AU2018241155A1 - Room conditioning - Google Patents
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A heating unit 10 for heating a room. The heating unit 10 includes a support 12 for mounting the heating unit 10 into a ceiling of the room, and at least one quartz 5 halogen heat lamp 14. Each heat lamp 14 includes a globe 16, with each globe 16 including an internal infrared reflector. <filename>
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ROOM CONDITIONING
The present application is a divisional application from Australian Patent Application No.2016203842, the entire disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference.
The present invention relates to the conditioning of a room space. More particularly, the present invention relates to a heating unit for heating a room space and an appliance incorporating a heating unit, the appliance provided for controlling the conditions within a room space.
The invention is particularly applicable for use in respect of controlling the conditions in domestic bathrooms and will herein generally be described in that context, although it is to be appreciated that the invention is not limited thereto. A number of appliances have been developed for installation in the ceilings of domestic bathrooms. These appliances have been developed for lighting, heating and/or ventilating bathrooms. Generally, existing appliances only offer one, or possibly two, of lighting, heating and ventilations functions and are thus limited in their range of included functions.
Further size limitations within many bathrooms can further limit the range, size and therefore performance of functions that may be included in existing appliances.
Some existing appliances designed to heat a bathroom, do so unevenly. For example, the heat produced by such appliances may be concentrated in one area of the bathroom, such as immediately below the appliance, at the expense of the remainder of the room space. This is known to occur with some appliances that use conventional infrared lamps, which tend to direct the heat vertically downwardly from the appliance in narrow beams.
It would be desirable to provide a bathroom appliance capable of offering lighting, heating and ventilation functions.
It would also be desirable to provide a bathroom appliance capable of offering these functions in a more compact arrangement.
Finally, it would be desirable to offer an appliance capable of heating a room more evenly than existing appliances.
In accordance with a broad aspect of the present invention, there is provided a heating unit for heating a room. The heating unit includes a support for mounting the heating unit into a ceiling of the room, and at least one quartz halogen heat lamp. Each heat lamp of the heating unit includes a globe, with each globe including an internal infrared reflector.
The heating unit may include any practical number of heat lamps and, in a particularly preferred form, includes two heat lamps.
In a preferred form, each heat lamp is generally tubular in shape and extends generally about a longitudinal axis. In this form, each lamp preferably emits heat in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis. Advantageously, tubular heat lamps have the potential to offer a more even spread of heat within a bathroom (or other room) space compared with that offered by existing heat lamps.
Each of the heat lamps preferably includes a tungsten element or carbon fibre element.
Each reflector preferably includes a reflector surface, which may be a concavely shaped reflector surface. The reflector surface may be a reflective coating provided on an inside surface of each of the globes. The reflector surface in each globe may be part-tubular.
The coating may adopt any suitable form, such as a metal reflective coating. The coating may include a gold layer and/or an aluminium layer applied to the inside surface of each globe.
In another possible form, the reflective coating may include a ceramic layer applied to an exterior surface of each globe.
It is to be appreciated that each of the lamps is generally provided to generate infrared heat to the room space if and when required. The lamps may also be provided to generate light. 1 Each lamp may be rotatable about its longitudinal axis to alter the direction of the plane of light emitted relative to the support.
In a preferred form, the support includes a fascia mountable over a ceiling opening. The fascia may include a flange for mounting about the ceiling opening. The fascia may also include a respective holder for rotatably mounting each lamp therein or thereto. Each heat lamp may be mounted within a cradle, with each cradle being mounted to or within the respective holder. In such an arrangement, each cradle may be rotatable within its respective holder between any one of a plurality of pre-defined positions. Each cradle and respective holder may include a plurality of meshing detents defining the plurality of predefined positions.
Preferably, the fascia includes one or more mounting devices for mounting the fascia to the ceiling,
The heating unit may include at least one lighting unit for lighting the room and/or at least one ventilating unit for ventilating the room. The lighting unit may include at least one incandescent and/or halogen lamp; while the ventilating unit may include a ducted blower.
