ES2452522A1 - Heating tower with light (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

Heating tower with light, comprising an outer casing on which the translucent tulip of a lamp for illuminating the environment of the heating tower, which is constituted by a series of internal chambers in a vertical arrangement, where the air is sucked by a turbo fan and is cleaned of impurities before being driven to the lower area of the tower for its passage through a heat chamber generated by electrical means, where the air is heated and transported to a lower chamber of hot air distribution that channels its pressure outlet that is distributed 360º throughout the periphery of the base of the tubular tower, which allows the propagation of heat from bottom to top according to the natural upward movement of hot air. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT

5 TECHNICAL SCOPE

The invention relates to a heating tower with light, of general application in the industry dedicated to the manufacture of electric stoves or heating devices intended to heat environments, premises and homes and in particular for public establishments that require to regulate the ambient temperature and illuminate areas of outdoor terraces for the restoration or solace of people, so that the tower acts as a lamp stand and as a heating medium by convection of hot air to the areas around the tower, for which purpose it is organized in a series of internal chambers in vertical arrangement where the air sucked by a turbo fan is cleaned of impurities before being driven to an electric heat chamber where it is heated and transported to a special distribution chamber that channels

15 the hot air outlet through the periphery of the base of the tubular tower, allowing the propagation of heat from the bottom up according to the natural upward movement of the hot air.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the current state of the art it is already known the existence of stoves for terraces intended to be used outdoors such as the stoves called ³SETAS´ or ³PARAGUAS´ according to their configuration and that use the combustion of gas to emit heat in a approximate range of action between 5 or 8 meters, depending on the outside temperature.

25 These types of stoves are the most widespread due to their economy and whose finish or "reflective hat" makes the heat of combustion coming from the burner located in an upper area distributed down around the stove itself. These stoves contain a lower tank to house the gas cylinder in its base and a manual regulator to increase or decrease the intensity of heat.

Another type of gas stove for terraces are the so-called "FLAME", which have a triangular prismatic structure that houses inside a glass tube that is pierced by combustion fire. These stoves are perhaps the most modern, since they provide superior vertical heat in their central area, with design and fire in sight and with anti-burn safety, as well as they can incorporate a remote control to automatically regulate the intensity of heat.

These types of gas stoves have the serious drawback that the hot air emitted outside is

35 it is carried out at its highest end or by its central area and therefore propagates from top to bottom by its flared upper shape, which translates into a bad use of heat, since part of the calorific gradient of the air that is lost is lost. At least, when it is hot, it rises faster and does not heat the lower part of the bodies of the people around it. This causes the user to have a hot head and cold feet.

On the other hand there is a problem of fuel consumption, because these stoves consume a lot of gas and in a very short time, since they conventionally work with a normal bottle of butane or propane, which last approximately ten hours running, which is less than one work or business day.

Also this type of gas stoves also have the disadvantage of potentially having a risk of

45 explosion, which with other types of stoves you do not have, but what most worries in this type of stoves is its high level of CO2 emissions to the environment, so in many European countries they are already beginning to consider their ban.

Finally indicate that this type of gas stoves lack their own lighting means and therefore are unable to illuminate an area of the outdoor terrace in which they are located.

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present invention aims to overcome these drawbacks and provide a heating tower with light to the market that has means to clean the ambient air entering the tower, to be heated inside the tower with non-polluting electrical means and once it is hot to be redirected until departure

55 provided at the base of the tower for better heat propagation.

For this purpose of cleaning the ambient air, the tower has an upper chamber covered with a filtering material that allows air to pass through its porosity and retain solid particles that carry the air between its interstices, while the liquid particles are collected by a water drain that closes the filter chamber inferiorly and from which some drainage pipes or spills of the water drain that are housed inside the tower allow the evaporation of the water by the heat existing inside the tower and if some particles of Water can be evacuated through the base of the tower.

5 It follows that the hot air emitted by the heating tower is free of environmental impurities in the form of solid or liquid particles.

In the present invention the air entering the tower is sucked by a reaction fan located below the filter chamber to be axially driven by the outlet of said fan, which

10 is vertically coupled on a tubular heat chamber in whose interior electrical resistances are housed to heat the air driven by the turbo fan.

That is to say, the heating of the air is produced by electrical means, therefore there are no CO2 emissions to the atmosphere, nor the expense of gaseous fuels, so maintenance is more economical.

15 In addition there is no risk of tower explosion and therefore it is within the European safety regulations that regulate electric heaters.

