Motor means for space heater and method of use

Claim 2

In a space heater of the type incorporating a motor driven fan means for propelling ignitable fuel through an ignition means and into a heating chamber for generating heat to be discharged into a space to be warmed, the improvement comprising said motor having a rotor means extending therethrough and being rotated upon energization of its motor, said fan means being fixed to said rotor means and caused to turn through the rotating of said means, and said rotor means having a channel formed axially therein and opening approximately at the end of said rotor means proximate said fan means for providing passage of the ignitable fuel therethrough.

Claim 3

The invention of claim 1 and including a pump means operatively associated with the approximate opposite end of said rotor means to provide pressure for urging said ignitable fuel through the rotor means channel.

Claim 4

The invention of claim 2 and including a nozzle operatively associated with the open end of said rotor means to provide for a controlled discharge of the ignitable fuel from said channel.

Claim 5

The invention of claim 3 and including a valve means provided in said rotor channel proximate said nozzle to provide for the discharge of the ignitable fuel under pressure.

Claim 6

The invention of claim 2 and including a fuel supply communicating with said pump means, said pump means having an intake port for drawing fuel therein, and said pump means having an outlet communicating with said rotor channel providing for the forced passage of the fuel therethrough.

Claim 7

The invention of claim 5 and including a valve means provided in the rotor channel proximate the open end of said rotor means, said valve providing for the discharge of the ignitable fuel under pressure.

Claim 8

The invention of claim 6 and including a fuel overflow communicating with the outlet of the pump means.

Claim 9

The invention of claim 7 including a second valve means operatively associated with the overflow for regulating the discharge of excess fuel from the same.

Claim 10

The invention of claim 8 wherein said first and second valve means are adjustable.

Claim 11

The invention of claim 9 wherein the operative setting of the first valve means is adjusted to pass fuel under low pressure than the pressure operative setting of the second valve means.

Claim 12

The invention of claim 2 wherein said pump means comprises a rotary pump.

Claim 13

The invention of claim 11 wherein said rotary pump comprises an internal gear rotary pump.

Claim 14

The invention of claim 12 wherein said internal gear rotary pump comprises a gerotor pump.

Claim 15

The invention of claim 13 wherein the inner gear of the gerotor pump is mounted upon the opposite end of said rotor means.

Claim 16

The invention of claim 2 wherein said heating chamber includes an inner combustion chamber fixed approximately concentrically within said heating chamber and forming a spacing intermediate therewith, the fuel discharging from the rotor means channel being ignited as it flows into said combustion chamber.

Claim 17

The invention of claim 15 and including electrodes located approximately intermediately the open channel end of the rotor means and said combustion chamber, said electrodes when energized furnishing ignition for the discharging and flowing fuel.

Claim 18

The invention of claim 15 and including at least one vane like member extending at least partially across the open end of the combustion chamber proximate the rotor end, said member providing for control of air currents caused by the rotation of the fan blade upon said rotor means.

Claim 19

The invention of claim 17 and including a pair of said vane like members being arranged substantially vertical, each member extending at least partially across the open end of said combustion chamber proximate the rotor end and each member arranged laterally of the center of said combustion chamber.

Claim 20

The invention of claim 18 wherein said vane like members structurally fix the inner combustion chamber to the heating chamber.

Claim 21

The invention of claim 18 wherein one of said vane like members is arranged above the center of said combustion chamber, and the other of said members is arranged below the center of said combustion chamber.

Claim 22

In the process of operating a space heater incorporating a motor driven fan means for prepelling ignitable fuel through an ignition means and into a chamber for generating heat for discharge into a space to be warmed, including the steps of energizing the motor to induce rotation of its rotor means, thereby simultaneously rotating a fan blade fixed to said rotor means, simultaneously operating a pump means through the rotation of said rotor means, thereby forcing the ignitable fuel under the influence of the pressure of said pump means through the channeled interior of the rotor means, thereafter discharging the pumped fuel from the end of said rotor means for passage through the ignition means to effect its combustion as it enters the chamber, and through the force of said fan means urging the generated heat out of the heater and into the space to be warmed.

Claim 23

In the process of operating a space heater incorporating a motor driven fan means for prepelling ignitable fuel through an ignition means and into a chamber for generating heat for discharge into a space to be warmed, including the steps of energizing the motor to induce rotation of its rotor means, thereby simultaneously rotating a fan blade fixed to said rotor means, simultaneously operating a pump means through the rotation of said rotor means, thereby forcing the ignitable fuel under the influence of the pressure of said pump means through the channeled interior of the rotor means, thereafter discharging the pumped fuel from the end of said rotor means for passage through the ignition means to effect its combustion as it enters the chamber, and through the force of said fan means urging the generated heat out of the heater and into the space to be warmed.

Claim 24

A motor-pump combination for use in moving a fluid substance including a motor incorporating a rotor means being rotated upon the energization of said motor, said rotor means having a passageway formed therein, a pump means operatively associated with said rotor means and upon actuation causing movement of said fluid substance, whereby upon energization of said motor its rotor means effects the operation of the pump means thereby inducing transfer of the fluid substance through said rotor passageway.

Claim 25

A motor-pump combination for use in moving a fluid substance including a motor incorporating a rotor means being rotated upon the energization of said motor, said rotor means having a passageway formed therein, a pump means operatively associated with said rotor means and upon actuation causing movement of said fluid substance, whereby upon energization of said motor its rotor means effects the operation of the pump means thereby inducing transfer of the fluid substance through said rotor passageway.

Claim 26

The invention of claim 22 wherein said rotor means passageway extends approximately from end to end of the rotor, said pump means being operatively associated at approximately one end of said rotor means, and said pump means inducing transfer of the fluid substance into the proximate end of the rotor passageway for transfer therethrough and discharge out of its other end.

Claim 27

The invention of claim 23 and including a fluid reservoir for holding the fluid substance, said pump means having an intake port and an outlet, said reservoir communicating with the intake port, a fluid chamber communicating with the pump outlet and with the proximate end of the rotor means passageway, whereby upon energization of said motor the pump means induces the transfer of the fluid substance from the reservoir for transfer through the rotor means passageway and discharge out of its other end.

Claim 28

The invention of claim 24 and including a nOzzle provided on the other end of said rotor means to control the pattern of the fluid substance discharged from its passageway.

Claim 29

The invention of claim 25 and including a valve means provided in said other end of said rotor passageway to provide for the pressure discharge of the fluid substance from said rotor means.

Claim 30

The invention of claim 24 and including a valve means communicating with said fluid chamber and operating to provide for the release of the overflow of said fluid substance.

Claim 31

The invention of claim 23 and including a fan means mounting to approximately the other end of said rotor means, whereby upon energization of said motor the fan influences the movement of the fluid substance as it discharges from the end of said rotor means.

Claim 32

The invention of claim 24 wherein the pump means comprises a rotary pump.

Claim 33

The invention of claim 29 wherein said rotary pump comprises an internal gear rotary pump.

Claim 34

The invention of claim 30 wherein said internal gear rotary pump comprises a gerotor pump.

Claim 35

The invention of claim 31 wherein the inner gear of the gerotor pump is mounted for rotation upon the one end of said rotor means.