It is to be appreciated that the present invention is also directed to a room conditioning appliance including a heating unit as previously described, together with at least one lighting unit for lighting the room and/or at least one ventilating unit for ventilating the room. Indeed, the room conditioning appliance may include both a lighting unit and a ventilating unit.
In a room conditioning appliance including a lighting unit, the lighting unit may include at least one of an incandescent lamp and a halogen lamp. In one embodiment, the lighting unit includes two incandescent and/or halogen lamps.
In such an arrangement, the fascia may include two recesses or apertures for receiving the two lamps.
It is to also be appreciated that at least one room conditioning appliance ί configuration is contemplated including only one incandescent or halogen lamp.
In a room conditioning appliance including a ventilating unit, the ventilating unit may include a ducted blower mounted to and extending from the rear side of the fascia and about one or more venting apertures. The blower is provided primarily for removing excess airborne moisture and/or heat from the room space and out of the building. Significant space savings can be achieved in the overall fascia size, by having the blower as a separate component to the fascia. The blower may, for example, be located externally of the room space such as in a roof cavity.
In a particularly preferred form, the room conditioning appliance includes two generally parallel heat lamps and two lighting units, the two lighting units mounted to or within the fascia and between the heat lamps.
In another preferred form, the room conditioning appliance includes two generally coaxial heat lamps and a lighting unit, the lighting unit mounted to or within the fascia and between the heat lamps. In such an arrangement, the fascia may include one or more venting apertures disposed generally concentrically about the lighting unit.
In a preferred arrangement including two heat lamps, the heat emitted from each lamp is in a plane generally normal to the longitudinal axis, and wherein the planes are slightly inwardly directed towards each other.
In addition to a manually operated heating unit control such as a switch, the room conditioning appliance may also include a humidity sensor for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing a predefined room humidity.
The appliance may also include a humidity sensor for automatically operating the blower upon sensing a predefined room humidity, in addition to a manually operated control such as a switch.
The manually operated control for operating the heating unit may be the same control for operating the blower.
Further, the appliance may include a temperature sensor for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing a predefined room temperature in addition to the manually operated control.
Still further, the appliance may include a movement sensor for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing movement within the room.
The appliance may also include a light sensor for automatically operating the or each lighting unit upon sensing predefined light conditions within the room.
The heating unit of the present invention has been generally described in the context of a ceiling mounted heating unit. However, the unit may instead be wall mounted if preferred.
Likewise, the room conditioning appliance of the present invention has been generally described in the context of be a ceiling mounted appliance. However, the appliance may instead be wall mounted if preferred.
It will be convenient to hereinafter describe preferred embodiments of the invention with reference to the accompanying drawings. The particularity of the drawings is to be understood as not limiting the preceding broad description of the invention.
In the drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of a partially assembled heating unit according to one aspect of the present invention.
Figure 2 is an upper perspective view of a partially assembled room conditioning appliance incorporating the partially assembled heating unit illustrated in Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a lower perspective view of the partially assembled room conditioning appliance illustrated in Figure 2.
Figure 4 is a lower perspective view of the partially assembled room conditioning appliance illustrated in Figure 2 when further partially assembled.
Figure 5 is a perspective view of a room conditioning appliance according to another aspect of the present invention.
Figure 6 is a side view ofthe appliance illustrated in Figure 5.
Referring to Figures 1 to 4, there is illustrated a heating unit 10 for heating a room. The heating unit 10 includes a support 12 for mounting the heating unit 10 into a ceiling of the room, and two quartz halogen heat lamps 14. Each heat lamp 14 includes a globe 16, with each globe 16 including an internal infrared reflector (not visible).
Each ofthe heat lamps 14 is generally tubular in shape and extends generally about a longitudinal axis X-X, with heat emitted from each lamp in the direction of a plane P generally normal to the longitudinal axis.