In the invention the hot air leaving the heat chamber is redirected to a conical configuration hot air distribution chamber that is located at the base of the heating tower and which

20 distributes the hot air in 360º and with a certain pressure according to its special configuration increasing the radius of action of the hot air outlet.

This hot air distributor chamber located at the base of the heating tower allows the heat to propagate from the bottom up following the natural upward movement of the hot air and therefore the

25 people around the tower will initially notice the heat in the feet that will gradually rise to the upper body area, taking advantage of this increase in the gradient of the surrounding air temperature.

Furthermore, the heating tower object of the invention has the advantage of incorporating a lamp arranged in the

30 upper area of the tower ready to illuminate the area around the tower, which allows eliminating electrical installations on outdoor terraces that will have a warm lighting by sectors where tables for users can be located.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

35 According to the invention, the light heating tower is of the type comprising an open and hollow tubular outer shell with open bases, which is mounted and associated vertically on a rolling platform for transport or transport.

40 The heating tower is organized in such a way that it forms in the tubular housing an upper filtering chamber whose peripheral wall has a series of external air inlet passages, while in the upper part the housing is closed by the base of a translucent tubular body that constitutes the lamp shade, and which is arranged and associated in axial extension on the housing.

45 The chamber is partially closed by a filter grid that is provided with a conical wing, which is supported by an internal flange of the housing. Said grid is supported on the inlet mouth of a reaction fan that sucks the air from the filter chamber and drives it axially through its outlet, driven into a lower heat chamber.

The chamber thus formed, including the grid, is internally covered by a porous filter foam that allows the air absorbed by the turbo fan to pass by retaining the solid particles carried by the air.

Also the drops of water that drag the air and reach the filter chamber will run through the conical wing

55 water drains to internal drainage pipes or spillway spills that run vertically inside the housing to drain, if necessary in the vicinity of the base of the tower.

The reaction fan is vertically coupled by its outlet to a heat chamber formed by an internal tubular duct and coaxial to the housing, which is likely to be wrapped by

60 an insulating material or thermal blanket.

Said heat duct or chamber includes in its proximity to its coupling mouth a propeller of fixed vanes to its internal wall in a position to redirect the air driven by the fan towards the heat zone following a swirling or swirling swift movement.

65 Said heat zone is generated by columns of ceramic electrical resistors, arranged vertically on the lugs of a support, so that the columns inside the chamber are separated and distributed in the center and in the internal tubular contour of said chamber, forming a series of longitudinal passages between the columns that allow maximum contact of the circulating air with the

5 heat emitting resistors towards the camera outlet.

Said zone of heat of the chamber can be removable, as well as the support where the columns of the electrical resistances support, in this way the molten resistors allow to be easily changed at the moment that is required.

10 Similarly, in the vicinity of the heat chamber duct outlet, a second fixed blade propeller is provided to the inner side of the duct to redirect the hot air with a swirling or swirling motion to the next chamber.

15 The duct that constitutes the heat chamber is coupled by its outlet to the tubular mouth of a lower chamber of hot air distribution through the base of the tower, whose chamber is extended and widened in a concave curved concave generator wing inferiorly of the periphery of the outer shell of the tower.

20 Said air distribution chamber is partially closed by a conical lower concave of concave curved generatrix, which is associated with a rolling platform in coaxial arrangement with the chamber, such that between the conical widening wing of the chamber and the conical generatrix from the projection a peripheral channel is determined where the hot air that is distributed 360 ° is pressurized throughout the periphery of the base of the tubular tower.

25 The outlet of the hot air under pressure from the heating tower makes it possible to achieve a greater radius of action than the gas stoves on the market. On the other hand, the fact that hot air is distributed throughout the periphery of the base of the tower makes it possible to take advantage of the increase in air temperature since it will start to heat from the ground level upwards, gradually rising and shape

30 natural as hot air rises.

On the other hand, the heating tower incorporates at least three presence detectors, which are likely to be located halfway up the tubular housing to cover a 360º performance around the tower. These detectors allow the tower to activate automatically when a customer approaches a

35 of the towers and similarly, after a while the tower is disconnected when it does not detect movement around it. In this way the owner of the premises will always be certain that the towers only consume when they discover the presence of a customer.

