Patio heater with reflective fins
AssigneeCanadian Tire Corporation, Limited
InventorsKevin Beepath, Adam Smith, Joran Van Lang, Jim Scott
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Abstract
A patio heater, has: a base to be supported on a ground; a stem protruding upwardly away from the base; and a heat generating device secured to the stem, the heat generating device having: a burner fluidly connected to a source of a fuel to be burned; a diffusion sheet enclosing a combustion chamber, the burner located inside the combustion chamber and surrounded by the diffusion sheet; a reflective shield located above the diffusion sheet; and at least one reflective fin mounted to the diffusion sheet and extending away therefrom.
Claims19
A patio heater, comprising:
- a base to be supported on a ground;
- a stem protruding upwardly away from the base;
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- a heat generating device secured to the stem, the heat generating device having:
- a burner fluidly connected to a source of a fuel to be burned;
- a diffusion sheet enclosing a combustion chamber, the burner located inside the combustion chamber and surrounded by the diffusion sheet;
- a reflective shield located above the diffusion sheet;
- and
- at least one reflective fin mounted to the diffusion sheet and extending away therefrom, an angle at which the at least one reflective fin intersects the diffuser sheet and being defined between the at least one reflective fin and the diffuser sheet ranges from 30 to 40 degrees.
A method of operating a patio heater, comprising:
- generating combustion gases;
- heating a diffusion sheet with the combustion gases;
- reflecting heat of the diffusion sheet downwardly with a reflective shield located above the diffusion sheet;
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- further reflecting the heat of the diffusion sheet downwardly with at least one reflective fin mounted to the diffusion sheet, including reflecting the heat with the at least one reflective fin intersecting the diffuser sheet at angle ranging from 30 to 40 degrees.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.