Each of the heat lamps 14 includes a tungsten element or carbon fibre element (not visible).
Each reflector includes a concavely shaped reflector surface (not visible), in the form of a reflective coating provided on an inside surface of each of the globes 16. The reflector surface in each globe is thus generally part-tubular in shape.
The coating may adopt any suitable form, such as a metal reflective coating. The coating may include a gold layer and/or an aluminium layer applied to the inside surface of each globe. i In another possible form, the reflective coating may include a ceramic layer applied to an exterior surface of each globe.
The lamps 14 are generally provided to generate infrared heat to the room space if and when required, and may also be provided to generate light.
Each lamp 14 is rotatable about its longitudinal axis X-X to alter the direction of the plane P of light emitted relative to the support 12.
The support 12 includes a generally rectangular fascia 18 mountable over a ceiling opening (not illustrated). The fascia 18 includes a'flange 20 for mounting about the ceiling opening. The fascia 18 also includes a respective holder 20 for rotatably mounting each lamp 14 thereto. Each heat lamp 14 is mounted within a cradle 22, with each cradle 22 being mounted to or within the respective holder 20. This arrangement enables the rotation of each cradle 22 within its respective holder 20 between any one of a plurality of pre-defined positions. Each cradle 22 and respective holder 20 includes a plurality of meshing detents 24 defining the plurality of pre-defined positions.
The fascia 18 also includes one or more mounting devices for mounting the fascia to the ceiling (not illustrated).
The heating unit 10 forms part of an overall room conditioning appliance 26.
The appliance 26 includes two lighting units. The lighting units are not illustrated, but provision for them is evidenced by the generally circular apertures 28 provided in the fascia 18, each for receiving a respective unit. Each of the lighting units includes an incandescent and/or halogen lamp (not illustrated).
The appliance 26 also includes a ventilating unit 30, including a ducted blower (not illustrated). The blower is connected via the aperture 32 of ducting 34 to the upper side of the fascia 18 and about the venting apertures 36 extending through the fascia 18. The blower is provided primarily for removing excess airborne moisture and/or heat from the room space and out of the building.
In addition to a manually operated heater control such as a switch (not illustrated), the room conditioning appliance 26 also includes a humidity sensor (not illustrated) for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing a predefined room humidity.
The appliance 26 also includes a humidity sensor (not illustrated) for automatically operating the blower upon sensing a predefined room humidity, in addition to a manually operated control such as a switch.
The manually operated control for operating the heating unit may be the same control for operating the blower.
The appliance 26 also includes a temperature sensor (not illustrated) for automatically operating the heating unit 10 upon sensing a predefined room temperature, in addition to the manually operated control.
The appliance 26 further includes a movement sensor (not illustrated) for automatically operating the lighting units and/or heating unit 10 upon sensing movement within the room.
The appliance 26 also includes a light sensor (not illustrated) for automatically operating the lighting units upon sensing predefined light conditions within the room.
The inclusion of each of the humidity sensor, light sensor, temperature sensor and movement sensor within the appliance 26 is optional.
The heating unit 10 and appliance 26 have been generally described in the context of being ceiling mounted. However, the unit 10 and appliance 26 may instead be wall mounted if preferred. A second possible configuration of a heating unit 110 and appliance 126 is illustrated in Figures 5 and 6.
The appliance 126 includes a single, centrally located fighting unit 127 mounted within a circular aperture 128 provided in the fascia 118. The lighting unit 127 is either an incandescent or halogen lamp.
About the lighting unit 127 is disposed two generally coaxial heat lamps 114, mounted within apertures 115 provided in the fascia 118. The fascia 118 includes venting apertures 136 disposed generally concentrically about the lighting unit 127.
The heat emitted from each lamp 114 is in a plane P generally normal to the longitudinal axis X-X, and the planes are slightly inwardly directed towards each other.
Finally, it is to be understood that various alterations, modifications and/or additions may be introduced into the construction and arrangement of the parts previously described without departing from the spirit or ambit of this invention.
