US20040223749A1

US20040223749A1 - Electric convector

Info

Publication number: US20040223749A1
Application number: US10/865,183
Authority: US
Inventors: Pedro Garcia
Original assignee: Climastar Thermostone SL
Current assignee: INSTITUTO 23-BAJO; Climastar Thermostone SL
Priority date: 2001-12-12
Filing date: 2004-06-10
Publication date: 2004-11-11
Also published as: AU2002350747A1; CA2469909A1; AU2002350747A8; MXPA04005622A; WO2003050455A1; EP1455146A1; WO2003050455A8; ES1050706Y; ES1050706U

Abstract

Improved electric convector that consists of a carcass (2) situated adjacently to the rear side of a porcelain stoneware body (4), which preferably incorporates a filament, plate or piping element, presenting at the base an ambient thermostat and on the upper side a number of transversally aligned parallel slots and having means of fixing (5).

Description

OBJECT OF THE INVENTION

The present descriptive memory refers to an improved electric convector, the purpose of which is to be used as an appliance fit to generate itself the heating for a room or area where it is installed, reducing the consumption of electric power, as it possesses a element made up of filaments, plates or piping whose functioning is substantially quicker than that of flat elements.

The invention, boosted with a porcelain stoneware plate, receives the heat by air convection and not by contact with the element, and includes fixing bodies that allow for its separation from the wall, divider or face avoiding soiling or deterioration of the area and facilitating the circulation of warm air.

INVENTION APPLICATION FIELD

This invention is for use in the industry dedicated to the manufacture of radiators and electric convectors.

INVENTION BACKGROUND

The applicant is the titleholder of the utility model applied for in Spain with the number 9900494 on Feb. 24, 1999, which describes and claims a radiator formed by an enveloping carcass equipped with a thermostat, having a conventional solar panel inside, that is, a flat element with an aluminium circuit, and a porcelain stoneware plate outside that receives the heat generated by the conventional solar panel, and the regulating thermostat incorporates a probe that detects the temperature generated by the porcelain stoneware plate.

The applicant has confirmed that the replacement of the flat element with an aluminium circuit by a smaller filament element allows for quicker functioning and also permits the use of several sizes and different power settings, obtaining a multipurpose convector.

At the same time, it would be desirable to heat the porcelain stoneware by air convection instead of by contact with the element, which would reduce the temperature.

The latter would at the same time result in a reduction in the thickness of the body of the convector itself.

DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The improved electric convector proposed by the invention is, in itself, an obvious novelty in its specific field of application that presents a number of improvements in relation to conventional radiators and convectors.

More specifically, the improved electric convector object of the invention is formed by a body of rectangular base made of porcelain stoneware, that on the rear side has a body that presents on its upper side a number of slots through which a flow of air by convection stemming from a filament, plate or piping element incorporated inside comes out; the flow of air by convection is generated by heating the stone., the action of the element being regulated by an ambient thermostat installed at the base of the appliance that gauges the temperature of the air in the room, without taking into account the temperature of the stone. It must be mentioned that the porcelain stoneware never heats to over 60° C. approximately; the appliance functions till it has heated the room to an ideal temperature, previously established, and from that moment on, works at intervals to assure maintenance.

The invention presents a fixing body made up of a U-shaped metallic part with perforations to enable its fixing to the wall by conventional methods, and incorporates, at each of the ends of the branches of the “U”, a hollow to facilitate hanging and immobilizing the body of the convector.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

As a complement to the description being presented and for a better understanding of the specifications of the invention, one page of drawings is attached to this descriptive memory, forming an integral part of the memory, where the following elements are displayed with an informative but not a limiting intention: [0011]
FIG. 1.—Displays a perspective view of the object of the invention seen from the front, corresponding to an improved electric convector; this drawing includes the wall fixing body. [0012]
FIG. 2.—Shows a side elevation of the object depicted in FIG. 1. [0013]
FIG. 3.—Corresponds to a ground view of the object represented in the previous figures.[0014]

PREFERENTIAL EXECUTION OF THE INVENTION

In view of these Figures, it can be seen how the imp-roved electric convector ([0015] 1) is made;.up of a hollow body (2), with transversely aligned slots in the upper side referenced in (3), the body (2) being joined to a porcelain stoneware part (4) and possessing a fixing body (5) with circular perforations (7) in its central branch; it presents., coinciding with each of the upper ends of the lateral branches of the body (5), a hollow, (6) and (6′), to allow for easier hanging and immobilizing of the main body (1).
The invention, as has been stated previously, is formed by a filament, plate or piping element with the purpose of attaining the heating of the porcelain stoneware ([0016] 4) by air convection, and presents an ambient thermostat installed at the base of the appliance that gauges the temperature of the air in the room.
The element used must be made up of filaments, plates or piping. [0017]

Claims

1. Improved electric convector, formed by a carcass (2) situated adjacently to the rear part of porcelain stoneware element (4) that has a rectangular ground plan, characterised by a filament, plate or piping element attains the heating of the porcelain stoneware by air convection being incorporated inside the carcass (2), presenting at the base an ambient thermostat and the body (2) having on its upper side a number of transversally aligned pararell slots.

2. Improved electric convector, as per first claim, characterised by presenting a fixing body (5) formed by a metallic mono-block part with two perforations (7), situated on the central part of the longest branch, incorporating hollows (6) and (6′) at each of the upper ends of the lateral branches.