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US 7,284,550 B2Granted
Burn pot for furnace
AssigneeBixby Energy Systems, Inc.
InventorsRobert A. Walker, Ross Conrad Embertson
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Abstract
A method of combusting a fuel in a burn pot includes forming an ash column within the burn pot, and removing a portion of the ash column. The burn pot includes a first sidewall portion, a second sidewall portion, and a translatable plate interposed between the first sidewall portion and the second sidewall portion. The translatable plate is capable of at least two positions. The translatable plate has an opening therein corresponding substantially to a cross sectional area of an inside area of the first sidewall portion or the second sidewall portion.
Claims18
A furnace comprising:
- a combustion chamber;
- a burn pot within the combustion chamber further comprising:
- a sidewall;
- and
- a plate translatable through an internal volume of the burn pot positioned between the ends of the sidewall, the plate translatable between a first position and a second position, wherein the plate has an opening therein with an area at least as large as a cross-sectional area of the burn pot when in a first position and includes an area capable of covering the cross-sectional area of the burn pot when the plate is in a second position, the plate further including a ramp positioned near the opening in the plate;
- and
- a movable floor, wherein the plate is moved to form separate volumes of the burn pot.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.