FR3050258A1 - ELECTRICAL, HYDRAULIC OR ELECTROHYDRAULIC TYPE HEATING APPARATUS, IN PARTICULAR, TOWEL DRYER - Google Patents

Abstract

A heater (10) of electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type comprising a first collector (11) of a heat transfer fluid, a second collector (13) of the heat transfer fluid and a plurality of heating bodies (15) coupled to the first collector (11) and in the second collector (13) and in fluid communication with them, the apparatus further comprising at least one dehumidifying group (16) for the dehumidification of ambient air, which is associated with it and integrated, and at least a dehumidification condensate collection tank (17), which is disposed beneath the dehumidifier unit (16), wherein the dehumidifier unit (16) is housed in a box-shaped containment body (18) associated with the apparatus (10) and is of the Peltier effect cell type, with a cold side (16a) of moisture condensation of ambient air and a warm side (16b) of dehumidified air heating, wherein said heating bodies (15) are disposed outside said box-shaped body (18).

Description

Electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heater, in particular, towel rail

The present invention relates to an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heating apparatus of the type, advantageously, towel rail.

More particularly, the present invention relates to a residential heating apparatus preferably having the form of a heated towel rail for the heating of bathrooms.

In the residential heating sector, there are known heating appliances which comprise a radiator of the hydraulic type of central heating or of electric or mixed (electrohydraulic) type and a ventilated electric convector, that is to say a resistance thermoconvector electric and forced circulation. Heaters of this type are known, for example, from Italian Utility Model No. 243,828 or French Patent No. 2,923,895.

Heating appliances of this type are generally used for heating rooms such as, for example, bathrooms or the like, and the radiator is generally in the form of a towel warmer.

The heat-convector with which these known heaters are equipped makes it possible to increase the ambient temperature suitably and rapidly when the radiator is switched off or during the ignition phase.

These heaters of known type, however, cause a significant additional energy consumption due, in particular, to the use in the convectors of electrical resistances power greater than or equal to 1 kW and which, in some cases, requires a over-dimensioning of the electrical supply system, in particular in the case where these electrical resistances are added to those present locally to heat the water supplying the radiator.

Another disadvantage of known type heaters lies in the fact that they do not make it possible to regulate the moisture content of the ambient air, which is particularly high in rooms such as bathrooms, laundry rooms and the like or in the case of appliances used as a towel dryer.

In known apparatuses, moreover, even if oscillating fins are provided, the airflow leaving the heat-convector has a substantially horizontal direction. The hot air produced by the heat-convector is thus diffused in the room to be heated, but it is not possible to direct it in a direction substantially vertical, upwards or downwards, so as to be able to benefit from its heat for dry or heat the towels attached to the radiator.

The object of the present invention is to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.

Within the scope of this general objective, a particular objective of the present invention is to propose an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heating device which makes it possible to dehumidify and increase the ambient temperature appropriately and quickly with an expenditure of electrical energy. moderate.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type of heating apparatus which makes it possible to dry or heat quickly and conveniently towels or similar articles hung on it.

Yet another object of the present invention is to provide an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heating apparatus of simple structure and manufacture and of reduced size at moderate costs.

These objectives are achieved according to the present invention by providing an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heating apparatus comprising a first collector of a heat transfer fluid, a second collector of said heat transfer fluid and a plurality of heating bodies coupled to said first collector and said collector. second collector and in fluid communication with them.

In addition, the heating apparatus comprises at least one dehumidifying unit for the dehumidification of the ambient air, which is associated with it and integrated, and at least one dehumidification condensate collection tank, which is arranged under said dehumidifier group, wherein said dehumidifier unit is housed in a box-shaped containment body associated with said heater and is of the Peltier-effect cell type, with a cold side of condensation of the ambient air humidity and a hot side heating dehumidified air, wherein said heating bodies are disposed outside said box-shaped body.

In some embodiments, said dehumidifier group is interposed between the first manifold and the second manifold and / or interposed among the heaters.

