Patent ID: 8465277
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: F16K,F23C,F23K,F23N,F24C,F24H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A dual fuel heating source comprising: a fuel selector valve for rotatingly selecting between a first fuel and a second fuel to be used by the heating source; and a burner nozzle having a first orifice at an outlet end and two flow configurations through the burner nozzle, the first flow configuration configured for injecting the first fuel through the outlet end into a combustion chamber and the second flow configuration configured for injecting the second fuel through the outlet end into the combustion chamber wherein selecting the fuel with the fuel selector valve also determines the flow configuration through the burner nozzle, the burner nozzle forming a single unit with the fuel selector valve and configured to rotate about a same axis of rotation, wherein the first orifice defines an axis parallel with the axis of rotation.