Electric fireplace with integrated air conditioner
AssigneeArctic Flame Fireplaces LLC
InventorsBenjamin Larry Beckstead, Jedediah Seal Beckstead
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Abstract
Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products for an electric fireplace are described. An apparatus may include an electronic display configured to display one or more flame visualizations. An apparatus may include a heat source coupled to the electronic display and configured to heat a surrounding environment. An apparatus may include a cooling source coupled to the electronic display and configured to cool the surrounding environment, the electronic display, the heat source, and the cooling source sharing a single power source.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a single housing comprising:
- an electronic display configured to display one or more flame visualizations;
- a heat source coupled to the electronic display and configured to heat a surrounding environment;
- a cooling source coupled to the electronic display and configured to cool the surrounding environment;
- a return vent and a supply vent, at least one of the return vent and the supply vent disposed in a surface of the electronic display, the electronic display, the heat source, and the cooling source sharing a single power source such that the single housing is installable within one or more of an existing fireplace and an existing cabinet as a retrofit with the electronic display and the at least one of the return vent and the supply vent facing out of the one or more of the existing fireplace and the existing cabinet;
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- a duct disposed at least partially behind the electronic display, the duct directing air from the supply vent past one or more of the heat source and the cooling source and out the return vent.
A system, comprising:
- an electric fireplace comprising:
- an electronic display configured to display one or more flame visualizations;
- a heat source coupled to the electronic display and configured to heat a surrounding environment;
- a cooling source coupled to the electronic display and configured to cool the surrounding environment, the electronic display;
- a return vent and a supply vent, at least one of the return vent and the supply vent disposed in a surface of the electronic display, the electronic display, the heat source, and the cooling source sharing a single power source such that the single housing is installable within one or more of an existing fireplace and an existing cabinet as a retrofit with the electronic display and the at least one of the return vent and the supply vent facing out of the one or more of the existing fireplace and the existing cabinet;
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- a duct disposed at least partially behind the electronic display, the duct directing air from the supply vent past one or more of the heat source and the cooling source and out the return vent;
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- one or more head units spatially offset from the electric fireplace, each of the one or more head units comprising:
- an additional heat source configured to heat the surrounding environment;
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- an additional cooling source configured to cool the surrounding environment.
A computer program product comprising computer program code stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer program code executable by a processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- displaying one or more flame visualizations on an electronic display;
- selectively heating a surrounding environment using a heat source coupled to the electronic display;
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- selectively cooling the surrounding environment using a cooling source coupled to the electronic display, wherein a single housing comprises the electronic display, the heat source, and the cooling source which share a single power source, wherein at least one of a return vent and a supply vent are disposed in a surface of the electronic display such that the single housing is installable within one or more of an existing fireplace and an existing cabinet as a retrofit with the electronic display and the at least one of the return vent and the supply vent facing out of the one or more of the existing fireplace and the existing cabinet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.