Also the heating tower incorporates a potentiometer that allows the owner of the premises to regulate the power

40 consumed by the resistors and therefore you can select the working intensity of the heater that most interests you at any time according to the ambient temperature. The potentiometer acts directly on the resistances and not on the fan since it works in a constant regime so that the radius of action of the hot air jet is constant at all times.

45 It is also planned to provide a peripheral hand grip of the heating tower with light for its transfer and location to the desired place in the tubular housing.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

For a better understanding of the above, a set of drawings in which the object of the invention is shown is attached to the descriptive memory, without it being understood that the aforementioned graphic representation constitutes a limitation of the peculiar characteristics of this application.

Figure 1.- Shows a sectional view of a side elevation of the light heating tower, object of the invention,

55 where you can see the different axial extension chambers formed inside the tower and with its different components.

Figure 2.- Represents a side elevation view of the heating tower with light object of the invention where it is observed that the lamp shade is superimposed on a linear extension on the tower's tubular housing,

60 which presents in the upper zone the entrance steps of the outdoor air and that is associated with a rolling platform.

PREFERRED EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION

The different components that make up the preferred embodiment of the 5 heating tower with light, object of the invention, which acts both as a lamp stand and as a heating medium by convection of the hot air to the areas of hot air are exposed and listed below. Around the tower

Observing the first figure, it can be seen that the tower is constituted by a hollow and open base tubular housing (1), which is mounted and associated vertically on a rolling platform to

10 your transfer or conventional transportation.

To act as a heating medium, the tubular housing forms an upper chamber (2) covered with a porous filter material (3), the peripheral wall of which presents a series of steps (4) for entering the outside air.

15 Superiorly the housing filter chamber is closed by the base of a translucent tubular body

(5) that constitutes the lamp shade of a lamp, and that is arranged and associated in axial extension on the housing, incorporating in its interior the electrical means necessary to act as a lighting device.

20 The chamber is partially closed by a grid (6) mounted on the inlet mouth of a reaction fan (7) and provided with a conical gutter wing (8) that is supported by an internal flange (9) of the housing , from which small drainage ducts (10) or spillways of the water drain that extend vertically through the interior of the housing.

25 All this is arranged in such a way that the porous filter material (3) covering the chamber (2) and the grid (6) allows air from outside that absorbs the reaction fan (7) to pass, retaining the solid particles entrained by the air.

30 Also the possible drops of water that drag the air and reach the filtering chamber will run through the conical gutter (8) to the drainage pipes (10) or spillways of the gutter, which run vertically inside the housing, whose heat internal allows the evaporation of water and if there is any remaining liquid it is drained in the vicinity of the base of the tower.

35 In the first figure it can also be seen that the reaction fan (7) is vertically coupled by its outlet to an inner tubular duct (11) and coaxial to the housing, which constitutes a heat chamber (12), susceptible of being wrapped by an insulating material (13) or thermal blanket.

Said duct (11) includes a vane propeller (14) in proximity to its coupling mouth.

40 fixed to its inner wall in a position to redirect the air driven by the fan into the heat chamber (12) following a swirling or swirling movement.

The heat of the chamber is generated by ceramic electrical resistance columns (15), arranged vertically on the lugs (16) of a support (17), so that the columns inside

The chamber is separated and distributed in the center and in the internal tubular contour of said chamber, forming a series of longitudinal passages (18) between the columns that allow maximum contact of the circulating air with the heat emitting resistors towards the outlet of the camera

All this is arranged so that the heat chamber (12) can be removable, as well as the support

50 where the columns of the electric resistors support, in this way allow the molten resistors to be changed at the required time.

On the other hand, a second vane propeller (19) fixed to the inner face of the duct is provided in the vicinity of the heat chamber duct to be able to redirect the hot air with a

55 swivel or swirl movement to the next lower chamber.

The conduit that constitutes the heat chamber is coupled by its outlet to the tubular mouth (20) of a hot air distribution chamber (21), which extends and widens in a conical curved concave generator wing (22) protruding inferiorly from the periphery of the outer shell of the tower

60 Said hot air distribution chamber (21) is partially closed by a conical lower projection

(23) of a concave curved generatrix, which is associated with a rolling platform (24) in coaxial arrangement with the chamber, such that a peripheral channel is determined between the conical widening wing of the chamber and the conical generatrix of the projection (25). ) where the hot air that is distributed 360º comes under pressure

65 all over the periphery of the base of the tubular tower.

