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US 12,538,968 B2Granted
Portable heating systems
AssigneeSchawbel Technologies LLC
InventorsKarl Winkler, Mark Gibson
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Abstract
This invention relates to portable heating systems that utilize a portable fuel source. Portable heating systems of the invention generally include a regulator that is configured to vaporize fuel released from a cartridge and to transfer the vaporized fuel to a burner for ignition.
Claims20
A portable heating system, comprising:
- a heating assembly comprising a regulator comprising a conductive material and defining a fuel cavity, the regulator, when at a temperature above about 38° F., is configured to vaporize a liquid fuel mixture of propane and butane received within the fuel cavity and emit only vaporized fuel from the regulator;
- and
- a circuit operably coupled to the heating assembly and configured to at least regulate a flow of the liquid fuel mixture to the fuel cavity of the regulator to thereby control output of heat from the portable heating system in response to one or more remotely-received user commands, the circuit comprising:
- a receiver configured to:
- receive one or more wireless signals from a remote device associated with one or more user commands for controlling the portable heating system;
- and
- decode the one or more wireless signals;
- and
- a processor operable to execute the one or more commands associated with the one or more decoded wireless signals, wherein the processor is operable to:
- activate the heating assembly to release the liquid fuel mixture in response to a first remotely-received user command;
- and
- de-activate the heating assembly to stop release of the liquid fuel mixture in response to a second remotely-received user command.
9 more elements
A portable heating system, comprising:
- a heating assembly comprising:
- a regulator having a first temperature and comprising an inlet port, an outlet port, and an inner surface that defines a fuel cavity;
- and
- a diaphragm forming a side of the fuel cavity and configured to pressurize the fuel cavity;
- wherein exposure of a liquid mixture of propane and butane received within the pressurized fuel cavity through the inlet port to the first temperature and the inner surface of the regulator vaporizes the liquid mixture and provides that only vaporized fuel is emitted from the outlet port of the regulator;
- and
- a circuit operably coupled to the heating assembly and configured to at least regulate a flow of the liquid fuel mixture to the fuel cavity of the regulator to thereby control output of heat from the portable heating system in response to one or more remotely-received user commands, the circuit comprising:
- a receiver configured to:
- receive one or more wireless signals from a remote device associated with one or more user commands for controlling the portable heating system;
- and
- decode the one or more wireless signals;
- and
- a processor operable to execute the one or more commands associated with the one or more decoded wireless signals, wherein the processor is operable to:
- activate the heating assembly to release the liquid fuel mixture in response to a first remotely-received user command;
- and
- de-activate the heating assembly to stop release of the liquid fuel mixture in response to a second remotely-received user command.
13 more elements
A portable heating system, comprising:
- a heating assembly comprising a regulator defining a fuel cavity, comprising an inlet port to the fuel cavity, and being formed from a conductive material, the regulator configured to immediately vaporize a liquid mixture of propane and butane received through the inlet port and into the fuel cavity without use of a vaporizer that is separate from the regulator;
- and
- a circuit operably coupled to the heating assembly and configured to at least regulate a flow of the liquid fuel mixture to the fuel cavity of the regulator to thereby control output of heat from the portable heating system in response to one or more remotely-received user commands, the circuit comprising:
- a receiver configured to:
- receive one or more wireless signals from a remote device associated with one or more user commands for controlling the portable heating system;
- and
- decode the one or more wireless signals;
- and
- a processor operable to execute the one or more commands associated with the one or more decoded wireless signals, wherein the processor is operable to:
- activate the heating assembly to release the liquid fuel mixture in response to a first remotely-received user command;
- and
- de-activate the heating assembly to stop release of the liquid fuel mixture in response to a second remotely-received user command.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.