Patents Represented by Attorney Walter A. Hacker
  • Patent number: 7000572
    Abstract: Water heater apparatus for improving the efficiency of a water heater having a tank, a burner, and a flue with the flue being disposed within the tank for evacuation of burn gases therethrough includes an enhancing heat transfer baffle with the baffle having a truncated conical shape and positioned within the flue for directing combustion gases from the burner against a flue wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Inventor: Werner K. Schimmeyer