Patent · US Expired

Support for furnace heat exchanger

US5370106A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 10, 1993
Grant dateDec 6, 1994
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 10, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF24H3/105
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

In a furnace of the type having a blower shelf with a blower attached to one surface thereof and a heat exchanger unit located proximate a second surface thereof, and the heat exchanger unit being reversibly attachable to the blower shelf, the improvement comprising: a retaining structure unitary with the back panel of the heat exchanger; and a structure which mates with the retaining structure and is unitary with the blower shelf. The retaining structure and mating structure function jointly to retain the back panel of the heat exchanger unit perpendicular to and proximate the blower shelf.

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