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US3394412A
US3394412A US506798A US50679865A US3394412A US 3394412 A US3394412 A US 3394412A US 506798 A US506798 A US 506798A US 50679865 A US50679865 A US 50679865A US 3394412 A US3394412 A US 3394412A
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Tor Olssen
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
    • A61H—PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING OR STIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY; ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION; MASSAGE; BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSES OR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
    • A61H33/00—Bathing devices for special therapeutic or hygienic purposes
    • A61H33/06—Artificial hot-air or cold-air baths; Steam or gas baths or douches, e.g. sauna or Finnish baths

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  • the heater is characterized by a vertically mounted sheet-metal flat rectangular inner housing surrounding the heating elements contained therein and spaced from the walls thereof.
  • the heater is fully open at the top and is further enclosed by yan outer housing which is -spaced from the inner housing to maintain an annular space therebetween in direct communication with the atmosphere surrounding the Iassociated room by way of lower port means whereby the air in the interior of the room circulates by convection past the -heating elements to heat said room.
  • the present invention relates to a heat sauna and especially an apparatus for generating warm air in a heat room of limited volume.
  • the present invention generally comprises a heating element, an inner jacket surrounding the heating element, and an outer jacket surrounding the inner jacket in spaced relationship.
  • the inner jacket is open at its upper end and on the front wall near its lower end and is in direct communication with the heat suana room.
  • the outer jacket is open on the front wall near it-s upper andlower ends to communicate with the heat room and is also provided with means at its lower end, providing direct communication with the outer atmosphere.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide a heatgenerating device which the user of the room can contact without the danger of injury due to burns.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus which will enable the maintenance of the desired air humidity in a heat sauna room.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a heat-generating device which may be readily and economically produced.
  • the 4above objects are achieved by situating the inventive heat-generating apparatus in the door of the heat room.
  • the annular space between the two jackets of the apparatus is placed in direct communication with the atmosphere surrounding the heat room.
  • An access port is located in such a way that the surrounding atmosphere is caused to flow through the annular space into the heat room and to thereby cool the outer jacket.
  • the atmospheric air is caused to be mixed with the -air flowing from the heat room through the inner jacket so that the maintenance of the desired air humidity in the heat room is ensured.
  • FIG. 1 shows an exterior view of a heat room fitted with the present invention
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the heat room with the door open revealing the inventive apparatus
  • FIG. 3 shows the inventive heat apparatus in perspective View and partly in section.
  • a heat sauna room 1 is constructed of a permanent or a suitably portable cabinet provided with a door 2 and shelves 3.
  • the inventive heat-generating apparatus is mounted in the lower portion of the door 2.
  • the inventive apparatus is shown in further detail in FIG. 3.
  • the inventive heat apparatus generally comprises an electrical heater element 9 contained within an inner jacket 4.
  • the inner jacket is of a generally rectangular cross section and has, adjacent its lower end, an inlet opening 5 while the upper end is completely open.
  • An outer jacket 6 is so situated as to surround the inner jacket while being spaced therefrom.
  • the .outer jacket has on the interior side lower and upper openings 7 and 8, respectively, which may lbe suit-ably covered with grids or the like.
  • the dimensions of the outer jacket ⁇ 6 determine the size of the apparatus and are chosen sov that a major portion of the apparatus will be accommodated within the thickness of the door 2.
  • the electrical heating element 9 When the apparatus is mounted in the door, the electrical heating element 9 will heat the air in the heat room by convection with the air flowing from the room, through the openings 7 and 5, upwards through the inner jacket past the heating element and back to the room through the upper opening 8.
  • the outer jacket 6 has adjacent the lower end on the side opposite the opening 7 at least one port 10 which is in direct communication with the outer atmosphere.
  • the ports 1t) open on the outer side as may be seen in FIG. 1.
  • the air supplied through the ports 10 is mixed with the air entering from the heat room particularly at the opening 8 wherethe warmed air flows back into the room after passing through the inner jacket.
  • the humidity of the air can be maintained at a desired value by controlling the mixture of air by any suitable means such as controlling the opening of port 10 or controllable flap means in opening 8.
  • a further humidity control such as adjustable port 11 in the upper portion of the door 2 may be provided to place the room in communication with the ambient air.
  • a sauna comprising in combination a room,
  • said inner housing having an opening in its front wall an outer vertically mounted sheet metal housing filling facing' said lower grille and having its open top adsaid recess and projecting into said room therefrom jacent the lowervextremity of said upper grille, said and surrounding said inner housing and spaced thereinner housing having an inclined baille integral with from to define a vertically extending annular space ⁇ said rear wall extending at an angle over said open therebetween, said outer housing having a rear wall top toward
  • the heater of claim 3 havingV means for controlling clined bafe integral with said rear wall extending at the amount 0f aii Passing through Said annular SPaC- j an angle over said open top toward the corner edge 5.
  • the heater of claim 3 having means for controlling where said upper grille meets the grille portion of theheating of the air in said heater, including means for the top wall of the outer housing, controlling said heating element and means for controlthe flat annular space between said housings being in ling the iiOW 0f air through Said inner llOuSing, Said tWO direct communication with the atmosphere surround- Ineans for Controlling being adjustable boul individually ing vthe room through said lower port means, and in Combination. the air in the interior of said room circulating by convection through said lower grille, said inner housing 40 past said heating element and through said outer grille to heat said room,
  • a sauna heater for mounting in a recess in a wall 414,475 8/1934 Great Germanor door of a sauna room comprising: 884,956 12/1961 Great BritainanA electrical heating element mounted in a vertical 732713 4/1966 Canada' plane, 1,149,493 3/ 1963 Germany.

