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US 5,707,227 AGranted
Burner of a vehicle heater
AssigneeJ. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. KG
InventorsHerbert Langen, Fritz Mohring, Stefan Ottenbacher, Wolfgang Schaffert
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Abstract
The invention pertains to a burner of a vehicle heater which includes a blower for supplying the combustion air, a combustion chamber having a lining which is porous at least in some areas on part of its inner surface, a means for supplying fuel to the porous area of the lining and an electric glow plug for igniting the fuel or fuel-air mixture evaporated from the lining.
Claims20
A burner comprising:
- a combustion chamber including a cylindrical wall and an end wall;
- a porous lining material positioned on an inner surface of said end wall and positioned on a portion of said cylindrical wall adjacent said end wall, said lining material defining a recess, said lining material also defining a passage providing communication between said recess and an interior of said combustion chamber;
- fuel supply means for supplying fuel to said porous lining material;
- glow plug means for igniting fuel evaporated from said porous lining material, said glow plug means including a glow area and said glow area being positioned in said recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.