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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2008
Applicants:
Benjamin P. Putnam, Watertown, TN (US);
Dustin C. Wiggins, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Inventors:
Benjamin P. Putnam, Watertown, TN (US);
Dustin C. Wiggins, Old Hickory, TN (US);
Assignee:
Lochinvar Corporation, Lebanon, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F23D 14/36 (2006.01); F24H 1/11 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A water heater apparatus includes a fuel-air transfer arm connecting a blower outlet to a burner inlet. The transfer arm includes a continuously curved 180° bend portion and at least one inwardly extending internal flow disrupter located in the 180° bend portion for improving fuel-air mixture distribution across the burner inlet.