Heating device
AssigneeInnerflame Pty Ltd
InventorsMichael Lamb, Darren Ritchie, Taran Singh
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Abstract
A heating device includes a base member and a gas burner mounted in or on the base member. An upper housing located above the base member and a tabletop mounted above the upper housing. A hollow heat shield having a proximal end located on or near the base member, and a distal end located within the upper housing, and a support member extending between the base member and the upper housing or tabletop. The distal end of the heat shield extends beyond a proximal end of the upper housing, defining a region of vertical overlap between the heat shield and the upper housing.
Claims20
A heating device comprising:
- a base member;
- a gas burner mounted in or on the base member;
- an upper housing located above the base member;
- a tabletop mounted above the upper housing;
- a hollow heat shield having a proximal end located on or near the base member, and a distal end located within the upper housing, and
- at least one support member extending between the base member and the upper housing or tabletop;
- wherein the distal end of the heat shield extends beyond a proximal end of the upper housing, defining a region of vertical overlap between the heat shield and the upper housing;
- further wherein a glass disc is seated on a distal end of the upper housing beneath the tabletop;
- and
- further wherein the distal end of the heat shield is mounted on the upper housing with one or more resilient members.
A heating device comprising:
- a base member;
- a gas burner mounted in or on the base member;
- an upper housing located above the base member;
- a tabletop mounted above the upper housing, wherein the tabletop is defined by an upper tempered glass sheet and a lower tempered glass sheet separated by an air space, and wherein the upper tempered glass sheet is seated on an annular steel disc connected to the upper housing;
- a hollow heat shield having a proximal end located on or near the base member, and a distal end located within the upper housing, and
- at least one support member extending between the base member and the upper housing or tabletop;
- wherein the distal end of the heat shield extends beyond a proximal end of the upper housing, defining a region of vertical overlap between the heat shield and the upper housing;
- and
- further wherein a glass disc is seated on a distal end of the upper housing beneath the tabletop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.