Hot water apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10295222-B2
Application number	US-201715698733-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 8, 2017
Priority date	Sep 26, 2016
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A hot water apparatus includes a burner, a latent heat recovery heat exchanger, a housing, a fixing member, an attachment member, and a straightening vane. The fixing member is configured to fix the latent heat recovery heat exchanger to the housing. The attachment member is configured to attach the fixing member to a case. The straightening vane is arranged in the case. The attachment member protrudes into the case. The straightening vane includes a top plate portion arranged upstream from the attachment member in a direction of flow of the heating gas in the case.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hot water apparatus comprising:
a burner for generating a heating gas;
a heat exchanger including a heat exchange portion for exchanging heat between the heating gas which flows outside and water and/or hot water which flows inside and a case which accommodates the heat exchange portion;
a housing which accommodates the burner and the heat exchanger;
a fixing member arranged in the housing for fixing the heat exchanger to the housing;
an attachment member arranged in the housing for attaching the fixing member to the case; and
a straightening vane arranged in the case,
the attachment member protruding into the case, and
the straightening vane including a top plate portion arranged upstream from the attachment member in a direction of flow of the heating gas in the case.

2. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the case includes a first region where the heat exchange portion is arranged and a second region where the straightening vane and the attachment member are arranged, and
the second region is higher in air passage resistance against the flow of the heating gas than the first region.

3. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the case includes an inlet where the heating gas flows in, an outlet where the heating gas flows out, and a peripheral wall portion which connects the inlet and the outlet to each other,
the peripheral wall portion has four sides when the heat exchange portion is viewed from the inlet toward the outlet, and
the top plate portion is arranged over an entire length of one side of the four sides.

4. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the top plate portion is inclined to have a down grade toward the heat exchange portion.

5. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the straightening vane includes a middle plate portion arranged between the attachment member and the top plate portion, and
the middle plate portion is inclined to have a down grade toward the heat exchange portion.

6. The hot water apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
the straightening vane includes a side plate portion arranged between the heat exchange portion and the attachment member, and
the side plate portion is connected to a lower end of the middle plate portion.

7. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the case includes an attachment portion to which the attachment member is attached and a recess which surrounds the attachment portion, and
the recess is recessed outward from inside of the case.

8. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the straightening vane includes a biasing portion arranged between the top plate portion and the heat exchange portion, and
the top plate portion abuts on the case while the biasing portion biases the top plate portion in a direction away from the heat exchange portion.

9. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the attachment member is a screw or a pin.

10. The hot water apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat exchanger is a latent heat recovery heat exchanger, and
the hot water apparatus further comprises a sensible heat recovery heat exchanger disposed between the burner and the latent heat recovery heat exchanger.

11. A hot water apparatus comprising:
a burner for generating a heating gas;
a heat exchanger including a heat exchange portion for exchanging heat between the heating gas which flows outside and water and/or hot water which flows inside and a case which accommodates the heat exchange portion;
a housing which accommodates the burner and the heat exchanger;
a fixing member arranged in the housing for fixing the heat exchanger to the housing;
an attachment member arranged in the housing for attaching the fixing member to the case; and
a straightening vane arranged in the case, wherein
the attachment member protrudes into the case,
the straightening vane includes a top plate portion arranged upstream from the attachment member in a direction of flow of the heating gas in the case,
the fixing member includes a flat plate portion and a projection portion which projects from the flat plate portion toward the case of the heat exchanger, and
the attachment member is attached to the projection portion and an attachment portion of the case while the projection portion is fitted to the attachment portion.

12. A hot water apparatus comprising:
a burner for generating a heating gas;
a heat exchanger including a heat exchange portion for exchanging heat between the heating gas which flows outside and water and/or hot water which flows inside and a case which accommodates the heat exchange portion;
a housing which accommodates the burner and the heat exchanger;
a fixing member arranged in the housing for fixing the heat exchanger to the housing;
an attachment member arranged in the housing for attaching the fixing member to the case; and
a straightening vane arranged in the case, wherein
the attachment member protrudes into the case,
the straightening vane includes a top plate portion arranged upstream from the attachment member in a direction of flow of the heating gas in the case,
the heat exchanger includes a flange member arranged in an upper end portion of the case,
the flange member includes an extension portion which extends from the upper end portion of the case to outside of the case, an opening surrounded by the extension portion, and a rising coupling portion which rises upward from the extension portion so as to surround the opening,
a first cut portion provided in an upper edge of the rising coupling portion is arranged to be superimposed on a second cut portion provided in an upper edge of the upper end portion of the case while the upper end portion of the case is inserted in the opening, and
the top plate portion is arranged below the first cut portion and the second cut portion.

Assignees

• Noritz Corp

Inventors

• Ooshita Wataru

Classifications

• F28D7/02

  the conduits being helically coiled (F28D7/10 takes precedence {F28D7/0016 and F28D7/0033 take precedence}) · CPC title

• F28D9/005

  the plates having openings therein for both heat-exchange media · CPC title

• F28D9/0093

  Multi-circuit heat-exchangers, e.g. integrating different heat exchange sections in the same unit or heat-exchangers for more than two fluids · CPC title

• F28F9/00

  Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings · CPC title

• F28D7/0091

  the supplementary medium flowing in series through the units · CPC title