IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0797470
(2010-06-09)
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등록번호 |
US-8465277
(2013-06-18)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
8 인용 특허 :
125 |
초록
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A heat engine can have a fuel selector valve for selecting between a first fuel and a second fuel. Making the selection with the fuel selector valve can also determine a flow path through the heat engine, there being two different paths, each configured for a different fuel. A burner nozzle can form
A heat engine can have a fuel selector valve for selecting between a first fuel and a second fuel. Making the selection with the fuel selector valve can also determine a flow path through the heat engine, there being two different paths, each configured for a different fuel. A burner nozzle can form a single unit with the fuel selector valve. In some embodiments the burner nozzle can also form a single unit with an outlet valve.
대표청구항
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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; anda burner nozzle having a first orifice at an outlet end and two flow configurations through the burner nozzle, the first flow configura
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; anda 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. 2. The dual fuel heating source of claim 1, wherein the fuel selector valve configured to open one of two inputs to thereby permit flow through the opened input and prevent flow through the other. 3. The dual fuel heating source of claim 2, further comprising an outlet valve, configured to direct a flow of fuel to the burner nozzle and to an ODS, and wherein the path to the burner nozzle and ODS through the outlet valve is determined by the fuel selector valve. 4. The dual fuel heating source of claim 1, wherein the burner nozzle having a first chamber configured for a flow of liquid propane and a second chamber outside the first chamber and configured for a flow of natural gas. 5. The dual fuel heating source of claim 1, further comprising an air shutter configured for adjustment by the rotation of the burner nozzle. 6. The dual fuel heating source of claim 1, wherein the fuel selector valve has a first position configured for the first fuel and a second position configured for the second fuel and wherein the first position of the fuel selector valve corresponds to the first flow configuration through the burner nozzle and the second position of the fuel selector valve corresponds to the second flow configuration through the burner nozzle. 7. The dual fuel heating source of claim 6, wherein the fuel selector valve defining a first flow configuration and a second flow configuration therethrough and the first position of the fuel selector valve corresponds to the first flow configuration through the fuel selector valve and the second position of the fuel selector valve corresponds to the second flow configuration through the fuel selector valve. 8. The dual fuel heating source of claim 6, further comprising an outlet valve, wherein the outlet valve is configured to direct a flow of fuel to either the first flow configuration or the second flow configuration of the burner nozzle, the outlet valve also configured to direct a flow of fuel to either a first ODS channel or a second ODS channel. 9. The dual fuel heating source of claim 8, wherein the burner nozzle comprises part of the outlet valve and the fuel selector valve is configured to rotate between the first position and the second position which rotates the burner nozzle and the outlet valve to move to the corresponding flow configuration. 10. The dual fuel heating source of claim 1, the burner nozzle comprising a second orifice wherein the second orifice is smaller than the first orifice and the first flow configuration through the burner nozzle passes through both the first and second orifices and the second flow configuration passes through only one of the orifices. 11. The dual fuel heating source of claim 10, wherein said burner nozzle defines an outlet end and wherein the second orifice is spaced from the outlet end of the burner nozzle and the first orifice is at the outlet end of the burner nozzle and wherein in the second flow configuration gas is permitted to flow through the first orifice but not the second orifice. 12. The dual fuel heating source heat engine of claim 1, the fuel selector valve comprising a first inlet for the first fuel and a second inlet for the second fuel. 13. The dual fuel heating source of claim 1, wherein the burner nozzle having a first chamber and a second chamber, each chamber configured for receiving a flow of fuel therethrough and having an exit. 14. The dual fuel heating source of claim 13, wherein the second chamber is substantially within the first chamber. 15. The dual fuel heating source of claim 14, wherein the exit of the second chamber is within the first chamber. 16. The dual fuel heating source of claim 14, wherein the exit of the second chamber protrudes past the exit of the first chamber. 17. 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;a burner nozzle having two flow configurations through the burner nozzle, the first flow configuration configured for injecting the first fuel into a combustion chamber and the second flow configuration configured for injecting the second fuel 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; andan air shutter configured for adjustment by the rotation of the burner nozzle. 18. 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; anda burner nozzle having two flow configurations through the burner nozzle, the first flow configuration configured for injecting the first fuel into a combustion chamber and the second flow configuration configured for injecting the second fuel 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, the burner nozzle having a first chamber and a second chamber, each chamber configured for receiving a flow of fuel therethrough and having an exit;wherein the second chamber is substantially within the first chamber and wherein the exit of the second chamber protrudes past the exit of the first chamber. 19. 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;a burner nozzle having two flow configurations through the burner nozzle, the first flow configuration configured for injecting the first fuel into a combustion chamber and the second flow configuration configured for injecting the second fuel 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 fuel selector valve is configured to open one of two inputs to thereby permit flow through the opened input and prevent flow through the other; andan outlet valve configured to direct a flow of fuel to the burner nozzle and to an ODS, and wherein the path to the burner nozzle and ODS through the outlet valve is determined by the fuel selector valve. 20. The dual fuel heating source of claim 19, further comprising an air shutter configured for adjustment by the rotation of the burner nozzle. 21. The dual fuel heating source heat engine of claim 19, the fuel selector valve comprising a first inlet for the first fuel and a second inlet for the second fuel. 22. 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;a burner nozzle having two flow configurations through the burner nozzle, the first flow configuration configured for injecting the first fuel into a combustion chamber and the second flow configuration configured for injecting the second fuel 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 fuel selector valve has a first position configured for the first fuel and a second position configured for the second fuel and wherein the first position of the fuel selector valve corresponds to the first flow configuration through the burner nozzle and the second position of the fuel selector valve corresponds to the second flow configuration through the burner nozzle; andan outlet valve configured to direct a flow of fuel to either the first flow configuration or the second flow configuration of the burner nozzle, the outlet valve also configured to direct a flow of fuel to either a first ODS channel or a second ODS channel. 23. The dual fuel heating source of claim 22, wherein the burner nozzle comprises part of the outlet valve and the fuel selector valve is configured to rotate between the first position and the second position which rotates the burner nozzle and the outlet valve to move to the corresponding flow configuration.
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