In some embodiments, said box-shaped containment body includes a back wall, a front wall, side walls that connect said back wall and said front wall, and a plurality of ambient air inlet openings to dehumidifying and a plurality of dehumidified air outlet openings which are provided in at least one wall of said rear wall, said front wall and said side walls and which are respectively in communication with a first zone defined inside said box-shaped containment body and in which is disposed said cold side or said evaporation zone and with a second zone delimited inside said box-shaped confinement body and in which said hot side is disposed, wherein inside said box-shaped containment body is arranged a ventilation unit able to create between said inlet openings and said outlet openings a flow of air which successively passes through said cold side and said hot side of the dehumidifier group. The heating apparatus may further comprise an auxiliary heating unit for heating ambient air which is housed in said box-shaped containment body and which operates between a plurality of inlet mouths of the ambient air to be heated and a plurality of heated ambient air outlet vents, which are provided in at least one of said front wall, said rear wall and said side walls and which are distinct from said inlet openings of the ambient air to be dehumidified and said dehumidified ambient air outlet openings, wherein said backup heater group is housed in a third zone, which is delimited within said box-shaped containment body, is separated said first zone and said second zone and at which is disposed another ventilation unit capable of creating a flow of air flowing between said inlet mouths; e and said outlet ducts passing through the auxiliary heater group.

According to some embodiments, said backup heater group is of the electric resistance type.

In addition, said inlet openings and said outlet openings may be provided in said side walls, preferably at the same side of said box-shaped containment body.

In some embodiments, said inlet mouths and outlet mouths are provided in said side walls, preferably respectively at a flank and bottom of said box-shaped containment body.

According to some embodiments, said dehumidifying unit comprises a cold side of moisture condensation of the ambient air and a hot side, wherein said dehumidifying group is arranged such that said cold side is turned towards the rear face of the heating device intended, in use, to give on a wall of the room to be heated.

In some embodiments, said box-shaped containment body includes a bottom that defines said collection bin, wherein said rear wall provides on said cold side of said dehumidifier group and in which said plurality of openings are arranged. inlet of the ambient air to be dehumidified and said front wall affixed to said hot side of said dehumidifier unit and in which there is provided said plurality of dehumidified air outlet openings, said ventilation unit being able to create between said inlet openings and said outlet openings a flow of air which passes successively through said cold side and said hot side of the dehumidifier group.

In addition, said ventilation unit may comprise at least one fan housed in an envelope provided with at least one suction mouth facing said inlet openings and at least one delivery mouth facing said hot side of the group. dehumidifier, in which a wall inside said box-shaped body separates said first zone, in which said cold side of the dehumidifier unit is housed, and which is in communication with said suction mouth and with said inlet openings, said second zone, in which is housed said hot side of the dehumidifier group and which is in communication with said discharge mouth and with said outlet openings.

In some embodiments, the heater includes a heat exchanger that includes a finned tube battery, coil, or the like that is interposed between and in fluid communication with the first manifold and the second manifold. said heat exchanger is disposed within said box-shaped body and is interposed between said front wall of said box-shaped body and said hot side of said dehumidifier unit.

In some embodiments, the heater includes at least one electrical resistance heater that is housed in the box-shaped body near said outlet openings to heat the dehumidified air as it exits.

In addition, the heating apparatus may comprise regulating means associated with said first collector and said second collector for regulating the flow rate of the heat transfer fluid which passes through said heating bodies and said heat exchanger.

According to some embodiments, the heater is a towel dryer, wherein said first manifold and said second manifold constitute two uprights and said heaters are disposed horizontally to form support members for towels or articles. similar.

