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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7565066 | Food transport containers In order to provide a food transport container, comprising an air circulation device, by which air is taken in from the interior of the food transport container and blown out into the interior of the food transport container, wherein the air circulation device compr... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7457533 | Electric heating device An electric heating device including a fan for moving a volume of air at a rate substantially corresponding to a speed of rotation of the fan, and a fan motor for rotating the fan over a range of speeds. The device also has a heat generator with one or more PTC elem... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7359629 | Molding compounds for use in furnace blower housings and blower housings molded from these compounds The invention provides blower housings for air handlers and hot air furnaces which are made from molding compounds that allow for wide flexibility in molding complex configurations so as to improve blower efficiency, which improve manufacturing efficiency and safety... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7267462 | Light bar defogger A lighting apparatus comprises a housing assembly, a light bulb socket and a forced air generation device. The housing assembly includes a light opening in a front wall thereof and an air delivery opening in a bottom wall thereof. The light bulb socket resides withi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7203416 | Ventilating and heating apparatus with heater shielded by tapered discharge duct The invention provides a ventilating and heating apparatus for installation in a building structure. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a main housing in which is located a ventilating fan assembly and a heater fan assembly having a heater and a discharge d... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7190887 | Portable thermal-stratifying space heater and powerplant package A portable room heater is provided comprising an upright enclosure defining an inlet at a lower end of the enclosure, an outlet at an upper end of the enclosure, and a passageway fluidly connecting the inlet and the outlet. The portable room heater further comprises... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7158716 | Portable pedestal electric heater A portable pedestal electric heater apparatus for providing a heated exhaust air stream at an elevation above a support surface comprises a tower electric heater and a support riser for supporting the tower electric heater at an elevation above a support surface. Th... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7133604 | Infrared air heater with multiple light sources and reflective enclosure An air heater is provided for use in buildings or other structures. The air heater uses infrared lamps to generate a temperature rise in a forced air chamber that contains several infrared lamps, in which two ends of the chamber act as an inlet and an outlet, and in... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7046918 | Space heater with pretreated heat exchanger A space heater with a linear source of infrared radiant energy in heat exchange relationship with a heat exchanger formed of copper or aluminum material. The copper is pretreated to soften the copper and partially blacken the surface thereof. The aluminum is anodize... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6973260 | Portable electric heater with vertical heated air outlet A portable electric heater producing a vertically oriented, heated exhaust air stream at an elevation above a support surface is provided. A base contacting the support surface and supporting an elongate housing in a substantially vertical position from the support ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6960745 | Electronic control circuit An electronic control circuit for use with a heater, a fan, a humidifier or any device utilizing a power mode switch and a condition sensor, the electronic control circuit including a single control switch for controlling both power output and responding to a sensed... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6959144 | Air heater with expansion containing electric heater arranged in stages Providing a hot air heater and an expansion in the air blowing passage of the hot air heater and suppressing increases in air trunk resistance even if electric heaters are arranged in this expansion in a plurality of stages prevents increases in the rotation speed o... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6327426 | Apparatus and method for delivering a beneficial agent An apparatus for delivering a beneficial agent to a surrounding area comprising a first electroactive electrode, a beneficial agent, a second electroactive electrode and an electrical associating member. The first electroactive electrode includes an outer... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6154606 | Heater A radiant heater mounting heating elements in a sealed housing with a ceramic heat transmitting wall. A fan is mounted in the housing to cool the heating elements and in practice provide additional heat. There are also vent assemblies which prevent water ... | 11/28/2000 |
| 5345533 | Photoemission radiant heater A photoemission radiant heater includes a chamber having an interior reflective surface, a first end and a second end; a means for generating photons within the chamber wherein photons are reflected off the interior reflective surface of the chamber; a bl... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5097531 | Apparatus for the oxidation of particles suspended in the air An apparatus for the oxidation of particles suspended in the air with a refractory material block (4) provided with small volume ducts (5) inside which s resistive wire is passed in order to generate a higher power density. The maximum volume of the ducts... | 03/17/1992 |
| 5014339 | Device for heating up a flow of gas A device for heating a flow of substantially pure gas flowing in a flow direction to temperatures above about 600° C. is disclosed. The device includes a heat exchanger having a heat exchanger surface extending transversely to the flow direction whereby ... | 05/07/1991 |
| 4680448 | Infrared space heater A space heating device which utilizes infrared lamps has enhanced heat transfer, and achieves an air flow velocity increase of approximately 30 percent, resulting in increased efficiency. A heat exchanger comprising a plurality of spaced, parallel copper ... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4382174 | Infra-red hair dryer There is disclosed a hand held pan shaped, infrared hair dryer containing a perforated air diffuser which can function as an infrared reflector if the air diffuser is shiny. The air diffuser also protects a quartz tube infrared emitter. A fan rotated by a... | 05/03/1983 |
| 4309594 | Modular infrared space heater device A modular infrared heating device having an outer casing which encloses a heating chamber wherein one or more infrared lamps are vertically positioned. The heating device also includes an intake channel which communicates with an opening in the outer casi... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4309593 | Electric heater which reduces the chance of electrical shock An electric heater construction which significantly reduced the possibility of electrical shock to a user thereof. This electric heater includes an outer casing with an open front, a protective grille mounted over the open front of the outer casing, a ref... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4197447 | Modular infrared space heater device A modular infrared space heating device includes an enclosure having an air inlet and an air exhaust. A plurality of open-ended ferrous metal conduits are positioned in the enclosure between the air exhaust and a plurality of infrared lamps. The conduits ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 3973101 | Electric air heating furnace An electric furnace comprised of an outer casing, a support casing and a heater casing, the outer casing has a substantially rectangular cross-section with air inlet openings formed in the lower portion of the back wall and in the upper portion thereof wh... | 08/03/1976 |
