GB2506210A

GB2506210A - Radiator forced air convection heat distributing apparatus

Info

Publication number: GB2506210A
Application number: GB1217501.4A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Christopher Godley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2012-09-24
Filing date: 2012-09-24
Publication date: 2014-03-26
Also published as: GB201217501D0

Abstract

A radiator heat distributing apparatus comprises a fan A arranged to blow air over a radiator F in order to improve the rate of convective heat transfer. The apparatus employs forced air convection, via a fan, to blow heat from the radiator into a room giving a more rapid comfort zone. The fan may either be driven by a motor C powered by mains electricity D, which may be stepped down through a transformer E to safer levels, or driven by a motor powered by fluids being pumped around the radiator heating system. Preferably, the apparatus is portable such that it may be moved from one radiator to another. Alternatively, the apparatus may be wall mounted above or below a radiator. Advantageously, the apparatus is thermostatically controlled.

Description

Description.

A radiator heat distributing apparatus which can be portable or easily fixed, directional and enhancing the existing heat output to a particular room or area required to be heated by conventional radiators. The device will, by blowing heat directly from the radiator, enhance and improve the comfort zone in an environmalt required to be heated by conventional radiator systems. (Drawing 1 B Drawing 2.E). This can be achieved quieldy without the device being cumbersome to install, or use. The invention is primarily portable to be easily used as and when required.

This device will overcome the cold spots and poorly ventilated difficult to heat rooms, stairways, hallways and anywhere where added convection can boost the heat to the whole area. This will overcome the difficulty of natural heat radiation and convection from conventional systems, by quickly blowing said heat effectively into the room. Also being very easy and low cost to manufacture, this will make the device economically more viable as it will use little resources to make, and be of low cost to the consumer, while delivering a quicker heated area.

Furthermore as this device fttlly utilises the existing heat produced, the requirement for large radiators to heat rooms can be relinquished. * . S * *. * * * **** * * * *5 S S.. * ** * . * S... * * . * ..

A device of 30cm long will only require a radiator of say some 30cm wide, while this device will blow produced heat throughout the area required, this will also save resources in radiator manufacture, steel and copper, thus changing the way we heat properties in an further environmental way. The instant nature of this heat circulation will also enhance customers ability to save gas and or fuel oil resources. There will be no need to leave central heating on all the time as when heating is switched on, the radiator will switch on and fan device will start and give a quicker comfort zone throughout the required area.

The fan will be controlled thermostatically via a thermostat in fan housing. Drawing 1,B or within radiator Fig. 2.D.In Fig 2 this could be both electrical or fluid driven,the fluid driven device would operate with normal radiator thermostat. * . a * *a

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Drawings Summary. Drawing 1. & Drawing 2

Drawing 1 shows device (A) which can be fitted on top of radiator (F) while being portable, or screw fixed to the wall above.

Drawing 2 shows design of device as circular (A) blowing heat through matrix (holes) in radiator (D). This style would be designed and manufactured at smirce to this standard. Also fan (A) design can be driven by the fluid in the radiator system and making the power supply (B) alternative. The fluid driven fan will blow as long as radiator valve is open to allow hot water ( fluid) to travel through and heat system, while driving fan through an impellar directly on fan. * * * * *_

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Performance of device.

Fan. Drawing 1. Fan (A) is mounted on top of conventional radiator systems found in many U.K. and foreign homes. It is powered via a power supply (D) and then a transformer (K) to drive fan motor (C) which is of low voltage, and high speed and manufactured to withstand heat levels in system.

This motor (C) drives a tangential multi vaned tube cylindrical fan. This fan when operating can have the hot air (H)expelled, directed vi a directional vent,which can be manually set for air direction required.

This can be optional as opposed to full heat blown in multi directions (H).

Directional heat flow would be a users choice. This fan utilises the natural flow of heated air in an upward direction while aiding this convection through colder air (G) being drawn in at the base. The radiator will still be controlled by it's own thermostat, user sets radiator (F) to heat level required. When radiator switches on, thermostat S. * * * S * S.

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mounted in fan housing (B) will switch on fan when radiator temperature rises and will continue to blow required heat in the room while radiator remains on and hot. When radiator switches off and radiator cools down, fan will go off, to be ready for next opening of radiator (F) thermostat.

The style and operation of this device shall allow for smaller radiators being required as fan will disperse heat more thoroughly. Conversely larger fans can accommodate larger radiators for larger areas.

Drawing 2 shows (A) fan mounted within the radiator, this device can be operated both electrically as in thawing 1 or as mentioned earlier been driven by central heating systems own fluid.

When room temperature reaches radiator thermostat will switch off thus closing the valve and stopping the fan. Operation of fan will continue when valve opens.

These devices can both be controlled by as mentioned in their thermostat regulation and also be by remote control via temperature sensing devices mounted at differing positions within the area to be heated, which can be used to both control radiator and fans simultaneously or individually.

Safety factors covers, finger guards etc can easily be filled.

Also the fan motors and drives which are transformed are of low voltage.

R.C.D protection can also be incorporated in to the transformers (E) and (C) and would be made commensurable to differing markets in other countries. 4. * * S * S.

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Claims

Claims.1. A device that will by forced air convection via a fan blow radiated radiator heat into a room giving a quicker comfort zone in the room.
2. This device can be portable and easily moved from radiator to radiator differing from the other designs.
3. As claimed in 2 can be portable but also can be wall mounted above or below the radiator.
4. Device claimed does not require, shelves, boxing in or enclosing, thus differing from other designs.
5. Also claimed is a circular fan that can blow air through radiator, this can be powered by a Peltier device, or mains power or by a motor driven by water or fluids in the heating system
6. Device claimed can be controlled by thermostats.
7. Thermostats claimed in 6 can be both electrical and or thermal valve types.
8. The thermostats controls claimed in 7 can also be remote, as in fixing to a wall or surface out with immediate area of radiator, sensing the room temperature away from radiator and control operation of device through remote controlled valve or switches on the radiator this also differing from other designs.
9. The device can also operate with it's own thermostat, as radiator temperature rises, the device thermostat will switch on and blow heated air into room and as radiator thermostat reaches desired temperature, switches of radiator, the device thermostat will hold device on run until * radiator is cooled then settings on device thermostat cools, thereby switching device off until room requires frirther heating and radiator * thermostat comes back on and radiator heats up thus repeating cycle. ** *As claimed in 5 device can be driven by motor powered by fluids : : :* being pumped round the system, turning the fan and blowing radiated * . heat into the room, temperature set on radiator valve controlling on off * time of fan.11 Device can also incorporate directional vanes filled to device allowing for air to be directionally apportioned to a particular area, either to the sides,vertically or downwards, in this way forced warm air direction can be into an area required, say a corner or half of a room or along a hallway, through air grid multi directional mount to be manoeuvred to the position required similar to a car air duct vent.13. Device can be driven through a transformer which will reduce mains voltage from 240 volts to safer levels, this transformer would be incorporated in the plug' in component to the mains power, motors of various low voltages being used,these being a safer operating voltage.S * SS * *.SS..... * S *5** * . . *5 *S S..S * S. * S * S...SS