The characteristics and advantages of an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heating apparatus according to the present invention will become more apparent from the following description, by way of example and without limitation, which refers to the schematic drawings. -seals among which; FIG. 1 is a schematic, axonometric and partially exploded view of a first possible embodiment of a heating apparatus according to the present invention; FIGS. 2, 3 and 4 are diagrammatic views, respectively of front, rear and from above in plan, of the heating apparatus of FIG. 1; FIGS. 5 to 8 are views like those of FIGS. 1 to 4 of a second alternative possibility of embodiment of the heating apparatus according to the present invention; Figure 9 is a schematic sectional view of a detail of a possible embodiment of the heater according to the present invention; FIGS. 10 and 11 are axonometric views of a third alternative possibility of embodiment of the heater according to the present invention; FIGS. 12 to 14 are respectively front, rear and axonometric views of a fourth alternative possibility of embodiment of the heating apparatus according to the present invention; Figures 15 to 19 are axonometric, side, sectional and axonometric views with removed parts, of a detail of the heater of Figures 12 to 14; FIGS. 20 to 22 are views such as those of FIGS. 12 to 14 of a fifth alternative possibility of embodiment of the heating apparatus according to the present invention.

Referring to the attached figures, there is shown an electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heating apparatus according to the present invention, which is designated as a whole by the reference numeral 10. The apparatus 10 is intended, in particular, for residential heating.

Even more particularly, the apparatus 10 is for heating high humidity rooms such as rooms such as, for example, bathrooms, laundries and the like and may advantageously be in the form of a towel rail. The apparatus 10 comprises a first collector 11 of a heat transfer fluid, a second collector 13 of the coolant and a plurality of heating bodies 15, each of which has an inlet, which is connected and in fluid communication with the first collector 11, and an outlet, which is connected and in fluid communication with the second collector 13, so that the heat transfer fluid flows from the first collector 11 to the second collector 13 by passing through the heating bodies 15. Therefore, the first collector 11 are connected the inputs the heating bodies 15 and the second collector 13 are connected to the outputs of the heating bodies 15.

The circuit constituted by the first collector 11, the second collector 13 and the heating bodies 15 can advantageously be of closed type, the heat transfer fluid circulating there being heated by resistors inside the apparatus 10.

As a variant, the first collector 11 may be provided with an inlet 12 that can be connected to a heat transfer fluid supply line and the second collector 13 may be provided with an outlet 14 that can be connected to a fluid return line. coolant.

In a preferred but not exclusive embodiment, the apparatus 10 is in the form of a towel warmer.

Even more particularly, the apparatus 10 of the towel-drying type is configured so that the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 constitute two uprights or vertical elements and that the heating bodies 15 consist of horizontally arranged tubular elements. between the first manifold 11 and the second manifold 13 (Figures 1-8, 12-14 and 20-22) or cantilevered from the first manifold 11 and the second manifold 13 joined to each other (Figures 10 and 11).

In this case, the inlet 12 and the outlet 14 of the coolant can be arranged in an additional element with vertical extension, distinct from the first manifold 11 and the second manifold 13, advantageously interposed between them and communicating with at least one of the heating or, again, the inlet and the outlet of the heat transfer fluid can be arranged in one of the heating bodies 15, advantageously in a substantially central position with respect to the longitudinal extension of this heating body 15.

The heating bodies 15 consist of tubular bodies which have their individual inlet and their individual outlet respectively connected to the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 and in fluid communication with them. In the embodiments shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, 12 to 14 and 20 to 22, the inlet and the outlet of each heater 15 are provided at the axially opposite ends thereof, the heater 15 being extending between the first collector 11 and the second collector 13. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 10 and 11, the inlet and the outlet of each heating element 15 are arranged near one of their ends. There can be baffles and flow separators inside each heating body 15 and the heating bodies 15 extend cantilevered from the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 contiguous to one another. to the other along the same side of the apparatus 10.

The heating bodies 15 are arranged at a distance from each other in order to constitute support elements for towels or similar articles.

