US2010279240A1PendingUtilityA1

Device for Enabling Heat Apparatus to be Ignited Quickly

Assignee: LIN ARLOPriority: May 4, 2009Filed: Jan 13, 2010Published: Nov 4, 2010
Est. expiryMay 4, 2029(~2.8 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Arlo Lin
F23D 2207/00F23C 13/02F23C 2900/13001F23D 14/46F23D 14/36
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Abstract

A device which is cooperable with a heat apparatus and which is effected by heat for rendering the heat apparatus to be ignited in a faster manner includes a catalytic member and a sleeve including a peripheral wall enclosing and contacting with an outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member.

Claims

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1 . A device which is cooperable with a heat apparatus and which is effected by heat for rendering the heat apparatus to be ignited in a faster manner, comprising:
 a catalytic member for increasing the speed of a combustion process happened in the heat apparatus in the most effective way; and   a sleeve, which has a physical property which enables it to conserve heat energy better than the catalytic member, including a peripheral wall enclosing and contacting with an outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member such that the heat apparatus can be reignited quickly by heat energy conserved by the sleeve after an interval.   
     
     
         2 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the catalytic member is formed from a single continuous piece of material. 
     
     
         3 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the catalytic member has a constant cross section. 
     
     
         4 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the catalytic member is meshed entirely. 
     
     
         5 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the sleeve is made from a single continuous piece of material. 
     
     
         6 . The device as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the catalytic member includes a mesh body and a plurality of mesh holes defined therein, and wherein each of the plurality of mesh holes is of a size including a first length which is the longest that is measured in accordance with a longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and wherein the sleeve includes a plurality of sleeve bodies disposed in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member and of that two adjacent sleeve bodies are separated by a gap, and with the mesh holes that correspond to the gaps being exposed, and wherein one of the plurality of sleeve bodies and one of the plurality of gaps that separates this sleeve body from adjacent sleeve body have a second length measured in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, with this gap having a length greater than a length of this body, and with the second length being greater than the first length. 
     
     
         7 . The device as claimed in  claim 6  wherein the plurality of sleeve bodies are connected to one another. 
     
     
         8 . The device as claimed in  claim 1  wherein the catalytic member includes two opposing lateral edges and a middle portion extending between the two opposing lateral edges in a direction, and wherein the middle portion includes a plurality of rolls formed and of that one of the plurality of rolls extends from another in an uninterrupted course successively, and wherein the plurality of rolls includes one roll defining the outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member, and with the rest of the rolls curved inside this roll. 
     
     
         9 . The device as claimed in  claim 8  wherein the middle portion are rolled in a manner that the roll which defines the outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member and each of the rolls therein are disposed in a spaced relationship. 
     
     
         10 . The device as claimed in  claim 6  wherein each of the plurality of sleeve bodies extends axially along the outer circumferential edge of catalytic member and includes a peripheral wall contacting with the outer circumferential edge of catalytic member. 
     
     
         11 . The device as claimed in  claim 10  wherein the peripheral wall of each of the plurality of sleeve bodies of the sleeve extends in a radial angle at least 180 degrees. 
     
     
         12 . The device as claimed in  claim 4  wherein the catalytic member includes a mesh body and a plurality of mesh holes defined therein, and wherein each of the plurality of mesh holes is of a size including a first length which is the longest that is measured in accordance with a longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and wherein the sleeve includes a sleeve body disposed in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and wherein the sleeve body includes a plurality of through holes defining a plurality of groups and of that each group includes through holes disposed axially along the peripheral wall of the sleeve body, and with the mesh holes that correspond to the through holes being exposed, and wherein one of the plurality of through holes and a portion of the sleeve body that is formed between this through hole and one adjacent through hole have a third length measured in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and with the third length being greater than the first length. 
     
     
         13 . The device as claimed in  claim 12  wherein the sleeve body extends axially along the outer circumferential edge of catalytic member and has a peripheral wall contacting with the outer circumferential edge of catalytic member, 
     
     
         14 . The device as claimed in  claim 13  wherein the peripheral wall of the sleeve body of the sleeve extends in a radial angle at least 180 degrees. 
     
     
         15 . A heat apparatus cooperating with a device, comprising:
 a housing; and   a combustion chamber disposed in the housing, and with the device disposed and heated in the combustion chamber; and   the device comprising:
 a catalytic member for increasing the speed of a combustion process happened in the heat apparatus in the most effective way; and 
 a sleeve, which has a physical property which enables it to conserve heat energy better than the catalytic member, including a peripheral wall enclosing and contacting with an outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member such that the heat apparatus can be reignited quickly by heat energy conserved by the sleeve after an interval. 
   
     
     
         16 . The device as claimed in  claim 15  wherein the catalytic member is meshed entirely. 
     
     
         17 . The device as claimed in  claim 16  wherein the catalytic member includes a mesh body and a plurality of mesh holes defined therein, and wherein each of the plurality of mesh holes is of a size including a first length which is the longest that is measured in accordance with a longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and wherein the sleeve includes a plurality of sleeve bodies disposed in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member and of that two adjacent sleeve bodies are separated by a gap, and with the mesh holes that correspond to the gaps being exposed, and wherein one of the plurality of sleeve bodies and one of the plurality of gaps that separates this sleeve body from adjacent sleeve body have a second length measured in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, with this gap having a length greater than a length of this body, and with the second length being greater than the first length. 
     
     
         18 . The device as claimed in  claim 17  wherein the catalytic member includes a mesh body and a plurality of mesh holes defined therein, and wherein each of the plurality of mesh holes is of a size including a first length which is the longest that is measured in accordance with a longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and wherein the sleeve includes a sleeve body disposed in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and wherein the sleeve body includes a plurality of through holes defining a plurality of groups and of that each group includes through holes disposed axially along the peripheral wall of the sleeve body, and with the mesh holes that correspond to the through holes being exposed, and wherein one of the plurality of through holes and a portion of the sleeve body that is formed between this through hole and one adjacent through hole have a third length measured in accordance with the longitudinal direction of the catalytic member, and with the third length being greater than the first length. 
     
     
         19 . The device as claimed in  claim 15  wherein the catalytic member includes two opposing lateral edges and a middle portion extending between the two opposing lateral edges in a direction, and wherein the middle portion includes a plurality of rolls formed and of that one of the plurality of rolls extends from another in an uninterrupted course successively, and wherein the plurality of rolls includes one roll defining the outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member, and with the rest of the rolls curved inside this roll. 
     
     
         20 . The device as claimed in  claim 19  wherein the middle portion are rolled in a manner that the roll which defines the outer circumferential edge of the catalytic member and each of the rolls therein are disposed in a spaced relationship.

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