Heat gun with high performance jet pump and quick change attachments

• US 6,227,846 B1
• Filed: 11/30/1999
• Issued: 05/08/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/1996
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: AF Gloenco, Inc. (AFG Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Battenfeld Gloucester Engineering Co., Inc., Shrinkfast Corporation
• Inventors: Zagoroff, Dimiter S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lazarus, Ira S.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LEE, DAVID B
• Application Number:
  US09/452,011
• Time in Patent Office: 525 Days
• Field of Search: 431/345, 431/344, 431/264, 431/265, 431/255, 174/47, 285/319, 34/97
• US Class Current: 431/345
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 2101/503 Mixing fuel or propellant and water or gas, e.g. air, or other fluids, e.g. liquid additives to obtain fluid fuel
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/312 with Venturi elements; Details thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/31242 the main flow being injected in the central area of the venturi, creating an aspiration in the circumferential part of the conduit B01F25/31243 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/312533 Constructional characteristics of the diverging discharge conduit or barrel, e.g. with zones of changing conicity
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/712 for feeding fluids
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/7179 using sprayers, nozzles or jets
• CPC Class Codes: F04F 5/463 with provisions for mixing
• CPC Class Codes: F04F 5/466 with a plurality of nozzles arranged in parallel
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 14/08 with axial outlets at the burner head
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 14/38 Torches, e.g. for brazing or heating nozzles F23D14/48
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 14/64 with injectors
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2207/00 Ignition devices associated with burner
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2210/00 Noise abatement
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2210/101 using noise dampening material
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2900/00013 with means for spreading the flame in a fan or fishtail shape over a melting bath
• CPC Class Codes: F23D 2900/14642 with jet mixers with more than one gas injection nozzles or orifices for a single mixing tube

Abstract

A combustor extension for a heat gun where the heat gun has a jet pump for mixing pressurized fuel with air to form an air/fuel mixture and a combustor attachment for combusting the air/fuel mixture. The jet pump has a first electrical connector for providing an electrical charge to an ignition device at the combustor attachment for igniting the air/fuel mixture. The combustor extension includes a hollow conduit having proximal and distal ends for extending between and coupling the combustor attachment to the jet pump. A second electrical connector at the proximal end of the conduit electrically couples to the first electrical connector of the jet pump. A third electrical connector at the distal end of the conduit electrically couples to the ignition device of the combustor attachment. The second and third electrical connectors are electrically connected together.

Claims

1. A combustor extension for a heat gun, the heat gun having a jet pump for mixing pressurized fuel with air to form an air/fuel mixture, and a combustor attachment for combusting the air/fuel mixture, the jet pump having a first electrical connector for providing an electrical charge to an ignition device at the combustor attachment for igniting the air/fuel mixture, the combustor extension comprising:

a straight rigid hollow conduit having proximal and distal ends for extending between and coupling the combustor attachment to the jet pump the conduit having a central axis;

a second electrical connector at the proximal end of the conduit for electrically coupling to the first electrical connector of the jet pump; and

a third electrical connector at the distal end of the conduit for electrically coupling to the ignition device of the combustor attachment, the second and third electrical connectors being electrically connected together by an electrical conductor, the second electrical connector, the electrical conductor and the third electrical connector being positioned along the central axis of the conduit, the electrical conductor being maintained a sufficient distance away from conductive walls to prevent the formation of a capacitor therebetween while allowing passage of the air/fuel mixture through the conduit.

2. The extension of claim 1 in which the jet pump has a first spring loaded button protruding radially from the jet pump and the combustor attachment includes a first hole, the conduit of the extension having a proximal hole at the proximal end capable of engaging the first spring loaded button of the jet pump for locking the extension to the jet pump, the conduit of the extension also having a second spring loaded button at the distal end capable of engaging the first hole of the combustor attachment for locking the combustor attachment to the extension.

3. The extension of claim 1 in which the conduit is telescoping.

4. The extension of claim 1 further comprising a charge dissipater for dissipating residual electrical charges in the ignition device.

5. The extension of claim 1 further comprising sealing arrangements at the proximal and distal ends of the conduit for sealing the conduit to the jet pump and the combustor attachment.

