US 8,480,007 B2Granted

Forced draft direct vent type room heater

AssigneeRinnai Corporation

InventorSatoshi Kaneiwa

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Abstract

A vent hole 12 is provided in the upper part of a front panel 1e of an outer case 1. Air in a room having passed through a section in which a main heat exchanger 6 is arranged is led to the vent hole 12 through a space between an upper plate 1b of an outer case 1 and an upper wall 2d of a combustion housing 2. A drain dish 18 is arranged on the upper face of the upper wall 2d of the combustion housing 2.

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A forced draft direct vent type room heater comprising:

an outer case,
a combustion housing which is provided in the outer case and houses a burner therein,
a combustion fan for forced draft direct ventilation, which is provided on the way of any one of an air supply path that supplies air for combustion to the combustion housing and an exhaust path that exhausts a combusted gas from the combustion housing,
a main heat exchanger which is provided in the outer case so as to be positioned rearward of the combustion housing and is provided on the way of the exhaust path,
an air intake and a vent hole which are opened in the outer case,
a warm air fan in the outer case for taking in room air from the air intake and sending the air to the inside of the room from the vent hole through a section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged, and
a drain dish which is provided in the outer case and makes a drain formed in an exhaust extension tube that is connected to a downstream end of the exhaust path to flow into the drain dish itself,
wherein
the vent hole is opened in an upper part of a front panel of the outer case, thereby the room air having passed through the section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged is led to the vent hole through a space between an upper plate of the outer case and an upper wall of the combustion housing,
the drain dish is provided directly on an upper face of the upper wall of the combustion housing,
a partitioning plate is provided so as to partition a space between the upper plate of the outer case and the upper wall of the combustion housing into two of an upper room and a lower room, thereby, the room air having passed through the section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged is led to the vent hole through the lower room, and
a supplementary heat exchanger is arranged in the upper room, which is provided on the way of the exhaust path downstream from the main heat exchanger, and one part of the room air taken in from the air intake is led to the vent hole through the upper room, without passing through the section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged.

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Abstract

A forced draft direct vent type room heater comprising:

an outer case,
a combustion housing which is provided in the outer case and houses a burner therein,
a combustion fan for forced draft direct ventilation, which is provided on the way of any one of an air supply path that supplies air for combustion to the combustion housing and an exhaust path that exhausts a combusted gas from the combustion housing,
a main heat exchanger which is provided in the outer case so as to be positioned rearward of the combustion housing and is provided on the way of the exhaust path,
an air intake and a vent hole which are opened in the outer case,
a warm air fan in the outer case for taking in room air from the air intake and sending the air to the inside of the room from the vent hole through a section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged, and
a drain dish which is provided in the outer case and makes a drain formed in an exhaust extension tube that is connected to a downstream end of the exhaust path to flow into the drain dish itself,
wherein
the vent hole is opened in an upper part of a front panel of the outer case, thereby the room air having passed through the section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged is led to the vent hole through a space between an upper plate of the outer case and an upper wall of the combustion housing,
the drain dish is provided directly on an upper face of the upper wall of the combustion housing,
a partitioning plate is provided so as to partition a space between the upper plate of the outer case and the upper wall of the combustion housing into two of an upper room and a lower room, thereby, the room air having passed through the section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged is led to the vent hole through the lower room, and
a supplementary heat exchanger is arranged in the upper room, which is provided on the way of the exhaust path downstream from the main heat exchanger, and one part of the room air taken in from the air intake is led to the vent hole through the upper room, without passing through the section in which the main heat exchanger is arranged.

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