Patent ID: 8651065
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: A01K,F24D,F24H

Abstract:
1. A heated water tank comprising: a bottom having at least one upwardly extending sidewall to define sides of said tank; a tunnel defining a watertight channel extending across said tank, said tunnel having a top, sides and a bottom and ends, said ends terminating at openings in said sides of said tank, said openings in said sides of said tank are covered by fin plates, each said fin plate includes a plurality of fins being obliquely angled downward to form a louvered opening within said fin plate; said openings and fin plates are covered by removably secured access covers secured to said sides of said tank, said access covers having an outer wall facing away from said tank, lateral walls and a bottom wall extending toward said tank to form a hollow chimney with an open top defined by walls of said access cover and said side of said tank for allowing combustion gasses to draft vertically through said chimneys and; a burner assembly contained within said tunnel for producing heat from a combustible fuel to heat said tunnel.