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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
May. 26, 2006
James Jay Cress, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Brian J. Miller, Mishawaka, IN (US);
James Jay Cress, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Brian J. Miller, Mishawaka, IN (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A gas preheater () includes an entrance plate () having a first side (), a second side (), at least one opening () connecting the first side () and the second side (), and a plurality of walls () on the second side () having tops () spaced from the second side (), the walls () defining at least one circuitous pathway () on the second side () beginning at the at least one opening (), and a diffuser plate () having a first side and a second side and a plurality of holes () between the first side and the second side, the diffuser plate first side defining with the entrance plate second side () and the plurality of walls () at least one circuitous passage along the at least one circuitous pathway (), the at least one circuitous pathway having a first portion () leading from the at least one opening () and a second portion () spaced from the at least one opening (), wherein the holes () in the diffuser plate () overlie the circuitous passage second portion ().