The heaters 15 may have a cross section that is variously configured, for example circular (as shown in Figures 1-4 and 12-14) or polygonal (as shown in Figures 5-8 and 20-22); they may further be coplanar in a single plane (as shown in Figures 1-4, 12-14 and 20-22) or in two or more parallel planes (as shown in FIGS. -8). In any case variants of embodiments are not excluded, in which, for example, the heating bodies 15 have a different configuration and / or arrangement or in which, for example, a plurality of heating bodies 15 are supported by two arms which are rotatably coupled to the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 or, directly or indirectly, to an additional vertical extension element interposed between them and in fluid connection with them so as to constitute a foldable shelf between a first position, in which it is coplanar or substantially parallel to the inlet and outlet manifolds, and a second position, in which it extends cantilevered from them.

The heating bodies 15, within which the heat transfer fluid flows, exchange heat with the ambient air by convection and, in part, also by radiation.

By heat transfer fluid is meant in particular water, but not only.

In any case, variant embodiments of the apparatus 10 which may also have different shapes from that of a towel rail are not excluded.

According to the present invention, the apparatus 10 comprises at least one dehumidifying unit 16 for the dehumidification of the ambient air, which is associated with it and integrated, and at least one collection tank 17 of the dehumidification condensate, which is disposed under the dehumidifier group 16.

Preferably, the dehumidifier group 16 is interposed between the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 and / or interposed among the heating bodies 15.

By group dehumidifier 16 is meant a group capable of reducing condensation by moisture present in the ambient air. In particular, the dehumidifier group 16 may be of the type known as Peltier effect cells (as shown in the accompanying figures), with a cold side 16a of humidity condensation of the ambient air and a hot side 16b of heating the dehumidified air. The dehumidifier group could be of the type known as a refrigeration cycle, comprising a circuit traversed by a refrigerant and comprising a condensing zone and an evaporation zone between which a compressor acts. The structure and operation of the dehumidifier group 16 are not described in detail because they are of a type known to those skilled in the art.

In general, therefore, the dehumidifier unit 16 comprises a cold side 16a, at which condensation of humidity of the ambient air takes place, and a hot side 16b, through which the dehumidified air is circulated before reject it in the room, both being advantageously of the type provided with fins.

The dehumidifier unit 16 is housed in a box-shaped confinement body 18 which comprises: a rear wall 19 which, in use, is intended to give the wall to a room in which the apparatus 10 is mounted, In other words, the wall at which the apparatus 10 is mounted, a front wall 21 which, in use, is intended to give the appliance in which the appliance 10 is mounted, side walls 33, 33 ', 33 ", 33" 'which connect the rear wall 19 and the front wall 21, a plurality of ambient air inlet openings to dehumidify and a plurality of outlet openings 22 of dehumidified air which are arranged in at least one wall of the rear wall 19, the front wall 21 and the side walls 33, 33 ', 33 ", 33'".

The bottom of the box-shaped body 18 defines or in any case accommodates the collection tray 17 of the condensate. Inside the box-shaped body 18 there are internal walls 34 which delimit: a first zone Z1, at which the cold side 16a or the evaporation zone (of the cooling circuit) of the dehumidifier group is arranged and which communicates with the inlet openings 20, and - a second zone Z2, at which is disposed the hot side 16b or the condensing zone (of the refrigerant circuit) of the dehumidifier group and which communicates with the outlet openings 22 Inside the box-shaped body 18 is a ventilation unit 23 which is able to create between the inlet openings 20 and the outlet openings 22 a flow of air which passes successively through the cold side 16a or the evaporation zone (of the refrigerant circuit) and the hot side 16b or the said condensing zone (of the refrigerant circuit) of the dehumidifier group 16.

In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus 10 further comprises a booster heater 35 for heating the ambient air.

The auxiliary heater unit 35 is also housed in the box-shaped body 18 and operates between a plurality of inlet mouths 200 of the ambient air to be heated and a plurality of outlet mouths 222 of the air heated ambient, which are arranged in at least one wall of the front wall 21, the rear wall 19 and the side walls 33.

