Drop Water Firebox Patents (Class 122/141)
  • Patent number: 6109216
    Abstract: A water heater including a water tank, a combustion chamber beneath the tank, a gas burner in the combustion chamber, an air plenum upstream of the combustion chamber, a flame arrestor located such that air in the air plenum passes through the flame arrestor to reach the combustion chamber, and a flue extending upwardly from the combustion chamber and through the water tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: AOS Holding Company
    Inventors: Gregory Allen Reynolds, R. Dale Shropshire