Patents Assigned to Reznor LLC
  • Patent number: 10823403
    Abstract: A radiant tube heater with a burner assembly, a radiant tube assembly and a combustion air pre-heater, wherein the burner assembly comprises: a burner fuel nozzle; a plenum chamber and a pre-mixer chamber; the plenum chamber having a combustion air inlet; wherein in use: combustion air flows from said plenum chamber through an orifice to said pre-mixer where said air is mixed with burner fuel entering said pre-mixer through said nozzle prior to being combusted at a burner head; said pre-mixer being at least partly located within said radiant tube assembly; and where in use at least part of the combustion air supplied to said plenum is preheated in said air pre-heater using residual sensible heat of the hot combustion gas products of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Reznor LLC
    Inventors: Glyn Wilfred Turner, Lee Brian Herbert
  • Patent number: 9816724
    Abstract: An integrated ventilation unit configured to provide ventilation and conditioned air to an indoor space may include a heat pump system, an energy recovery device and a control unit. The heat pump system may include a first coil located at a supply air side of the ventilation unit, a second coil located at an exhaust air side of the ventilation unit, and a compressor. The energy recovery device may be configured to transfer heat between a return air stream and a supply air stream and the control unit may be configured to control operation of the heat pump system and the energy recovery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Reznor LLC
    Inventors: Seng Kham Phannavong, Christopher Adam Hughes, Thomas W Clark, John P McKissack, David Street, Timothy J Roberts
  • Patent number: 9791148
    Abstract: A radiant tube heater with a burner assembly, a radiant tube assembly and a combustion air pre-heater, wherein the burner assembly comprises: a burner fuel nozzle; a plenum chamber and a pre-mixer chamber; the plenum chamber having a combustion air inlet; wherein in use: combustion air flows from said plenum chamber through an orifice to said pre-mixer where said air, is mixed with burner fuel entering said pre-mixer through said nozzle prior to being combusted at a burner head; said pre-mixer being at least partly located within said radiant tube assembly; and where in use at least part of the combustion air supplied to said plenum is preheated in said air pre-heater using residual sensible heat of the hot combustion gas products of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Reznor LLC
    Inventors: Glyn Wilfred Turner, Lee Brian Herbert
  • Patent number: 9022298
    Abstract: A system may include a tube through which hot fluid is transported from one end to another, wherein the tube radiates heat energy and transfers heat energy to surrounding air by convection. The system may also include a reflector that reflects the radiated heat and a hood that captures the heat energy from the surrounding air through convection, wherein the hood radiates the captured heat energy. The reflector may include a bi-involute curved surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Reznor LLC
    Inventors: Jean-Pierre Catteau, Gerald Capaldini
  • Patent number: 8943848
    Abstract: An integrated ventilation unit configured to provide ventilation and conditioned air to an indoor space may include a heat pump system, an energy recovery device and a control unit. The heat pump system may include a first coil located at a supply air side of the ventilation unit, a second coil located at an exhaust air side of the ventilation unit, and a compressor. The energy recovery device may be configured to transfer heat between a return air stream and a supply air stream and the control unit may be configured to control operation of the heat pump system and the energy recovery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Reznor LLC
    Inventors: Seng K. Phannavong, Christopher A. Hughes, Thomas W. Clark, John P. McKissack, David G. Street, Timothy J. Roberts