Patent ID: 6481434
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: F24D

Abstract:
A gas fired infrared radiant tube heating system for heating an indoor enclosed space; said system comprising:a unitary burner housing; two or more radiant tube heat exchangers adapted to be disposed within said enclosed space without an enclosure housing so that the radiant tube heat exchangers can heat the indoor space directly, each of said radiant tube heat exchangers having first and second ends, the first end of each of said radiant tube heat exchangers being connected to said burner housing, the radiant tube heat exchangers extending away from said burner housing; two or more separate burner assemblies (18) carried within the common burner housing, there being one burner assembly (18) interconnected with each of the radiant tube heat exchangers (12), each burner assembly having its own igniter and being capable of igniting and firing an associated radiant tube heat exchanger (12); and a single gas delivery system (14, 16, 30) mounted within the burner housing and connected to a source of combustible gas, the single gas delivery system being interconnected with the two or more separate burner assemblies (18).