Hot water device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11774138-B2
Application number	US-201917275173-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2019
Priority date	Sep 26, 2018
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 2023

Abstract

A hot water device includes a heat exchanger and an apparatus to which the heat exchanger is to be connected. First and second cases for the heat exchanger and the apparatus to which the heat exchanger is to be connected include first and second flange portions laid over each other and welded together. The first and second flange portions are each demarcated into a corner flange portion corresponding to one of first and second corner portions, and into a non-corner flange portion other than the corner flange portion. The non-corner flange portions protrude more to the outside of the first and second cases than the corner flange portions.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A hot water device, comprising:
a heat exchanger comprising a first case, wherein the first case comprises a plurality of first side wall portions connected via at least one first corner portion, and first flange portions protruding to an outside of the first case in a form bent from the plurality of first side wall portions; and
an apparatus to which the heat exchanger is to be connected comprising a second case, wherein the second case comprises a plurality of second side wall portions connected via at least one second corner portion, and second flange portions protruding to an outside of the second case in a form bent from the plurality of second side wall portions, wherein
the first flange portions and the second flange portions are laid over each other and welded together,
the first flange portions and the second flange portions are each demarcated into a corner flange portion corresponding to the first corner portion and the second corner portion, and into a non-corner flange portion other than the corner flange portion, and
the non-corner flange portions protrude more to the outside of the first case and the second case than the corner flange portions,
wherein the first case comprises a first case main body portion in which the plurality of first side wall portions are connected in a Π-shape in a plan view so as to form a first side surface opening portion, and a first side plate portion which is bonded to the first case main body portion so as to close the first side surface opening portion;
the second case comprises a second case main body portion in which the plurality of second side wall portions are connected in a Π-shape in a plan view so as to form a second side surface opening portion, and a second side plate portion which is bonded to the second case main body portion so as to close the second side surface opening portion;
the first flange portion and the second flange portion are arranged in the first case main body portion and the second case main body portion; and
the first side plate portion and the second side plate portion comprise a third flange portion and a fourth flange portion laid over each other and welded together,
wherein the hot water device further comprises:
a case corner welding portion in which a first case corner portion and a second case corner portion are welded to each other, wherein in the first case corner, the first flange portion and the third flange portion are adjacent to each other, and in the second case corner portion, the second flange portion and the fourth flange portion are adjacent to each other, wherein
at each end portion of the first to fourth flange portions, an inclined portion is formed, and the more the inclined portion approaches the case corner welding portion the less a protrusion dimension towards the outside of the case, and
wherein the first case main body portion and the second case main body portion further comprise a first longitudinal flange portion and a second longitudinal flange portion which extend in a vertical height direction of the first case main body portion and the second case main body portion and are abutted and bonded to the first side plate portion and the second side plate portion; and
in a part of the first and second longitudinal flange portions and the first and second side plate portions which is close to the case corner welding portion, an additional inclined portion is formed in which a front end portion of the additional inclined portion is inclined in a manner that the more a part closer to the case corner welding portion the less a protrusion dimension towards the outside of the case.

2. The hot water device according to claim 1 , wherein
the corner flange portion comprises a curved portion which is curved in a plan view in a manner of corresponding to a bending shape of the first corner portion and the second corner portion, and a pair of straight portions which is non-curved in a plan view, is connected to both ends of the curved portion, and has a protrusion dimension towards the outside of the first case and the second case which is the same as a protrusion dimension of the curved portion.

3. The hot water device according to claim 1 , wherein
a boundary region between the corner flange portion and the non-corner flange portion is an inclined region, and the more the inclined region approaches the corner flange portion, the less a protrusion dimension towards the outside of the first case and the second case.

4. The hot water device according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat exchanger is a primary heat exchanger which collects heat from a heating gas, and
the apparatus to be connected to is a secondary heat exchanger which further collects heat from a heating gas that has passed through the primary heat exchanger.

Assignees

• Noritz Corp

Inventors

• Kondo Masaki
• Wada Norihide

Classifications

• F24H1/0036 Primary

  of the sealed type · CPC title

• F28F9/002

  with fastening means for other structures · CPC title

• F24H1/107

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• F28F2230/00

  Sealing means · CPC title

• F28F2275/06

  by welding · CPC title