Expanding Solid Patents (Class 236/33)
  • Water heater distribution tube
    Patent number: 10352587
    Abstract: A split system water heater includes a storage tank and a separate power module for heating water outside of the tank. A distribution tube provides high volume, low velocity flow of water between the tank and the power module to avoid or limit mixing and maintain thermal stratification within the tank. The distribution tube includes a longitudinal axis and a plurality of openings generally perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy Scott Shaffer
  • Uniform temperature control system
    Patent number: 6402042
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system for establishing and maintaining a desired uniform temperature in a room heated by a heating device. The control system includes a valve assembly for controlling the pressure of the fluid supplied to the heating device, the valve assembly including a valve actuator, a pressure sensor sensing the pressure of the fluid supplied to the heater, and a temperature control device to sense the ambient temperature of the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Blue Earth Research
    Inventors: Jerry A. Stenzel, Thomas K. Hiniker, Michael W. Lundgreen, Mark H. Jaeger, Thomas C. Schlosser
  • Adjustment and control unit for gas burner valves provided with a bimetallic thermostat
    Publication number: 20010050315
    Abstract: An adjustment and control unit for gas burner valves provided with a bimetallic thermostat which is arranged on a rocker supporting the flow control element of a valve. A translational motion actuator is arranged so as to push on the rocker, on the opposite side with respect to the thermostat, and is kinematically connected to a knob by way of coupling elements which convert rotary motion into a translational motion. The coupling elements provide two distinct transmission ratios, each at specific rotation positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: December 13, 2001
    Inventor: Margherita Paolucci