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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2017
Applicant:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Inventors:
Jimmy Charles Smelcer, Mount Juliet, TN (US);
Billy Anthony Batey, Watertown, TN (US);
Benjamin Bolton, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
A. O. Smith Corporation, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D 14/02 (2006.01); F23D 14/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D 14/02 (2013.01); F23D 14/14 (2013.01);
Abstract
A burner apparatus for burning a gas and air mixture may include a burner wall. The burner wall may have a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves. Each groove may be defined between adjacent ridges. Each groove may also include a pair of slopes. Each slope may have an area of permeability having openings defined therein from which flames can project. Each ridge may define an area of reduced permeability relative to the areas of permeability of the slopes.