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All this is arranged in such a way that the outlet of the hot air under pressure from the heating tower allows to achieve a radius of action greater than those existing in the market. On the other hand, the fact that hot air can be distributed throughout the periphery of the base of the tower makes it possible to take advantage of the increase in air temperature since it will start to heat from the ground level up, gradually rising and naturally as hot air rises. In the first figure it can also be seen that the tower has at least 3 presence detectors (26) that can be placed halfway up the tubular casing and distributed around it in a position to cover the 360º of action around the tower. These detectors allow the tower to activate automatically when a user approaches one of the towers and in the same way, after a while the tower is disconnected when it does not detect movement around it. In this way the owner of the premises will always have the certainty that the towers are only put into operation or consumed when there are customers. Likewise, the heating tower incorporates a potentiometer (27) that allows the owner of the premises to regulate the power consumed by the resistors and therefore can select the working intensity of the heater that most interests him at any time according to the ambient temperature. Likewise, it can be seen in the first and second figures that the tubular housing comprises a peripheral handle (28) of manual grip of the heating tower with light for its transfer and location to the desired place.

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Claims (7)

1.- HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT, consisting of a hollow open base tubular housing mounted vertically on a rolling platform, characterized in that the tubular housing (1) forms an upper chamber 5 (2) internally covered with a porous filter material (3) , whose peripheral wall has a series of inlet passages (4) of the outside air, while superiorly it is covered by the closed base of a translucent tubular body (5) or lamp shade of a lamp arranged in axial extension on the housing, while that the chamber is partially closed by a grille (6) mounted on the mouth of a reaction fan (7) and provided with a conical gutter wing (8) that is supported on a flange 10 internal (9) of the housing, from which small drainage pipes (10) or spillways of the water drain, which run through the interior of the housing capable of evacuating through the base of the tower. 2.- HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT, according to claim one characterized in that the reaction fan (7) is in vertical arrangement coupled by its outlet to an inner tubular duct (11) and coaxial to the housing, which constitutes a chamber of heat (12), capable of being covered by an insulating material (13) and which carries a vane propeller in proximity to its coupling mouth (14) fixed to its inner face in a position to redirect the air driven by the fan towards the lower heat chamber generated by ceramic electric resistance columns (15), arranged vertically on the lugs (16) of a support (17 ) removable, on which they are separated and distributed 20 in the center and internal tubular contour of the chamber, determining a series of longitudinal passages (18) between the columns, which favor the contact of the circulating air with the heat emitting resistors towards the exit of the chamber, in whose proximity it presents a second blade propeller (19) fixed to its inner face.  25 3.- HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT according to previous claims, characterized in that the duct (11) of the heat chamber (12) is coupled to the tubular mouth (20) of a lower chamber of hot air distribution (21), which is extended and widened in a conical wing (22) of concave curved generatrix which protrudes inferiorly from the periphery of the outer casing, the chamber being partially closed by a conical lower projection (23) of concave curved generatrix, which associated with a platform 30 rolling (24) in coaxial arrangement with the chamber, determines between the conical widening wing of the chamber and the conical generatrix of the projection a peripheral channel (25) of hot air pressure outlet that is distributed 360 ° throughout the periphery of the base of the tubular tower.  4.- HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT according to previous claims, characterized in that it involves the 35 minus 3 presence detectors (26) located in the tubular housing and distributed around it in a position to cover the 360º of action, which put the heating of the tower into operation when they discover around it the presence of a person. 5.- HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT according to previous claims, characterized in that it incorporates a potentiometer (27) located on the tubular housing in a position to control the power consumed by the resistors and therefore regulate the amount of heat emitted. 6.- HEATING TOWER WITH LIGHT according to previous claims, characterized in that the tubular housing incorporates an outer grip peripheral (28) for handling or transfer. Four. Five 28 7 26 26 eleven fifteen 10 16  24 252325 25 FIG 1 FIG. 2 SPANISH OFFICE OF THE PATENTS AND BRAND Application no .: 201231512 SPAIN Date of submission of the application: 01.10.2012 Priority Date: REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE 51 Int. Cl.: See Additional Sheet RELEVANT DOCUMENTS

Category

56 Documents cited Claims Affected

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FR 2885205 A1 (SARL SOLORIS SARL) 03.11.2006, 1-6

page 1, lines 7-15,26-35; Figure 1.

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US 2008 240689 A1 (COKE CARL GARFIELD) 02.10.2008, 1-6

paragraphs [0011-0012]; claims 1-6.

