Patents by Inventor Tadayuki Hiraga
Tadayuki Hiraga has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9726370Abstract: A tubular burner includes: a mixing tube having an inlet port into which a fuel gas and primary air flow; and a flame hole member having a plurality of flame holes and being fitted into a front end portion of the mixing tube. The flame holes of the flame hole member are made up of a central main flame hole and a plurality of subsidiary flame holes positioned around, and each being smaller than, the central main flame hole. In an annular region of the flame hole member defined between an outer periphery of the flame hole member and the central main flame hole, a plurality of non-flame-hole regions which are free from formation of the subsidiary flame holes are provided at a circumferential distance from one another. The plurality of the subsidiary flame holes are formed in each of flame hole regions defined between the non-flame-hole regions.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 2014Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: RINNAI CORPORATIONInventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
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Publication number: 20160109119Abstract: A tubular burner includes: a mixing tube having an inlet port into which a fuel gas and primary air flow; and a flame hole member having a plurality of flame holes and being fitted into a front end portion of the mixing tube. The flame holes of the flame hole member are made up of a central main flame hole and a plurality of subsidiary flame holes positioned around, and each being smaller than, the central main flame hole. In an annular region of the flame hole member defined between an outer periphery of the flame hole member and the central main flame hole, a plurality of non-flame-hole regions which are free from formation of the subsidiary flame holes are provided at a circumferential distance from one another. The plurality of the subsidiary flame holes are formed in each of flame hole regions defined between the non-flame-hole regions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2014Publication date: April 21, 2016Applicant: Rinnai CorporationInventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
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Publication number: 20150184848Abstract: A tubular burner has a mixing tube which includes a rear-end inlet port into which a fuel gas and primary air flow, and a flame hole member having a plurality of flame holes and being fitted into a front end region of the mixing tube. The flame hole member is prevented from getting pulled out of position, without applying an undue force thereto. At a front end of the mixing tube a cylindrical elongated section is disposed in a manner to be elongated beyond a front face of the flame hole member. A convex portion is formed in the cylindrical elongated section so as to protrude diametrically inward of the cylindrical elongated section to prevent the flame hole member from getting pulled out of position in a forward direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2013Publication date: July 2, 2015Applicant: RINNAI CORPORATIONInventors: Tadayuki Hiraga, Hideo Okamoto
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Patent number: 8858225Abstract: A combustion device has tubular burners with mixing tubes made by joining together two plate members which have formed therein half-split mixing tubes at a distance from one another and which, when joined together, form a clearance serving as a carryover flame hole to communicate a mixing tube with an adjoining mixing tube. An intermediate flame hole portion is formed by recessing backward the front end of the carryover flame hole. A cover portion is formed in each of the two plate members so as to lie opposite to each other with a recessed space lying therebetween. The recessed space is defined as a space that is generated between the intermediate flame hole portion and a line that is drawn in front of the intermediate flame hole portion along the same longitudinal direction as the front end, except for the part of the intermediate flame hole portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2012Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Rinnai CorporationInventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
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Publication number: 20130101948Abstract: A flame hole member of a tubular burner has a front plate and a rear plate both of sheet metal make. The front plate has a first flame hole in the central portion of the front plate, and a plurality of second flame holes located around a periphery of the first flame hole, each of the second flame holes being of a slit shape in a width below a quenching distance. The rear plate has a first ventilation hole in the central portion of the rear plate, and a plurality of second ventilation holes of smaller diameter than the first ventilation hole, each of the second ventilation holes being located around a periphery of the first ventilation hole. At least one of the rear plate and the front plate is provided with a cylindrical section for introducing into the first flame hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2011Publication date: April 25, 2013Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
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Publication number: 20120231404Abstract: A combustion device has tubular burners with mixing tubes made by joining together two plate members which have formed therein half-split mixing tubes at a distance from one another and which, when joined together, form a clearance serving as a carryover flame hole to communicate a mixing tube with an adjoining mixing tube. An intermediate flame hole portion is formed by recessing backward the front end of the carryover flame hole. A cover portion is formed in each of the two plate members so as to lie opposite to each other with a recessed space lying therebetween. The recessed space is defined as a space that is generated between the intermediate flame hole portion and a line that is drawn in front of the intermediate flame hole portion along the same longitudinal direction as the front end, except for the part of the intermediate flame hole portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: September 13, 2012Inventor: Tadayuki Hiraga
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Patent number: 8015950Abstract: A single can-type composite heat source machine including a single can body including a first combustion section having a first burner and a hot water supplying first main heat exchanger located above the first burner, and a second combustion section having a second burner and a second main heat exchanger located above the second burner and used for a purpose other than hot water supply. The first combustion section and the second combustion section are partitioned from each other by a partition wall and juxtaposed in a lateral direction. The machine includes a first auxiliary heat exchanger and a second auxiliary heat exchanger both of a latent heat recovery type connected to upstream sides of the first main heat exchanger and the second main heat exchanger, respectively. An exhaust system can be miniaturized and simplified in spite of provision of the auxiliary heat exchangers.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2006Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Rinnai CorporationInventors: Hideo Okamoto, Tadayuki Hiraga, Hiroitsu Ohta, Mineyuki Nasu, Hiroaki Sasaki
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Publication number: 20100229804Abstract: In a single can-type composite heat source machine including a single can body (2) including a first combustion section (3-1) having a first burner (4-1) and a hot water supplying first main heat exchanger (5-1) located above the first burner (4-1), and a second combustion section (3-2) having a second burner (4-2) and a second main heat exchanger (5-2) located above the second burner (4-2) and used for a purpose other than hot water supply, the first combustion section (3-1) and the second combustion section (3-2) being partitioned from each other by a partition wall (2a) and juxtaposed in a lateral direction, the machine including a first auxiliary heat exchanger (11-1) and a second auxiliary heat exchanger (11-2) both of a latent heat recovery type connected to upstream sides of the first main heat exchanger and the second main heat exchanger, respectively, an exhaust system can be miniaturized and simplified in spite of provision of the auxiliary heat exchangers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2006Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventors: Hideo Okamoto, Tadayuki Hiraga, Hiroitsu Ohta, Mineyuki Nasu, Hiroaki Sasaki