It is advantageous that the inlet mouths 200 and outlet mouths 222 are distinct from the inlet openings 20 of the ambient air to be dehumidified and the outlet openings 22 from the dehumidified ambient air and are in communication with a third zone Z3 which is defined inside the box-shaped body 18 and at which the auxiliary heating unit 35 is housed.

The third zone Z3 is separated from the first zone Z1 and the second zone Z2 by internal walls 34.

Another ventilation unit 230 is housed in this third zone Z3 to create a flow of air flowing between the inlet mouths 200 and the outlet mouths 222 while passing through the auxiliary heating unit 35.

The auxiliary heating unit 35 is of the electric resistance type (not shown in the detail drawing as of known type).

Referring in particular to the embodiments shown in FIGS. 12 to 22, the apparatus 10 includes both a dehumidifier group 16 and an auxiliary heater group 35, both of which are housed in the body. 18 box-shaped.

The dehumidifier unit 16 is of the Peltier effect cell type and is arranged in such a way that the cold side 16a is turned towards the side walls 33 'which define one of the two sides of the box-shaped body 18 and that the hot side 16b is turned towards a central part of the box-shaped body 18. Both the inlet openings 20 and the outlet openings 22 are arranged in the same side wall 33 '. The inner walls 34 delimit the first zone Z1, which is in communication with the inlet openings 20, and the second zone Z2, which is in communication with the outlet openings 22. The first zone Z1 and the second zone Z2 communicate between through a free passage below the Peltier cell.

The ventilation unit 23 is constituted by a fan arranged in the second zone Z2 to create a flow of air which enters through the inlet openings 20 in the first zone Z1, licks the cold side 16b condensing, s' flows into the second zone Z2 where it absorbs heat before exiting through the outlet openings 22.

The condensate which is formed is collected in the collection tank 17 placed on the bottom of the box-shaped body 18 and advantageously of the extractable tray type.

The auxiliary heating unit 35 is housed in the third zone Z3 separate and distinct from the first zone Z1 and the second zone Z2.

The inlet mouths 200 and the outlet mouths 222 are arranged in the side walls 33. Preferably, the inlet mouths 200 are arranged in a portion of the side walls 33 "which defines a box-shaped body side 18. opposite that at which are arranged the inlet openings 20 and outlet 22; the outlets 222, on the other hand, are arranged in a portion of the side walls 33 '"which constitutes the bottom of the body 18 in the form of a box. The other ventilation unit 230, also consisting of an electric fan, is arranged to create a flow of air which enters the box-shaped body 18 through the inlet mouths 200, passes through the heating unit 35 and exits through the outlet mouths 222. It should be noted that the air flow through the third zone Z3 to be heated and the flow of air that passes successively through the first zone ZI and the second zone Z2 to be dehumidified and heated are independent of each other. The arrangement of the inlet openings 20 and the outlet openings 22, as well as that of the inlet mouths 200 and outlet mouths 222 make it possible to optimize the flow of dehumidified and heated air.

The embodiments shown in Figures 12-14 and 20-22 differ from each other only in the shape of the heating bodies 15.

Referring, on the other hand, to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1-11, the dehumidifier group 16, also in this case of the Peltier effect cell type, is arranged in such a way that its cold side 16a is turned to the rear face of the apparatus 10, that is to say the face of the apparatus 10 which, in use, is intended to give a wall of the room to be heated. The hot side 16b of the dehumidifier group 16 is, on the contrary, turned towards the front face of the apparatus 10, that is to say the face of the apparatus 10 which, in use, is turned towards the part to be heated. .

In one possible embodiment, the body 18 in the form of a box is disposed in a zone devoid of heating body 15 and coupled to the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 or advantageously interposed between them.

The box-shaped body 18 comprises: - a bottom, which defines the collection tank 17 of the dehumidification condensate, - the rear wall 19, which gives on the cold side 16a of the dehumidifying unit 16 and in which are arranged a plurality of inlet openings 20 of the ambient air to dehumidify and - the front wall 21, which gives on the hot side 16b of the dehumidifying unit 16 and in which are arranged a plurality of outlet openings 22 dehumidified air and heated.