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US 2011262114 A1 (MONTGOMERY JOSEPHINE) 27.10.2011, 1-6

Figures 4-6; claims 1-2.

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US 4053732 A (CARTER FRANK H) 11.10.1977, 1-6

column 1, lines 54-60; column 2, lines 34-64; claim 1.

Category of the documents cited X: of particular relevance Y: of particular relevance combined with other / s of the same category A: reflects the state of the art O: refers to unwritten disclosure P: published between the priority date and the date of priority submission of the application E: previous document, but published after the date of submission of the application

This report has been prepared • for all claims • for claims no:

Date of realization of the report 07.03.2014

Examiner A. Rodríguez Cogolludo Page 1/4

REPORT OF THE STATE OF THE TECHNIQUE Application number: 201231512 CLASSIFICATION OBJECT OF THE APPLICATION F24H3 / 04 (2006.01) F24D13 / 02 (2006.01) F21L14 / 04 (2006.01) Minimum documentation sought (classification system followed by classification symbols) F24H, F21L, F24D Electronic databases consulted during the search (name of the database and, if possible, terms of search used) INVENES, EPODOC, WPI, XPESP, NPL, HCAPLUS State of the Art Report Page 2/4  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 201231512 Date of Written Opinion: 07.03.2014 Statement

Novelty (Art. 6.1 LP 11/1986)

Claims Claims 1-6 IF NOT

Inventive activity (Art. 8.1 LP11 / 1986)

Claims Claims 1-6 IF NOT

The application is considered to comply with the industrial application requirement. This requirement was evaluated during the formal and technical examination phase of the application (Article 31.2 Law 11/1986).  Opinion Base.- This opinion has been made on the basis of the patent application as published. State of the Art Report Page 3/4  WRITTEN OPINION Application number: 201231512 1. Documents considered.- The documents belonging to the state of the art taken into consideration for the realization of this opinion are listed below.

Document

Publication or Identification Number publication date

D01

FR 2885205 A1 (SARL SOLORIS SARL) 03.11.2006

D02

US 2008 240689 A1 (COKE CARL GARFIELD) 02.10.2008

D03

US 2011262114 A1 (MONTGOMERY JOSEPHINE) 10/27/2011

D04

US 4053732 A (CARTER FRANK H) 11.10.1977

2. Statement motivated according to articles 29.6 and 29.7 of the Regulations for the execution of Law 11/1986, of March 20, on Patents on novelty and inventive activity; quotes and explanations in support of this statement The object of the present invention is a light heating tower that has means for cleaning the ambient air, heating it by non-contaminating means and redirecting it to the expected exit in the base. Document D01 describes a multifunctional column whose functions are to treat ambient air, illuminate and heat the environment. Said column is constituted by an open base hollow tubular housing mounted vertically on a platform that incorporates heating and suction means. It also has lighting means at its top (page 1, lines 7-15, 26-35; figure 1). Document D02 discloses a heating tower constituted by a hollow tubular housing comprising a filter in its upper part to treat the incoming air, two propeller fans one at the top near the air inlet and another at the base to propel the hot air out. Likewise, among said fans is the generating heat chamber because it includes heating means such as electrical resistors, radiant heat devices, etc. (paragraphs [0011-0012]; claims 1-6). Document D03 describes a portable heating tower comprising a barrel in its upper part containing a motor at its base, a rotary fan, infrared-based non-polluting heating elements and a filter in its upper part. Said tower is also capable of lighting (Figures 4-6; claims 1-2). Document D04 describes a heating tower consisting of a hollow open base tubular housing mounted vertically on a platform provided with wheels. Said tower comprises heating means, a fan in the upper part that facilitates air circulation in the interior and openings in the lower part that allow hot air to escape. In turn, it includes manual temperature control means (column 1, lines 54-60; column 2, lines 34 64; claim 1). None of documents D01-D04 or any relevant combination thereof discloses a heating tower with light that has the same configuration (as set out in claims 1-6) and that is provided with a conical gutter supported by an internal flange from the housing from which small drainage channels or spillways of the water drain that run through the interior of the housing capable of evacuating through the base of the tower. Allowing, in this way, the evaporation of the water present in the incoming air by the heat existing inside the tower and the evacuation of the remaining water through the base of the tower. In addition, it would not be obvious to an expert in the field from the cited documents. Consequently, the object of the present invention is considered to be new and implies inventive activity (Articles 6.1 and 8.1 of the L.P.) State of the Art Report Page 4/4