Improvements in and relating to boilers

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EP 0 681 151 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	20.03.1996 Bulletin 1996/12

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	08.11.1995 Bulletin 1995/45

(21)	Application number: 95303101.0

(22)	Date of filing: 05.05.1995

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: F24H 1/16, F24H 9/00, F24H 1/26

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE DE ES FR IE IT PT

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Priority:

07.05.1994 GB 9409095

(71)	Applicant: BOULTER BOILERS LIMITED
	Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5JA (GB)

(72)	Inventor:
	Clark, Malcolm Dennis, c/o Boulter Boilers Limited Ipswich, Suffolk IP1 5JA (GB)

(74)	Representative: Jones, William
	Willow Lane House Willow Lane Norwich Norfolk, NR2 1EU Norwich Norfolk, NR2 1EU (GB)

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(54)	Improvements in and relating to boilers

(57) A combustion chamber baffle system (1) for use in the combustion chamber of a boiler, said baffle system comprising at least one baffle plate (2) wherein the or each of said baffle plates are positioned and arranged such that, in use, combustion gases are forced to pass around the or each of the baffles during their passage through the combustion chamber (8) to an output flue, characterised by the presence of a skirt mounted on the or each baffle plate (2) such that combustion gases are directed by said skirt in use to pass around the baffle in close proximity to the heat-exchanging surfaces (11) of the combustion chamber (8).

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