Without limiting the claim scope that may be sought in any Australian or overseas patent application claiming priority from the present application, the following claims are provided.
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- THE CLAIMS DEFINING THE INVENTION ARE AS FOLLOWS:1. A heating unit for heating a room, including: a support for mounting the heating unit into a ceiling ofthe room, and at least one quartz halogen heat lamp; wherein each lamp includes a globe, and each globe includes an internal infrared reflector.
- 2. A heating unit according to claim 1, wherein each reflector includes a concave reflector surface in the form of a reflective coating provided on an inside surface of the respective globe.
- 3. A heating unit according to claim 2, wherein each reflective coating includes a metal reflective coating.
- 4. A heating unit according to claim 3, wherein each metal reflective coating includes at least one of a gold layer and an aluminium layer applied to the inside surface of the respective globe.
- 5. A heating unit according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the reflector surface of each globe is part-tubular in shape.
- 6. A heating unit for heating a room, including; a support for mounting the heating unit into a ceiling ofthe room, and at least one quartz halogen heat lamp; wherein each lamp includes a globe, and each globe includes a ceramic layer applied to an external surface of each globe.
- 7. A heating unit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each heat lamp is a generally tubular quartz halogen heat lamp.
- 8. A heating unit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each heat lamp includes a tungsten element or carbon fibre element.
- 9. A heating unit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each lamp generates infrared heat.
- 10. A heating unit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein each lamp has a longitudinal axis, with heat emitted in a plane generally normal to the longitudinal axis.
- 11. A heating unit according to claim 10, wherein each lamp is rotatable about its longitudinal axis to alter the direction of the plane of light emitted relative to the support.
- 12. A heating unit according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the support includes a fascia mountable over a ceiling opening.
- 13. A heating unit according to claim 12, wherein the fascia includes a respective holder for rotatably mounting each lamp thereto, and each heat lamp is mounted within a cradle, with each cradle being mounted to or within the respective holder.
- 14. A heating unit according to claim 13, wherein each cradle is rotatable within the respective holder.
- 15. A heating unit according to claim 14, wherein each cradle is rotatable within the respective holder between any one of a plurality of pre-defined positions, and each cradle and respective holder include a plurality of meshing detents defining the plurality of pre-defined positions of each cradle relative to its holder.
- 16. A room conditioning appliance including: a heating unit according to any one of claims 1 to 15, and at least one of a lighting unit for lighting the room and a ventilating unit for ventilating the room.
- 17. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 16, including a lighting unit and a ventilating unit.
- 18. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 16 or 17, wherein each lighting unit includes at least one of an incandescent and halogen lamp.
- 19. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 18, including a fascia, the fascia further including a respective recess for receiving each lamp, the fascia further including at least one venting aperture.
- 20. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 19, the ventilating unit further including a ducted blower mounted to and extending from the rear side of the fascia and about each venting aperture.
- 21. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 19 or 20, including two generally parallel heat lamps and two lighting units, the two lighting units mounted to or within the fascia and between the heat lamps.
- 22. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 19 or 20, including two generally coaxial heat lamps and a lighting unit, the lighting unit mounted to or within the fascia and between the heat lamps.
- 23. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 22, the fascia including at least one venting aperture disposed generally concentrically about the lighting unit.
- 24. A room conditioning appliance according to claim 22 or 23, wherein heat emitted from each lamp is in a plane generally normal to the longitudinal axis of the respective lamp, and wherein the planes are slightly inwardly directed towards each other.
- 25. A room conditioning appliance according to any one of claims 20 to 24, including at least one of: a humidity sensor for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing a predefined room humidity; a humidity sensor for automatically operating the blower upon sensing a predefined room humidity; a temperature sensor for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing a predefined room temperature; a movement sensor for automatically operating the heating unit upon sensing movement within the room; and a light sensor for automatically operating each lighting unit upon sensing predefined light conditions within the room.
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