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US3452369A (en) * 1967-06-14 1969-07-01 Viking Sauna Co Compact sauna unit
US3564201A (en) * 1967-06-14 1971-02-16 Viking Sauna Co Compact sauna unit
US3685060A (en) * 1969-05-08 1972-08-22 Paul Bemberg Sauna cabin
US4055863A (en) * 1975-12-22 1977-11-01 Lawrence Edward Duval Apparatus for bathing persons
DE3728378A1 (de) * 1987-08-26 1988-02-04 Eos Werke Guenther Gmbh Sauna-service- und betriebsstation
US6470143B1 (en) * 1998-10-02 2002-10-22 Bernard Peyronny Heating door with spring-mounted heaters
US12035429B2 (en) * 2017-12-05 2024-07-09 Sauna Works Inc. Narrowband ultraviolet sauna
US12291886B1 (en) * 2022-04-08 2025-05-06 Brandon Hayden Hunt Portable hot room system and method of use

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GB414475A (en) * 1933-04-28 1934-08-09 George Barnhill Burnside Improvements in or connected with electrical apparatus for heating air
US2450561A (en) * 1946-10-01 1948-10-05 Ria Seymon Heating plant
US2552837A (en) * 1949-04-06 1951-05-15 Westinghouse Electric Corp Wall type heater
US2590336A (en) * 1949-01-28 1952-03-25 Electromode Corp Explosion-proof heater
US2606992A (en) * 1950-03-27 1952-08-12 Harry F Macdonald Air heater
US2815431A (en) * 1954-02-15 1957-12-03 Albert A Paley Convection heating unit
US2914648A (en) * 1957-06-13 1959-11-24 Svenska Flaektfabriken Ab Ventilating unit provided with an electric heater
US2995644A (en) * 1959-09-29 1961-08-08 Mabel W Zellers Electric heater
GB884956A (en) * 1959-09-18 1961-12-20 Bahco Ab Improvements in electrical heating apparatus for steam baths
DE1149493B (de) * 1959-03-13 1963-05-30 Erich Klafs Vdi Transportabler Sauna-Ofen
CA732713A (en) * 1966-04-19 J. Hakka Ernest Electric sauna
US3271786A (en) * 1964-02-07 1966-09-13 William M Joy Portable sauna cabinet

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CA732713A (en) * 1966-04-19 J. Hakka Ernest Electric sauna
GB414475A (en) * 1933-04-28 1934-08-09 George Barnhill Burnside Improvements in or connected with electrical apparatus for heating air
US2450561A (en) * 1946-10-01 1948-10-05 Ria Seymon Heating plant
US2590336A (en) * 1949-01-28 1952-03-25 Electromode Corp Explosion-proof heater
US2552837A (en) * 1949-04-06 1951-05-15 Westinghouse Electric Corp Wall type heater
US2606992A (en) * 1950-03-27 1952-08-12 Harry F Macdonald Air heater
US2815431A (en) * 1954-02-15 1957-12-03 Albert A Paley Convection heating unit
US2914648A (en) * 1957-06-13 1959-11-24 Svenska Flaektfabriken Ab Ventilating unit provided with an electric heater
DE1149493B (de) * 1959-03-13 1963-05-30 Erich Klafs Vdi Transportabler Sauna-Ofen
GB884956A (en) * 1959-09-18 1961-12-20 Bahco Ab Improvements in electrical heating apparatus for steam baths
US2995644A (en) * 1959-09-29 1961-08-08 Mabel W Zellers Electric heater
US3271786A (en) * 1964-02-07 1966-09-13 William M Joy Portable sauna cabinet

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3452369A (en) * 1967-06-14 1969-07-01 Viking Sauna Co Compact sauna unit
US3564201A (en) * 1967-06-14 1971-02-16 Viking Sauna Co Compact sauna unit
US3685060A (en) * 1969-05-08 1972-08-22 Paul Bemberg Sauna cabin
US4055863A (en) * 1975-12-22 1977-11-01 Lawrence Edward Duval Apparatus for bathing persons
DE3728378A1 (de) * 1987-08-26 1988-02-04 Eos Werke Guenther Gmbh Sauna-service- und betriebsstation
US6470143B1 (en) * 1998-10-02 2002-10-22 Bernard Peyronny Heating door with spring-mounted heaters
US12035429B2 (en) * 2017-12-05 2024-07-09 Sauna Works Inc. Narrowband ultraviolet sauna
US12295075B2 (en) 2017-12-05 2025-05-06 Sauna Works Inc. Narrowband ultraviolet sauna
US12291886B1 (en) * 2022-04-08 2025-05-06 Brandon Hayden Hunt Portable hot room system and method of use

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