Gas water heating apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10823456-B2
Application number	US-201815922446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 15, 2018
Priority date	Mar 17, 2017
Publication date	Nov 3, 2020
Grant date	Nov 3, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a gas water heating apparatus comprising: a shell; a burner, a heat exchanger, and a fan which are disposed in sequence within the shell, wherein a combustion region is formed between the burner and the heat exchanger that are spaced from each other by a first preset distance; a first enclosing frame that encloses the combustion region, an air inlet portion being disposed on a side wall of the first enclosing frame; a heat insulating plate which is disposed within the first enclosing frame and is spaced from an inner surface of the side wall of the first enclosing frame by a second preset distance, wherein when the fan is in operation, air outside the first enclosing frame can flow into a region between the first enclosing frame and the heat insulating plate through the air inlet portion. The present disclosure provides a gas water heating apparatus having an optimized temperature reducing structure and capable of achieving a significant temperature reduction effect.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A gas water heating apparatus comprising:
a shell;
a burner, a heat exchanger, and a fan which are disposed in sequence within the shell, wherein a combustion region is formed between the burner and the heat exchanger which are spaced from each other by a first preset distance;
a first enclosing frame that encloses the combustion region, an air inlet portion disposed on a side wall of the first enclosing frame; and
a heat insulating plate which is disposed within the first enclosing frame and is spaced from an inner surface of the side wall of the first enclosing frame by a second preset distance,
wherein when the fan is in operation, air outside the first enclosing frame flows under the influence of the fan into a gap between the first enclosing frame and the heat insulating plate through the air inlet portion, so as to blow heat, which is transferred into the gap through the heat insulating plate, out of the gap,
wherein the heat insulating plate is provided with holes, through which the air entering the gap from the air inlet portion can flow to the combustion region and/or the heat exchanger;
wherein there is a height difference between each of the holes and the air inlet portion; and
wherein the heat insulating plate has a first end and a second end that are opposite to each other, wherein the first end is closer to the heat exchanger than the second end and the second end is closer to a combustion surface of the burner than the first end.

2. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the burner is at least partially disposed within the first enclosing frame, or
the gas water heating apparatus further comprises a second enclosing frame connected to the first enclosing frame, and the burner is disposed within the second enclosing frame.

3. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat exchanger comprises a third enclosing frame, the first enclosing frame and the third enclosing frame being separately connected or integral.

4. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holes are closer to the first end than the second end, and the air inlet portion is closer to the second end than the first end.

5. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the air inlet portion disposed on the first enclosing frame is positioned above the combustion surface of the burner.

6. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating plate is provided with a fixing portion, and the first enclosing frame is provided with a connection portion; wherein the connection portion and the fixing portion are connected to position the heat insulating plate within the first enclosing frame spaced from the inner surface of the side wall of the first enclosing frame by the second preset distance.

7. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the heat insulating plate is provided at the second end thereof with a stopper, and the stopper is disposed between the inner surface of the side wall of the first enclosing frame and the heat insulating plate.

8. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the stopper is formed by bending the second end of the heat insulating plate towards the first enclosing frame.

9. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the holes include at least a first hole and a second hole, the first hole being disposed at the first end of the heat insulating plate and the second hole being disposed on a side wall of the heat insulating plate.

10. The gas water heating apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the air inlet portion directly faces the heat insulating plate, so that the air entering through the air inlet portion can directly contact the heat insulating plate and flow upwards along the gap, and wherein a part of the air flows out of the gap through the first hole, and another part of the air flows out of the gap through the second hole.

Assignees

• Smith A O China Water Heater
• Smith Corp A O

Inventors

• Xu Yijun
• Fu Ziwen
• Cai Maohu

Classifications

• F24H9/1836

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• F24H9/0005

  for water heaters · CPC title

• F24H1/124 Primary

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• F24H9/0015 Primary

  in water channels · CPC title

• F24H9/136 Primary

  Arrangement of inlet valves used therewith · CPC title