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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2019
Applicant:
Mestek, Inc., Westfield, MA (US);
Inventor:
Kenneth W. Cohen, Mahwah, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Mestek, Inc., Westfield, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D 14/34 (2006.01); G01N 21/3504 (2014.01); F23D 14/60 (2006.01); G01N 21/31 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D 14/34 (2013.01); F23D 14/60 (2013.01); G01N 21/3504 (2013.01); F23D 2208/00 (2013.01); G01N 2021/3133 (2013.01);
Abstract
A heating device includes a combustion chamber, a housing in fluid communication with the combustion chamber, a burner disposed in the housing, a blower assembly connected to the housing for directing air into the interior of the housing, a valve assembly connected to the housing for controlling a flow of fuel into the burner, an optical color sensor for sensing a color profile of a surface of the burner, and a control unit configured to control the valve assembly in dependence upon the color profile of the surface of the burner.