Water heater

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9810450-B2
Application number	US-201514796764-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 10, 2015
Priority date	Jul 25, 2014
Publication date	Nov 7, 2017
Grant date	Nov 7, 2017

Abstract

A water heater includes a burner generating combustion gas, a heat exchanger heating water which flows through the inside, through heat exchange with combustion gas generated in the burner, a fan supplying air to the burner, and a housing storing these components. The water heater has a water entry portion in a top plate of the housing. A water supply pipe for supplying water to the inside of the heat exchanger is connected to the water entry portion. The water entry portion is arranged to be included, in a plane view, in at least one component constituting the heat exchanger and an exhaust path for combustion gas which has passed through the heat exchanger. The component is made of a material having corrosion resistance against drainage water resulting from condensation of combustion gas.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A water heater, comprising:
a burner generating combustion gas;
a heat exchanger heating water which flows through inside, through heat exchange with combustion gas generated in the burner;
a fan supplying air to the burner; and
a housing storing the burner, the heat exchanger, and the fan,
the water heater having a water entry portion in a top plate of the housing, a water supply pipe for supplying water to inside of the heat exchanger being connected to the water entry portion,
the water entry portion being arranged to be included, in a plane view, in at least one component constituting the heat exchanger and an exhaust path for combustion gas which has passed through the heat exchanger, and
the component being made of a material having corrosion resistance against drainage water resulting from condensation of combustion gas, wherein
a temperature of a part of the component, on which condensate generated in the water entry portion drops, is a temperature at which noise generation at the time of evaporation of the condensate is suppressed.

2. The water heater according to claim 1 , wherein
the heat exchanger includes a heat exchanger capable of heating water by recovering latent heat of combustion gas.

3. The water heater according to claim 1 , wherein
the fan is arranged downstream of the heat exchanger in a direction of flow of combustion gas and constructed to pull air into the burner, and
the component constituting the exhaust path is the fan.

4. The water heater according to claim 1 , wherein
a protruding portion protruding upward is provided in a peripheral portion of a top surface of the component including the water entry portion in a plane view and the protruding portion has a discontinuous portion in a prescribed position in the peripheral portion.

5. The water heater according to claim 2 , wherein
a protruding portion protruding upward is provided in a peripheral portion of a top surface of the component including the water entry portion in a plane view and the protruding portion has a discontinuous portion in a prescribed position in the peripheral portion.

6. The water heater according to claim 3 , wherein
a protruding portion protruding upward is provided in a peripheral portion of a top surface of the component including the water entry portion in a plane view and the protruding portion has a discontinuous portion in a prescribed position in the peripheral portion.

7. The water heater according to claim 1 , wherein
in a top surface of the component including the water entry portion in a plane view, a groove portion is provided in an outer peripheral portion in a prescribed area including the water entry portion in a plane view and a flow path connecting a prescribed position in a peripheral portion of the top surface and the groove portion to each other is further provided.

8. The water heater according to claim 2 , wherein
in a top surface of the component including the water entry portion in a plane view, a groove portion is provided in an outer peripheral portion in a prescribed area including the water entry portion in a plane view and a flow path connecting a prescribed position in a peripheral portion of the top surface and the groove portion to each other is further provided.

9. The water heater according to claim 3 , wherein
in a top surface of the component including the water entry portion in a plane view, a groove portion is provided in an outer peripheral portion in a prescribed area including the water entry portion in a plane view and a flow path connecting a prescribed position in a peripheral portion of the top surface and the groove portion to each other is further provided.

Assignees

• Noritz Corp

Inventors

• Satoh Isao

Classifications

• Y02B30/106

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic

• F23D2900/14063

  for cooking ranges having one flame ring fed by multiple venturis · CPC title

• F24H1/165

  using fluid fuel · CPC title

• F24H8/006 Primary

  Means for removing condensate from the heater · CPC title

• Y02E20/363

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic