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Liquid fuel combustion apparatus

Patent ·
OSTI ID:7192025
This patent describes a vaporized liquid fuel combustion apparatus of the type including: a cylinder defining a combustion chamber, the cylinder having an inlet end for receipt of combustion air and an outlet end for exhausting gaseous combustion products; an end plate covering the inlet end of the cylinder; a blower, including a rotor and a casing, for supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber, the improvement comprising: a discharge port, formed in the end plate, for discharging air from the blower into the combustion chamber, the discharge port being offset with respect to the longitudinal axis of the combustion apparatus; and air deflector means for causing the air to exit the discharge port at an acute angle with respect to the end plate, the air deflector means defining a surface inclined at an acute angle with respect to the end plate, the inclined surface covering the discharge port.
Assignee:
Mikuni Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo
Patent Number(s):
US 4627412
OSTI ID:
7192025
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English