Patent ID: 6321870
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: B60H,F23M

Abstract:
Air intake means for a motor vehicle heater with an inlet connection and a water separator located upstream of the inlet connection, the water separator having a water separation chamber with at least one air intake opening which is laterally offset relative to the inlet connection and is separated from the inlet connection by at least one deflector wall; wherein a cylindrical muffler chamber forms a cylindrical extension of the water separation chamber and has an inlet connection and an outlet connection which are aligned with a longitudinal center axis thereof; and wherein the water separation chamber has an outer jacket in which there is at least a first set of air intake openings; and wherein the at least one deflector wall has at least a first annular wall with an uninterrupted section and a smaller diameter than the water separation chamber, the uninterrupted section of the annular wall having an axial and a radial extension which is at least equal to the axial and radial extension of the air intake openings in the outer jacket.