A piping connection unit of a combustion apparatus supplying and discharging air through a duct includes an apparatus-side connecting part, a connecting part and a spacer. The apparatus-side connecting part is to be connected to an air supply part or an exhaust part of the combustion apparatus. The connecting part has a diameter larger than a diameter of the apparatus-side connecting part, and communicates with the apparatus-side connecting part to be connected to a duct to be inserted from an opening part. The spacer is detachably disposed in the connecting part. The spacer is disposed between an inner wall of the connecting part and the duct to be inserted when the duct has a pipe diameter smaller than an inner diameter of the connecting part. The spacer is removed from the connecting part when the duct has a pipe diameter equivalent to the inner diameter of the connecting part.

An adjustable neck for a vent cap includes a housing having a mount and a cylindrical body, where the cylindrical body includes an inner surface. The adjustable neck also includes adjustable straps arranged to form an adjustable inner diametrical surface disposed radially inward from the cylindrical body of the housing, relative to a central axis of the adjustable neck. The adjustable inner diametrical surface is configured to engage an outer pipe surface. The adjustable straps are coupled to the inner surface of the cylindrical body. The adjustable neck also includes legs coupled to the adjustable straps and to the mount, where the cylindrical body is configured to be rotated relative to the mount and the legs to adjust a dimension of the adjustable inner diametrical surface to correspond to the outer pipe surface.

An adapter and adapter system for coupling a female end of a first chimney portion to a male end of a second chimney portion. The adapter includes a first radial adapter portion, wherein a first inner surface and a first outer surface of the first radial adapter portion are coaxial. The adapter further includes a first locking interface protruding outward from the first outer surface and configured to engage with a first locking interface of the first chimney portion. The adapter further includes a second radial adapter portion with a second inner surface and a second outer surface extending along the first axis and a second locking interface protruding inward from the second inner surface and configured to engage with a second interlocking interface of the second chimney.

An adapter and adapter system for connecting a female end of a first chimney portion to a male end of a second chimney portion. The adapter includes a first radial adapter portion with a first inner surface and a first outer surface extending along a first axis and wherein the first inner surface and the first outer surface are substantially coaxial. The adapter further includes a first locking interface protruding outward from the first outer surface and configured to engage with a first locking interface of the first chimney portion and a second locking interface protruding inward from the first inner surface and configured to engage with a second interlocking interface of the second chimney. The first outer surface of the adapter is configured to be received within the female end of the first chimney portion and the inner surface is configured to receive the male end of the second chimney.

A joint seal system and method may include a seal and a band. The seal may be positioned between abutting flanges of two adjacent duct sections. A band may be positioned over the two flanges and the flange interface. The joint seal system and method may be configured to mitigate and/or eliminate leakage of pressure, flue gases, condensate, and/or any other fluid, gas, and/or vapor between abutting flanges of duct sections at a flange interface.

An exhaust structure for combustion apparatus includes an exhaust tube connected to a water heater, an exhaust pipe through which the exhaust tube is introduced, and an exhaust tube fixing member for fixing a position of the exhaust tube relative to the exhaust pipe. The exhaust tube fixing member includes a first fixing portion having a cylindrical shape and fixed to the exhaust tube, and an attaching portion connected to the first fixing portion and attached to the exhaust pipe. The attaching portion have a first cylindrical portion having a first inner diameter D2, and a second cylindrical portion having a second inner diameter D3 smaller than the first inner diameter D2 of the first cylindrical portion.

An adjustable neck for a vent cap includes a housing having a mount and a cylindrical body, where the cylindrical body includes an inner surface. The adjustable neck also includes adjustable straps arranged to form an adjustable inner diametrical surface disposed radially inward from the cylindrical body of the housing, relative to a central axis of the adjustable neck. The adjustable inner diametrical surface is configured to engage an outer pipe surface. The adjustable straps are coupled to the inner surface of the cylindrical body. The adjustable neck also includes legs coupled to the adjustable straps and to the mount, where the cylindrical body is configured to be rotated relative to the mount and the legs to adjust a dimension of the adjustable inner diametrical surface to correspond to the outer pipe surface.

The modular tubular exhaust system includes a first tubular body, a second tubular body and at least one third tubular body connecting to form, a fully assembled configuration, a vertically arranged exhaust pipe. The first, the second, and the third tubular bodies each have a tubular body first end and a tubular body second end where the first ends and second ends are configured to mate with each other to form the vertically arranged exhaust pipe. The system further includes tabs that extend radially outward on opposing sides of the tubular bodies to allow a plurality of fasteners to attach tubular bodies together when arranged in the vertical configuration. The assembled configuration may vary within the spirit and scope of the disclosure, for example, in some embodiments, the system may only have a first and a second tubular section or a first, second, and a plurality of third tubular sections.

The invention provides a device for removing heat from a building, the device having: a first tubular member defining a first cavity; a second tubular member defining a second cavity, whereby said second tubular member resides within the first cavity and is coaxial to the first tubular member; a double conic body coaxially residing in the first cavity and coaxially positioned with the second tubular member; and a flange dimensioned to extend over at least a portion of the periphery of the existing flue so as to aid in supporting the device on the flue.

A closing member includes an annular portion and a flange portion. The annular portion is provided with a through hole and is in contact with an outer circumferential surface of an exhaust tube in at least a part of the through hole. The flange portion extends from an outer circumferential surface of the annular portion toward an outer side and is larger in outer diameter than an exhaust pipe. The flange portion contacts a tip end portion of the exhaust pipe on outside of a building so as to close a gap between the exhaust pipe and the exhaust tube. The flange portion is formed to protrude toward an outer side such that an entire circumference of the flange portion extends beyond an outer circumferential surface of the tip end portion of the exhaust pipe.