Patent ID: 6725811
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: F23D,F24H

Abstract:
An improved water heater comprising an upright cylindrical water tank, a flue pipe extending lengthwise through said tank and the opposite ends of said tank, said pipe being attached to said opposite ends, a cylindrical metal skirt of substantially the same diameter of said tank to support said tank, a circular perforated ceramic flat plate radiant gas burner fitted as a transverse partition in said skirt to provide a combustion zone above said burner and a plenum for gas and air below said burner, said ceramic plate having a diameter substantially equal to the inside diameter of said skirt and having perforations over its entire face except for a narrow rim portion by which it is supported in said skirt, refractory-type insulation surrounding said perforations as lining of said skirt between said rim portion and the bottom end of said tank and exposed to said combustion zone, a venturi tube extending through said skirt into said plenum for the supply of said gas and air thereto, and a pan across the bottom end of said skirt to seal the bottom of said plenum.