Cap and water-heating device including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11262099-B2
Application number	US-202016943047-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 30, 2020
Priority date	Sep 11, 2019
Publication date	Mar 1, 2022
Grant date	Mar 1, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a cap and a water-heating device having the same. The cap for covering a top side of a case of the water-heating device includes a cover having a receiving space that is open at the bottom, the cover including an exhaust hole formed therein for releasing exhaust gas in the case to the outside, and an exhaust duct that is received in the receiving space and coupled to the cover and that forms an exhaust channel that connects an exhaust tube included in the case and the exhaust hole and releases the exhaust gas, in which the exhaust duct is formed of a material different from a material of the cover, and the material of the exhaust duct has higher heat resistance than the material of the cover.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A cap for covering a top side of a case of a water-heating device, the cap comprising:
a cover having a receiving space that is open at the bottom, the cover including an exhaust hole formed therein for releasing exhaust gas in the case to the outside; and
an exhaust duct received in the receiving space and coupled to the cover, wherein the exhaust duct forms an exhaust channel configured to connect an exhaust tube included in the case and the exhaust hole and release the exhaust gas,
wherein the exhaust duct is formed of a material different from a material of the cover, and the material of the exhaust duct has higher heat resistance than the material of the cover,
wherein the exhaust duct includes:
a connecting tube coupled to the exhaust tube;
a discharge tube inserted into the exhaust hole and configured to release the exhaust gas introduced through the connecting tube; and
an exhaust housing connected to the connecting tube and the discharge tube.

2. The cap of claim 1 , wherein the cover further includes an air supply hole configured to introduce air into the case.

3. The cap of claim 2 , wherein the cover includes an upper plate part spaced apart from an upper surface of the case and a sidewall part extending from a periphery of the upper plate part toward the case to form the receiving space together with the upper plate part, and
wherein the sidewall part includes a first sidewall in which the exhaust hole is formed and a second sidewall in which the air supply hole is formed.

4. The cap of claim 3 , wherein the air supply hole includes a plurality of air supply holes, each of which includes an inclined piece formed to be upwardly inclined toward the receiving space so as to minimize introduction of water into the receiving space.

5. The cap of claim 3 , wherein the cover further includes a screen provided on an inner surface of the second sidewall to minimize introduction of water into the receiving space through the air supply hole, wherein the screen is formed to correspond to a region having the air supply hole formed therein and is spaced apart from the air supply hole.

6. A cap for covering a top side of a case of a water-heating device, the cap comprising:
a cover having a receiving space that is open at the bottom, the cover including an exhaust hole formed therein for releasing exhaust gas in the case to the outside; and
an exhaust duct received in the receiving space and coupled to the cover, wherein the exhaust duct forms an exhaust channel configured to connect an exhaust tube included in the case and the exhaust hole and release the exhaust gas,
wherein the exhaust duct is formed of a material different from a material of the cover, and the material of the exhaust duct has higher heat resistance than the material of the cover,
wherein the cover includes an upper plate part spaced apart from an upper surface of the case and a sidewall part extending from a periphery of the upper plate part toward the case to form the receiving space together with the upper plate part, and
wherein the sidewall part includes a protruding insert protruding toward the receiving space so as to be inserted into an insertion recess formed on a side surface of the case.

7. The cap of claim 1 , wherein the exhaust duct further includes a first packing member mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the discharge tube to form a seal between the exhaust hole and the discharge tube, the first packing member being brought into close contact with an inner surface of the first sidewall.

8. The cap of claim 7 , wherein the exhaust duct further includes a pressure flange circumferentially formed along the outer circumferential surface of the discharge tube and provided on the opposite side to the first sidewall with respect to the first packing member, and
wherein the first sidewall includes a pressure protrusion protruding from the inner surface of the first sidewall toward the receiving space, the pressure protrusion being formed along a periphery of the exhaust hole, wherein the pressure protrusion is formed in a shape corresponding to the pressure flange so as to be brought into close contact with the first packing member.

9. The cap of claim 1 , wherein a fixing bracket configured to fix the case to a structure is provided on the upper surface of the case, and
wherein the cover further includes a second packing member provided on the sidewall part to form a seal between the fixing bracket and the sidewall part and coupled to a lower end portion of a third sidewall configured to make contact with the fixing bracket, the second packing member being brought into close contact with the fixing bracket.

10. The cap of claim 7 , wherein the connecting tube is mounted on an outer circumferential surface of the exhaust tube and has a sealing member insertion portion into which a sealing member configured to form a seal between the exhaust tube and the connecting tube is inserted.

11. A water-heating device comprising:
a case having an interior space therein, the case including an air supply tube configured to introduce air into the interior space and an exhaust tube configured to release exhaust gas generated in the interior space; and
a cap configured to cover a top side of the case,
wherein the cap includes:
a cover having a receiving space that is open at the bottom, the cover including an exhaust hole formed therein for releasing the exhaust gas in the interior space to the outside; and
an exhaust duct received in the receiving space and coupled to the cover, wherein the exhaust duct forms an exhaust channel configured to connect an exhaust tube included in the case and the exhaust hole and release the exhaust gas, and
wherein the exhaust duct is formed of a material different from a material of the cover, and the material of the exhaust duct has higher heat resistance than the material of the cover,
wherein a plurality of heat dissipation holes configured to dissipate heat generated in the interior space are formed through an upper surface of the case, and
wherein the upper surface of the case has a step formed around the plurality of heat dissipation holes such that a region of the upper surface where the heat dissipation holes are formed is in a higher position than the other region of the upper surface, and
wherein the cover further includes:
an air supply hole configured to introduce air into the interior space; and
a screen spaced apart from an inner surface of a sidewall part having the air supply hole formed therein, the screen being located between the air supply hole and the heat dissipation holes to minimize introduction of foreign matter into the heat dissipation holes, wherein the foreign matter is introduced through the air supply hole.

Assignees

• Kyungdong Navien Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jun Kyu
• Hur Jeon
• Cha Hwa Yong

Classifications

• F24H9/02 Primary

  Casings; Cover lids; Ornamental panels · CPC title

• F23J13/00

  Fittings for chimneys or flues  (side-supporting means for chimney stacks E04H12/20; ladders permanently attached to chimneys E06C9/00; draught-inducing apparatus associated with chimneys or flues F23L17/00; tops for chimneys, terminals for flues F23L17/02) · CPC title

• F23J2213/203

  between stack/duct and combustion apparatus · CPC title

• F23J13/04 Primary

  Joints; Connections · CPC title

• F24H1/0072 Primary

  Special adaptations · CPC title