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Reduced resonance burner

US11378273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

A. O. Smith Corporation · US

Inventors

Jimmy Charles Smelcer · Mount Juliet, US
Billy Anthony Batey · Watertown, US
Benjamin Bolton · Elm Grove, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 5, 2022
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 31, 2037

Classification

Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
CPC primaryF23D2203/1023
WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

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.

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