Hot-water supply apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11041657-B2
Application number	US-201816055422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 6, 2018
Priority date	Aug 8, 2017
Publication date	Jun 22, 2021
Grant date	Jun 22, 2021

Abstract

A hot-water supply apparatus capable of restraining the occurrence of noises from a building wall surface side includes a hot-water supply apparatus main body having a burner and a heat exchanger that generates hot water by combustion exhaust of the burner, and a rectangular parallelepiped main body case that houses the hot-water supply apparatus main body. A back plate (5c), which closes the back side of the main body case, is installed to a building wall surface (W) such that the back plate (5c) opposes the building wall surface (W) with a predetermined void space (S) provided therebetween. A soundproof member (18), which closes at least a part of an open end of the void space (S), is provided on the main body case (5).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hot-water supply apparatus comprising:
a hot-water supply apparatus main body having a burner and a heat exchanger that generates hot water by a combustion exhaust of the burner;
a rectangular parallelepiped main body case housing the hot-water supply apparatus main body; and
an upper bracket and a lower bracket respectively provided adjacent a top end and a bottom end of a back plate that closes a back side of the main body case,
wherein
the main body case is attached to a building wall surface by the upper bracket and the lower bracket such that the back plate opposes the building wall surface with a predetermined void space maintained by the upper bracket and the lower bracket, the void space having opposed horizontal sides and opposed vertical sides, and
the main body case is provided with a soundproof member, which extends vertically on the back plate, and the soundproof member closing:
at least a part of at only one of the horizontal sides of the void space sandwiched at top and bottom by the upper bracket and the lower bracket, respectively;

or
at least a part of at least one of the horizontal sides of the void space sandwiched at top and bottom by the upper bracket and the lower bracket, respectively, without closing either of the vertical sides of the void space.

2. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the soundproof member is disposed on the back plate at a position closer to one horizontal edge of the back plate than an opposite horizontal edge of the back plate.

3. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein an entirety of the soundproof member is disposed on the back plate at a position closer to the one horizontal edge of the back plate than the opposite horizontal edge of the back plate.

4. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the soundproof member, the upper bracket, and the lower bracket are all separate members.

5. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the soundproof member, the upper bracket, and the lower bracket are all separate members.

6. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the soundproof member has a greater length in a vertical direction between vertical upper and lower edges of the back plate than a length in a horizontal direction between opposite horizontal edges of the back plate, and an entirety of the soundproof member is disposed on the back plate at a position closer to one horizontal edge of the back plate than an opposite horizontal edge of the back plate.

7. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the soundproof member, the upper bracket, and the lower bracket are all separate members.

8. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the soundproof member is disposed at a position closer to a horizontal edge of the back plate than a horizontal center of the back plate.

9. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the soundproof member, the upper bracket, and the lower bracket are all separate members.

10. The hot-water supply apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the soundproof member, the upper bracket, and the lower bracket are all separate members.

Assignees

• Rinnai Kk

Inventors

• Mori Kentaro
• Jinno Hideyuki

Classifications

• F24H9/06 Primary

  Arrangement of mountings or supports · CPC title

• F24H1/181 Primary

  Construction of the tank · CPC title

• B01B1/00

  Boiling; Boiling apparatus for physical or chemical purposes {; Evaporation in general} · CPC title

• F24H9/02

  Casings; Cover lids; Ornamental panels · CPC title

• F24H9/20

  Arrangement or mounting of control or safety devices · CPC title