted
Burner of a vehicle heater
AssigneeJ. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsErich Kenner, Herbert Langen, Wolfgang Schaffert, Peter Reiser
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Abstract
A burner for a vehicle heating device having a fan or blower for supplying combustion air. A combustion chamber 2 has an inner surface which is provided with a porous lining. A fuel supply line is provided for supplying fuel to the lining. A glow plug ignites the fuel evaporated from the lining. A longitudinal axis of the glow plug has a longitudinal axis which is substantially parallel to a tangential plane of the circumferential wall of the combustion chamber.
Claims19
A burner comprising:
- a combustion chamber including a cylindrical wall;
- a porous lining positioned on an inner surface of said combustion chamber;
- fuel supply means for supplying fuel to said porous lining;
- glow plug means for igniting fuel evaporated from said porous lining, said glow plug means including a plug longitudinal axis, said glow plug means being positioned to cause said plug longitudinal axis to be substantially parallel to a tangential plane which is tangential to said cylindrical wall.
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