High capacity quiet burner for hot air heating system

Claim 2

A burner for a hot air heating system comprising: (a) a tubular burner body having a chamber therein which is open at an outlet end and enclosed at an inlet end; (b) a burner nozzle means mounted in said burner body chamber adjacent the inlet end thereof, and having a tubular combustion chamber with an axial outlet end in the burner body and an axial inlet end, a screen means over the outlet of said burner nozzle and a perforated plate spaced upstream of said screen, said tubular combustion chamber mounted about the outlet of said nozzle means; (c) means for conveying a prior mixed, mixture of primary air and fuel axially into said burner nozzle means at the inlet end thereof. (d) means for igniting said mixture of primary air and fuel in said burner; and, (e) a source of our above atmosphere pressure and means connected to said source for conveying secondary air under pressure into said burner body chamber for flow of all the secondary air around said burner nozzle and tubular combustion chamber and axially past the outlet end of the burner nozzle means and tubular combustion chamber for heating said secondary air, and through said burner body chamber for mixing with the combustion gases formed by the combustion of said prior mixed, mixture of primary air and fuel in said tubular combustion chamber, and for subsequent discharge through the outlet end of said burner body chamber onto an object for heating the same.

Claim 3

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said means for conveying secondary air into said burner body is arranged to admit said secondary air into said burner body on a tangent relative to the periphery of said burner nozzle body.

Claim 4

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said means for conveying secondary air into said burner body chamber is arranged to admit said secondary air into said burner body chamber at a point below the burner nozzle body inlet end.

Claim 5

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said means for conveying a mixture of primary air and fuel into said nozzle body includes a filter means for filtering the prior mixed, mixture of primary air and fuel.

Claim 6

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said means for conveying secondary air into said burner body chamber is arranged to admit said secondary air into said burner body chamber at a point below the burner nozzle body inlet end; and, (b) said means for conveying a mixture of primary air and fuel into said nozzle body includes a filter means for filtering the mixture of primary air and fuel.

Claim 7

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said burner body is provided with sight hole means and sight glass means; and, (b) said tubular combustion chamber is provided with sight hole means, whereby the combustion action in the tubular combustion chamber may be viewed by an operator through said sight glass and said sight hole means.

Claim 8

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said burner body is provided with a pressure releasable safety cap.

Claim 9

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, including: (a) a perforated plate mounted in said burner nozzle body adjacent the inner side of said screen means.

Claim 10

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) said burner nozzle body has mounted therein a fiberglass filter means.

Claim 11

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 9, including: (a) a first perforated plate mounted in said burner nozzle body adjacent the inner side of said screen means.

Claim 12

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) a screen means is mounted over the outlet end of said burner body chamber.

Claim 13

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) the outlet end of said burner body chamber has a reduced diameter cross-sectional area as compared to the cross-sectional area of said burner body chamber at the point in said chamber where said burner nozzle means is located.

Claim 14

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 1, wherein: (a) the inlet end of said burner nozzle body is made to a reduced diameter cross-sectional area as compared to the outlet end of said burner nozzle body.

Claim 15

A burner for a hot air heating system comprising: (a) a tubular burner body having a chamber therein which is open at an outlet end and enclosed at an inlet end; (b) a burner nozzle means mounted in said burner body chamber adjacent the inlet end thereof; , and a tubular combustion chamber mounted about the discharge end of said nozzle means (c) means for conveying a mixture of primary air and fuel into said burner nozzle means; (d) means for igniting said mixture of primary air and fuel in said burner; (e) means for conveying secondary air under pressure into said burner body chamber for flow around said burner nozzle and tubular combustion chamber for heating said secondary air, and through said burner body chamber for mixing with the combustion gases formed by the combustion of said mixture of primary air and fuel in said burner, and for subsequent discharge through the outlet end of said burner body chamber onto an object for heating the same; (f) said burner nozzle means including an elongated tubular body having an inlet end connected to said means for conveying a mixture of primary air and fuel into said nozzle body; (g) said burner nozzle body being provided with a screen means over the outlet end of said burner nozzle body; (h) said burner nozzle body having mounted therein a fiberglass filter means; (i) a first perforated plate mounted in said burner nozzle body adjacent the inner side of said screen means; and, (j) a second perforated plate mounted in said burner nozzle body between said fiberglass filter means and said first perforated plate, and being spaced apart from said first perforated plate.

Claim 16

A burner for a hot air heating system comprising: (a) a tubular burner body having a chamber therein which is open at an outlet end and enclosed at an inlet end; (b) a burner nozzle means mounted in said burner body chamber adjacent the inlet end thereof; , and a tubular combustion chamber mounted about the discharge end of said nozzle means (c) means for conveying a mixture of primary air and fuel into said burner nozzle means; (d) means for igniting said mixture of primary air and fuel in said burner; (e) means for conveying secondary air under pressure into said burner body chamber for flow around said burner nozzle and tubular combustion chamber for heating said secondary air, and through said burner body chamber for mixing with the combustion gases formed by the combustion of said mixture of primary air and fuel in said burner, and for subsequent discharge through the outlet end of said burner body chamber onto an object for heating the same; (f) said burner nozzle means including an elongated tubular body having an inlet end connected to said means for conveying a mixture of primary air and fuel into said nozzle body; (g) said burner nozzle body being provided with a screen means over the outlet end of said burner nozzle body; (h) said burner nozzle body having mounted therein a fiberglass filter means; (i) a first perforated plate mounted in said burner nozzle body adjacent the inner side of said screen means; and, (j) a second perforated plate mounted in said burner nozzle body between said fiberglass filter means and said first perforated plate, and being spaced apart from said first perforated plate.

Claim 17

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 14, including: (a) a screen means mounted over the outlet end of said burner body chamber.

Claim 18

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 14, wherein: (a) the outlet end of said burner body chamber has a reduced diameter cross-sectional area compared to the cross-sectional area of said burner body chamber at the point in said chamber where said burner nozzle means is located.

Claim 19

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 14, wherein: (a) the inlet end of said burner nozzle body is made to a reduced diameter cross-sectional area compared to the outlet end of said burner nozzle body.

Claim 20

A burner for a hot air heating system as defined in claim 14, wherein: (a) a screen means is mounted over the outlet end of said burner body chamber; (b) the outlet end of said burner body chamber has a reduced diameter cross-sectional area compared to the cross-sectional area of said burner body chamber at the point in said chamber where said burner nozzle means is located; and, (c) the inlet end of said burner nozzle body is made to a reduced diameter cross-sectional area as compared to the outlet end of said burner nozzle body.