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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7003216 | Space heater A portable space heater is provided in which a sealed vessel includes electrical heating elements for containing a fluid to be heated. A cooling tube communicates between an outlet at a top of the vessel and an inlet pipe extending down into the vessel. The inlet pi... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6951191 | Water heater provided with compact design and hot water temperature for human body A water heater includes an exhaust hood, a heat exchange module, a main heat valve and a control valve extending downwardly in turn between a case and a plate. Inlet and outlet heads are installed on the two sides at the end of the hot water pipes respectively. Hole... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6078024 | Air conditioning apparatus having electric heating member integrated with heating heat exchanger An air conditioning apparatus includes a heating heat exchanger for heating air blown toward a passenger compartment using hot water as a heating source. A plurality of electric heating members are formed integrally with the heating heat exchanger, and el... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5721804 | Y-shaped portable electric space heater with value to reduce pressure within the boiler A space heater employs a generally Y-shaped housing. A boiler within the housing contains a working fluid at subatmospheric pressure when at ambient temperature. This reduces the boiling point of working fluid. A series of heat exchangers are mounted in t... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5299278 | Forced air circulation electric convection space heating system utilizing heated air discharge to preheat air to be heated An electric forced circulation space heating system has a first heat exchanger provided with electric heating elements for heating a heat exchange fluid, such as antifreeze or oil, pumped through a closed loop including first flow passages of a second hea... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5245691 | Electric heater circuit An electric heater circuit for an electric heater includes a set of heater coils for generating heat, a normally closed temperature sensitive switch for deactivating the heater coils when the temperature inside the electric heater exceeds a predetermined ... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5131461 | Heating apparatus A heater which is preferably rated at about 1,500 watts is described. This heater contains at least three separate heat exchangers; each of the heat exchangers contains heat exchanger tubes, and each of the heat exchangers contains a different fluid capac... | 07/21/1992 |
| 5121788 | Self contained heat exchange apparatus A self-contained heat exchange system (10) is provided wherein the fan (14), pump (18), radiator (30), and motor (16) are disposed within a cylindrical flow path (40) defined by a resilient housing (12). In accordance with a preferred embodiment, the hous... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5076350 | Heat tube designed plate heat exchanger A plate heat exchanger designed as a heat tube in the form of a multi-layer expanded partly laminated body has an integrated, fluidically continuous large-surface channel structure. Formed in the vicinity of the outer edge is a condensate-collecting chann... | 12/31/1991 |
| 4870253 | Mobile apparatus for heating rooms The mobile apparatus for heating rooms has a radiator comprising a set of radiating elements inside which there flows a superior diathermal fluid, rigidly associated with a supporting body having at least one thermoventilation unit for the delivery of war... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4825847 | Air furnace system A warm air furnace system comprising a closed casing having an air inlet and an air outlet duct, a fan to draw air from the air inlet toward the air outlet duct, a water tank mounted into the warm air furnace casing, a radiator anchored to the warm air fu... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4718601 | Heating unit An improved heating unit includes a water storage tank having an immersion heating element, with the water being pumped from the storage tank through the coils of a heat exchanger or condenser element. Ambient air is drawn over the coils and through a ven... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4705213 | Heat unit recycler A heat unit recycler for the exchange of air in a room includes an enclosed tank containing a liquid to be heated. A heating mechanism is provided for heating the liquid in the tank and a temperature control is provided for controlling the heating device ... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4518847 | Electrically-powered portable space heater A portable electrically-powered space heater includes an electrically-powered boiler generating steam at subatmospheric pressure from a mixture of water and ethylene glycol that is circulated through a closed loop heat exchanger, portions of which compris... | 05/21/1985 |
| 4420677 | Heating system A heating system comprising a closed conduit containing a liquid which is continuously circulated through the conduit by a pump. An electrical resistance heating unit serves to heat the liquid in the conduit and heat is transferred from the liquid through... | 12/13/1983 |
| 4346048 | Humidifying system for mobile vehicles A container of water is mounted on a motor vehicle and a means for dispensing that water into a passenger compartment of said vehicle is provided. The water will be delivered in the form of vapor. An electrical circuit is formed with a humidity sensing de... | 08/24/1982 |
| 4310746 | Electric fluid heating apparatus A fluid heating apparatus includes a thermally insulated housing divided by a thermally insulated vertical partition into a flue passage and a heat exchange chamber, the partition having top and bottom openings providing communication between the passage ... | 01/12/1982 |
| 4242569 | Multiple tank electric water heater A hot water heater includes inner and outer tanks for holding water. The tanks are interconnected in such a manner that the cold water is received in the outer tank prior to flowing into the inner tank to be heated. Hot water is drawn from the inner tank ... | 12/30/1980 |
| 4223205 | Central heating systems furnace having a self-contained electric steam heating unit A central heating system furnace includes a self-contained closed-system steam heating unit mounted in a housing having a cold air inlet and a hot air outlet. The unit includes a plurality of side-by-side radiators arranged above a boiler unit having an e... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4200783 | Apparatus for collecting and thermally storing energy An apparatus for collecting and storing energy includes a thermal energy storage cell having a single-piece steel inner core provided with external thermal insulation. A unit for collecting and converting non-electrical energy into electrical energy, such... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4171772 | Package heat exchanger system for heating and cooling A compact heating and cooling system in which air ducts are connected to a heat exchanger system through which a coolant fluid from a condensing unit or a heating fluid from a compact water heater is selectively directed by a control circuit so that the s... | 10/23/1979 |
| 4105894 | Steam heated hot air furnace having an electric steam boiler In a furnace having a boiler in which a pair of spaced electrode plates are supported, electric current is applied to the electrodes to generate steam which flows out of the boiler through a steam conduit to a heat exchanger. A blower forces air across th... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4102152 | Heat exchange device for air conditioners A heat exchange device for air conditioners and the like comprising a primary body member of sheet plate material having tubular flow conduit fastened thereto for receiving and containing the flow of fluid such as the liquid/gas used with air conditioners... | 07/25/1978 |
| 4053732 | Portable electric room air heater A room air heater which includes a vertically disposed tubular housing or casing mounted on a mobile supporting structure for ease of movement to a desired location and including a heat exchange coiled tube communicating with a tank having an electric res... | 10/11/1977 |
| 4024904 | Forced air range with thermal exchange fluid A forced air range is part of a domestic appliance system which includes hot and cold thermal reservoirs. A thermal exchange fluid can circulate between a heat exchanger in one of the thermal reservoirs and a heat exchanger within a duct in the forced air... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3941311 | Heating unit Disclosed is a heating unit consisting of a boiler chamber in which a two-phase liquid system is placed under a slight vacuum and supplied with a source of thermal energy. The activation of the source of thermal energy causes the lower phase liquid to vap... | 03/02/1976 |