Abstract: A forced-air furnace for burning gas or fuel oil or waste oil utilizes relatively few components and effectively heats air for space-heating purposes. The furnace includes a substantially enclosed, elongated housing having an air intake and an air discharge vent and a hollow elongated heat exchanger/combustion chamber which is supported within so as to extend axially along the housing. The furnace also includes a fuel burner assembly supported at the discharge end of the housing for directing a flame and attending combustion products directly into the heat exchanger so that the inner surface thereof absorbs heat generated thereby and so that no part of the flame impinges upon the heat exchanger. Heat transfer from the combustion products to the heat exchanger is enhanced by a pair of removable platen-like baffles mounted within the heat exchanger.

Abstract: A gas-fired convection oven for processing food, for example, having a fan for moving air along a circulatory path over, along and about the food to be processed. A package type gas burner outside the oven is directed into a heat exchanger tube of substantial length extending into the oven. High-temperature exhaust gases are discharged from the burner to be directed through the heat exchanger into the circulatory path of air flowing through the convection oven. Relatively proximate the burner the heat exchanger has a linear portion that is of egg-shaped or elliptical cross section, and that portion is oriented with respect to the outlet of the convection blower and walls of the convection blower chamber to draw air over substantially the entire surface area of such portion for maximum cooling/heat exchange function with respect thereto.

Abstract: A gas-fired convection oven for processing food, for example, having a fan for moving air along a circulatory path over, along and about the food to be processed. A package type gas burner outside the oven is directed into a heat exchanger tube of substantial length extending into the oven. High-temperature exhaust gases are discharged from the burner to be directed through the heat exchanger into the circulatory path of air flowing through the convection oven. Relatively proximate the burner the heat exchanger has a linear portion that is of elliptical cross section, and that portion is oriented with respect to the outlet of the convection blower and walls of the convection blower chamber to draw air over substantially the entire surface area of such portion for maximum cooling/heat exchange function with respect thereto.

Abstract: A power gas burner of the gun type. The burner embodies an air tube that is mounted on the appliance with which the burner is to be used. Primary and secondary air is supplied to the air tube by a blower of the turbo-compressor type that is driven by a motor through an adjustable speed drive. Fuel gas is supplied to the air tube through an eductor tube. Gas is supplied to the eductor at regulated pressure through a metering orifice. The discharge end of the eductor is open and is located on the axis of the air tube and in the throat of a venturi that is also mounted on the axis of the air tube. Air supplied by the blower flows at high velocity through the throat of the venturi on the exterior of the eductor, resulting in a reduction in pressure in the venturi at the discharge end of the eductor. This primary air is mixed in the venturi with gas discharged from the eductor.

Abstract: An electromagnetic pump particularly adapted for use with oil burners is disclosed. The pump embodies an armature that is reciprocated by a magnetic field produced by an electromagnetic coil. The armature drives the piston of a piston pump that is adapted to pump a liquid at low volume and high pressure. The pump also embodies a diaphragm disposed in a chamber having an inlet portion on one side of the diaphragm and an outlet portion on the other. The inlet portion of the chamber is connected to a liquid supply line leading to the pump and the outlet portion is connected to the discharge of the piston pump and also to a valve-controlled vent leading to atmosphere. The diaphragm is moved in one direction only by the armature and in the opposite direction by a spring. When there is air in the liquid supply line, the vent valve is opened and the diaphragm rapidly pumps air to the atmosphere. When liquid is discharged from the vent, the valve is closed.