Modular platform electric trench heater
AssigneeThe Marley Company
InventorsBrett Starr, Brian Lynn, Andrew J. Martin, Patrick A. von zur Muehlen
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Abstract
A modular platform electric trench heater is provided. The electric trench heater has a case having a first end and a second end, an electrical heating unit disposed in the case and designed to generate heat and create an upward convection current therethrough, a baffle dividing the case in a longitudinal direction into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the baffle is designed to direct the upward convection current from the first portion of the case to the second portion of the case, and a connecting unit provided in the form of a connecting plate and a plate fixing mechanism that couples the connecting plate to the first end of the case.
Claims20
A modular platform electric trench heater, comprising:
- a case having a first end and a second end;
- an electrical heating unit disposed in the case and designed to generate heat and create an upward convection current therethrough;
- a baffle dividing the case in a longitudinal direction into a first portion and a second portion, wherein the baffle is designed to direct the upward convection current from the first portion of the case to the second portion of the case;
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- a connecting unit provided in the form of a connecting plate and a plate fixing mechanism that couples the connecting plate to the first end of the case.
An electric trench heater, comprising:
- a first modular heater with a first case having a first baffle dividing the first case in a longitudinal direction;
- a second modular heater with a second case having a second baffle dividing the second case in the longitudinal direction;
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- a connecting unit provided in the form of a first connector designed to supply power to a first heating unit in the first modular heater, and a second connector designed to supply power to a second heating unit in the second modular heater, the connecting unit designed to couple the first modular heater and the second modular heater to form the electric trench heater.
A method of assembling an electric trench heater, comprising the steps of:
- providing a first modular heater having a first case and a baffle dividing the first case in a longitudinal direction into a first portion of the first case and a second portion of the first case;
- coupling the first case of the first modular heater to the baffle via a junction panel;
- positioning an electrical heating unit in the first portion of the first case, the electrical heating unit including a heating element designed to radiate heat;
- providing a second modular heater having a second case;
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- coupling the first case to the second case with a connecting unit having a connecting plate and a plate fixing mechanism designed to couple the connecting plate to a first end of the first case and a second end of the second case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.