The bottom may advantageously be removable type or may be equipped with a condensate drain accumulates there.

The ventilation unit 23 is disposed inside the box-shaped body 18 and is configured to create a flow of air between the inlet openings 20 and the outlet openings 22, said air flow successively passing through the cold side 16a and the warm side 16b of the dehumidifier group 16.

In particular, the ventilation unit 23 comprises at least one electric fan (not shown because of a type known to those skilled in the art) which is housed in an envelope 24 inside the body 18 in the form of a box. The casing 24 is provided with at least one suction mouth 25, which is turned towards the inlet openings 20, and at least one discharge mouth 26, which is turned towards the hot side 16b of the dehumidifier group. 16. An inner wall 27 of the box-shaped body 18 separates, inside the latter, the first zone ZI and the second zone Z2. The first zone ZI is delimited by the rear wall 19 and by the inner wall 27 and is in communication with the suction mouth 25 and the inlet openings 20; inside the first zone ZI is housed the cold side 16a of the dehumidifying group 16. The second zone Z2 is delimited by the inner wall 27 and the front wall 21 and is in communication with the discharge mouth 26 and the openings output 22; inside the second zone Z2 is housed the hot side 16b of the dehumidifying unit 16.

Advantageously, a diaphragm 28 separates the bottom of the box-shaped body 18 from the second zone Z2.

In a preferred embodiment, the apparatus 10 further comprises a heat exchanger 29 which is disposed within the box-shaped body 18 and, in particular, in the second zone ZI thereof so as to be interposed between the hot side 16b of the dehumidifier group 16 and the front wall 21 of the body 18 in the form of a box. The heat exchanger 29 comprises a finned tube battery, a coil or similar components which has the input end 29a in fluid communication with the first collector 11 and the output end 29b in fluid communication with the second collector 13, so that the heat transfer fluid circulates either in the heating bodies 15 or in the heat exchanger 29, which operate in parallel with each other.

As will be readily understood by those skilled in the art, the tubes and coil constituting the heat exchanger 29 are generally of smaller cross-sectional area than the heaters 15 and have a greater high heat exchange efficiency.

Usefully, there are provided regulating means - of the type, for example, three-way valves 30, 31 respectively interposed between the first collector 11 and the heat exchanger 29 and between the second collector 13 and the heat exchanger 29 - To regulate the flow of heat transfer fluid through the heating bodies 15 and the heat exchanger 29. These control means are configured to distribute the flow of heat transfer fluid flowing in the heating bodies 15 and in the heat exchanger 29 and / or to selectively exclude one or the other.

The possibility of producing the apparatus 10 can not be ruled out even without regulation means (three-way valves 30, 31); in this case, the coolant (i.e., water) still circulates both in the heating bodies 15 and in the heat exchanger 29. The heat exchanger 29 is predisposed for subsequent heating. air dehumidified before it is returned to the room. In place of or in addition to the heat exchanger 29, the apparatus 10 comprises at least one heating element 32 of the electrical resistance type, which is housed in the box-shaped body 18 near and upstream of the openings of the output 22 to heat the dehumidified air at its output.

Advantageously, the apparatus 10 is of the electrically controlled type or, better still, the dehumidifying unit 16, the ventilation unit 23, the heat exchanger 29, the heating elements 32, the auxiliary heating unit 35, as well as the Possible temperature and / or humidity and / or presence sensors and timers are controlled by a control and control device, advantageously of the programmable type.

It is furthermore possible to provide additional functional groups for the treatment of dehumidified and / or heated air, such as, for example, a group for bacterial reduction to UV radiation.

Figures 1-4 and 5-8 show two possible embodiments of the apparatus 10 in the form of towel rails which differ from each other solely in the number and shape of the heating bodies 15.

