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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Inventor:
William S. Gatley, Jr., Cassville, MO (US);
Assignee:
Regal Beloit America, Inc., Beloit, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/52 (2006.01); F23L 1/00 (2006.01); F24H 1/20 (2006.01); F24H 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F23L 1/00 (2013.01); F24H 1/205 (2013.01); F24H 9/0026 (2013.01);
Abstract
A water heater system comprises a water tank, a burner plenum, a flue, a blower, a combustion air passageway, a dilution air passageway, an upstream manifold, and a downstream manifold. The upstream manifold divides air from the blower so that some air flows through the combustion air passageway to the burner plenum and some air flows through the dilution air passageway to the downstream manifold. The downstream manifold combines the air from the dilution air passageway with combustion products from the flue.