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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2018
Applicant:
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Inventors:
Jeff Gedcke, West Columbia, SC (US);
Lawrence Austin, West Columbia, SC (US);
Assignee:
Lennox Industries Inc., Richardson, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24D 5/00 (2006.01); F23C 7/00 (2006.01); F23L 13/02 (2006.01); F23L 17/00 (2006.01); F24H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23C 7/008 (2013.01); F23L 13/02 (2013.01); F23L 17/005 (2013.01); F24D 5/00 (2013.01); F24H 3/087 (2013.01); F23C 2200/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A furnace inducer choke and a gas furnace employing the furnace inducer choke. In one embodiment, the furnace inducer choke includes: (1) a choke body configured to engage a furnace inducer blower, the choke body having an opening extending entirely therethrough to limit an amount of combustion air entering a furnace that the furnace inducer blower is attached, and (2) a tab protruding from the choke body a distance sufficient to identify the opening when the choke body and furnace inducer blower are installed in the furnace.