Methods of operating a fuel-fired heating apparatus
US6776125B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 9, 2003 |
| Grant date | Aug 17, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 9, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S122/07
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A gas-fired water heater has a combustion chamber with a bottom wall defined by a perforated flame arrestor plate forming a portion of a flow path through which combustion air may be supplied to a burner structure within the combustion chamber. During firing of the water heater a combustion air shutoff system having a heat-frangible temperature sensing structure disposed within the combustion chamber senses an undesirable temperature increase in the combustion chamber, caused by for example a partial blockage of the flow path, and responsively terminates further air flow into the combustion chamber, thereby shutting down the burner, prior to the creation in the combustion chamber of a predetermined elevated concentration of carbon monoxide.
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