6. The extension of claim 5 in which the sealing arrangements each comprise a mounting flange with at least one “

O”

ring positioned thereon for providing hydraulic sealing.

7. The extension of claim 4 in which the charge dissipater comprises a grounding member movable into electrical communication with the electrical conductor for dissipating the residual electrical charges.

8. A combustor extension for a heat gun, the heat gun having a jet pump for mixing pressurized fuel with air to form an air/fuel mixture, and a combustor attachment for combusting the air/fuel mixture, the jet pump having a first electrical connector for providing an electrical charge to an ignition device at the combustor attachment for igniting the air/fuel mixture, the combustor extension comprising:

a straight rigid hollow conduit having proximal and distal ends for extending between and coupling the combustor attachment to the jet pump, the conduit having a central axis;

a second electrical connector at the proximal end of the conduit for electrically coupling to the first electrical connector of the jet pump;

a third electrical connector at the distal end of the conduit for electrically coupling to the ignition device of the combustor attachment, the second electrical connector being electrically connected to the third electrical connector by an electrical conductor, the second electrical connector, the electrical conductor and the third electrical connector being positioned along the central axis of the conduit, the electrical conductor being maintained a sufficient distance away from conductive walls to prevent the formation of a capacitor therebetween, while allowing passage of the air/fuel mixture through the conduit; and

a charge dissipater for dissipating residual electrical charges in the ignition device, the charge dissipater comprising a grounding member movable into electrical communication with the electrical conductor for dissipating the residual electrical charges.

9. The extension of claim 8 in which the jet pump has a first spring loaded button protruding radially from the jet pump and the combustor attachment includes a first hole, the conduit of the extension having a proximal hole at the proximal end capable of engaging the first spring loaded button of the jet pump for locking the extension to the jet pump, the conduit of the extension also having a second spring loaded button at the distal end capable of engaging the first hole of the combustor attachment for locking the combustor attachment to the extension.

10. The extension of claim 8 in which the conduit is telescoping.

11. The extension of claim 8 further comprising sealing arrangements at the proximal and distal ends of the conduit for sealing the conduit to the jet pump and the combustor attachment.

12. The extension of claim 11 in which the sealing arrangements each comprise a mounting flange with at least one “

O”

ring positioned thereon for providing hydraulic sealing.

13. A method of forming a combustor extension for extending a combustor attachment from a jet pump of a heat gun wherein the jet pump mixes pressurized fuel with air to form an air/fuel mixture and the combustor attachment combusts the air/fuel mixture, the jet pump having a first electrical connector for providing an electrical charge to an ignition device at the combustor attachment for igniting the air/fuel mixture, the method comprising the steps of:

forming a straight rigid hollow conduit having proximal and distal ends for extending between and coupling the combustor attachment to the jet pump, the conduit having a central axis;

positioning a second electrical connector at the proximal end of the conduit for electrically coupling to the first electrical connector of the jet pump; and

positioning a third electrical connector at the distal end of the conduit for electrically coupling to the ignition device of the combustor attachment, the second and third electrical connectors being electrically connected together by an electrical conductor the second electrical connector, the electrical conductor and the third electrical connector being positioned along the central axis of the conduit, the electrical conductor being maintained a sufficient distance away from conductive walls to prevent the formation of a capacitor therebetween, while allowing passage of the air/fuel mixture through the conduit.

14. The method of claim 13 in which the jet pump has a first spring loaded button protruding radially from the jet pump and the combustor attachment includes a first hole, the method further comprising the steps of:

providing the conduit with a proximal hole at the proximal end of the conduit for engaging the first spring loaded button of the jet pump for locking the extension to the jet pump; and

providing the conduit with a second spring loaded button at the distal end of the conduit with the first hole of the combustor attachment for locking the combustor attachment to the extension.

15. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of providing a charge dissipater for dissipating residual electrical charges in the ignition device.

16. The method of claim 15 in which providing the charge dissipater comprises providing a grounding member movable into electrical communication with the electrical conductor for dissipating the residual electrical charges.

17. The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of providing sealing arrangements at the proximal and distal ends of the conduit for sealing the conduit to the jet pump and the combustor attachment.

18. The method of claim 17 further comprising the step of providing each sealing arrangement with a mounting flange and at least one “

O”

ring positioned thereon for providing hydraulic sealing.