Figures 10 and 11 show another possible embodiment of the apparatus 19 in the form of towel rail, wherein the first collector 11 and the second collector 13 are arranged contiguous along the same side of the apparatus 10 the heating bodies 15 extending cantilevered from said collectors.

In the embodiments of the apparatus 10 shown in the accompanying figures, the box-shaped body 18 containing the dehumidifier group 16 and, optionally, the heat exchanger 29 and the heating elements 32 is disposed below the body. 15 or at the rear thereof. This provision, however, is not binding.

Finally, advantageously, the outlet openings 22 are arranged in a diffuser 220 which is coupled to the box-shaped body 18 in a rotatable manner around a horizontal axis of rotation so that it can be rotated between a first operating position. wherein the flow of hot air is deflected in a substantially horizontal direction, and a second operating position, wherein the flow of hot air is diverted in a substantially vertical direction upwardly so as to dry the suspended towels on the heating bodies 15 which, advantageously, are arranged above the body 18 in the form of a box.

The outlet openings 22, the inlet openings 20, the inlet mouths 200 and the outlet mouths 222 may be slot-shaped or any other suitable form; they may, for example, have a shape of circular holes or grid.

The body 18 in the form of a box may be made of metallic material or of plastic; in addition, it is advantageously of the modular type. Advantageously, the heating bodies 15 and the coil of finned tubes or the coil of the eventual heat exchanger 29 may be made of aluminum, steel or copper.

Note that, in all cases, the heating bodies 15 are disposed outside the box-shaped body 18 and constitute a separate circuit of the dehumidifier group 16, which may be of the Peltier effect cell type or refrigeration cycle course through a coolant different from the coolant (ie water) flowing in the heating bodies 15. The electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heater according to the present invention allows dehumidification and to properly and rapidly increase the ambient temperature with a moderate electrical energy expenditure. In particular, the apparatus according to the present invention makes it possible, in the form of a towel warmer, to dehumidify and quickly and efficiently heat damp rooms, such as, for example, bathrooms or laundry rooms by drying the towels at the same time. the clothes hung on him. The electrical, hydraulic or electrohydraulic type heater thus designed is capable of numerous modifications and variations; moreover all the components can be replaced by technically equivalent elements. In practice, the materials used, as well as the dimensions, may be any depending on the technical requirements.

Claims (14)

