Variable flow volume control baffle for water heater
OwnerWerner K. Schimmeyerinventor
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Abstract
Apparatus for improving the efficiency of a water heater having a tank, a burner and a flue, the flue being disposed within said tank for evacuation of burned combustion gases therethrough with resulting heating of water in the tank, generally including combustion gas deflector for enhancing heat transfer from the combustion gases through a flue wall and into surrounding water during ignition of the burner.
Claims10
A control baffle for improving the efficiency of a water heater having a tank, a burner and a flue, said flue being disposed within said tank for evacuation of burned combustion gases therethrough with resulting heating of water in said tank, said control baffle comprising:
- combustion gas directing means for enhancing heat transfer from the combustion gases through a flue wall and into surrounding water during ignition of said burner, said combustion gas directing means comprising an elongate member having means for both centering said elongate member within the flue and establishing an annulus between said elongate member and the flue for the passage of combustion gas said elongate member comprising a plurality of nestable segments.
Water heater apparatus comprising:
- a tank;
- a burner;
- flue means, disposed in said tank, for evacuation of burner combustion gases therethrough with resulting heating of water in said tank;
- combustion gas directing means for enhancing heat transfer from the combustion gases through a flue wall and into surrounding water during ignition of said burner, said combustion gas directing mens comprising an elongate member having means for both centering said elongate member within the flue and establishing an annulus between the member and the flue for the passage of combustion gas, said elongate member comprising a plurality of nestable segments.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.