Electric, hydraulic or electrohydraulic heater (10) comprising a first collector (11) of a heat transfer fluid, a second collector (13) of said heat transfer fluid and a plurality of heating elements (15) coupled to said first collector (11) and in said second collector (13) and in fluid communication with them, characterized in that it comprises at least one dehumidifying group (16) for the dehumidification of the ambient air, which is associated with it and integrated, and at least one dehumidification condensate collection tank (17), which is disposed under said dehumidifier group (16), wherein said dehumidifier unit (16) is housed in a box-shaped containment body (18) associated with said apparatus (10) and is of the Peltier effect cell type, with a cold side (16a) of humidity condensation of the ambient air and a warm side (16b) of heating dehumidified air, in the equel said heating bodies (15) are disposed outside said box-shaped body (18). 2. Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 1, characterized in that said dehumidifier group (16) is interposed between the first collector (11) and the second collector (13) and / or interposed among the heating elements (15). ). Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said box-shaped containment body (18) comprises a rear wall (19), a front wall (21), side walls (33), , 33 ', 33 ", 33'") which connect said rear wall (19) and said front wall (21) and a plurality of inlet openings (20) of the ambient air to be dehumidified and a plurality of outlet openings (22) of dehumidified air which are provided in at least one of said rear wall (19), said front wall (21) and said side walls (33, 33 ', 33 ", 33'") and which are respectively in communication with a first zone (Z1) delimited within said box-shaped confinement body (18) and in which said cold side (16a) or said evaporation zone is disposed and with a second zone (Z2) bounded within said box-shaped containment body (18) and in which is disposed said hot side (16b), wherein within said box-shaped containment body (18) is disposed a ventilation unit (23) adapted to create between said inlet openings (20) and said openings outlet (22) an air flow which successively passes through said cold side (16a) and said hot side (16b) of the dehumidifier group (16). 4. Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 3, characterized in that it further comprises an auxiliary heating group (35) for heating the ambient air which is housed in said body (18) of box-shaped confinement which operates between a plurality of inlet mouths (200) of the ambient air to be heated and a plurality of outlet mouths (222) of the heated ambient air, which are arranged in at least one wall of said front wall (19), said rear wall (21) and said side walls (33, 33 ', 33 ", 33'") and which are distinct from said inlet openings (20) of the ambient air at dehumidifying and said outlet openings (22) dehumidified ambient air, wherein said auxiliary heating group (35) is housed in a third zone (Z3), which is delimited within said body (18) box-shaped confinement is separated from said first zone (Z1) and said second zone (Z2) and at which is disposed another ventilation unit (230) adapted to create a flow of air flowing between said inlet mouths (200) and said outlet mouths (222) through the booster heater group (35). Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 4, characterized in that said auxiliary heating unit is of the electric resistance type. Heating apparatus (10) according to any one of claims 3 to 5, characterized in that said inlet openings (20) and said outlet openings (22) are arranged in said side walls (33 '), preferably at the same side of said box-shaped confinement body (18). 7. Heating apparatus (10) according to any one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that said inlet mouths (200) and said outlet mouths (222) are arranged in said side walls (33 ", 33"). "'), Preferably respectively at a flank and bottom of said box-shaped containment body (18). Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 3, characterized in that said dehumidifier unit (16) comprises a cold side (16a) of humidity condensation of the ambient air and a hot side (16b), in wherein said dehumidifier group (16) is arranged such that said cold side (16a) is facing the rear face of the heater (10) for use, in use, to give a wall of the room to be heated. Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 8, characterized in that said box-shaped containment body (18) comprises a bottom which defines said collecting pan (17), wherein said rear wall (19) gives on said cold side (16a) of said dehumidifier group (16) and within which is provided said plurality of inlet openings (20) of the ambient air to be dehumidified and said front wall (19) is on said hot side (16b) of said dehumidifier group (16) and within which is provided said plurality of outlet openings (22) of the dehumidified air, said ventilation unit (23) being adapted to create between said inlet openings ( 20) and said outlet openings (22) an air flow which passes successively through said cold side (16a) and said hot side (16b) of the dehumidifier unit (16). 10. Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 9, characterized in that said ventilation unit (23) comprises at least one fan housed in an envelope (24) provided with at least one suction mouth (25) to said inlet openings (20) and at least one discharge mouth (26) facing said hot side (16b) of the dehumidifier group, wherein a wall (27) inside said body (18) box shape separates said first zone (Z1), in which is located said cold side (16a) of the dehumidifier group and which is in communication with said suction mouth (25) and with said inlet openings (20), said second zone (Z2), in which is located said hot side (16b) of the dehumidifier group and which is in communication with said discharge mouth (26) and with said outlet openings (22). 11. Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that it comprises a heat exchanger (29) which comprises a finned tube battery, a coil or similar components which is interposed between the first collector (11) and in fluid communication with them, wherein said heat exchanger (29) is disposed within said box-shaped body (18) and is interposed between said front wall (21). ) of said box-shaped body and said hot side (16b) of said dehumidifier group. Heating apparatus (10) according to any one of claims 3 to 11, characterized in that it comprises at least one heating element (32) with electrical resistance which is housed in the box-shaped body (18). near said outlet openings (22) for heating the dehumidified air at its outlet. 13. Heating apparatus (10) according to claim 11 or 12, characterized in that it comprises control means associated with said first collector (11) and said second collector (13) for regulating the flow of heat transfer fluid through said heating body (15) and said heat exchanger (29). Heating apparatus (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is a towel rail, wherein said first collector (11) and said second collector (13) constitute two vertical uprights and said heating body (15) are arranged horizontally to form support elements for towels or similar articles.