Fan assisted personal heater device
AssigneeTechtronic Cordless GP
InventorsTyler H. Knight, Brianna E. Williams
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Abstract
A personal heater device including an ignition device configured to generate a spark to ignite a fuel; a combustion location where ignited fuel burns in response to the spark; a battery receiving port configured to receive a battery; a controller; and a fan assembly including a motor electrically coupled the battery receiving port and controlled by the controller, a fan coupled to an output shaft of the motor, and a passageway configured to route airflow generated by the fan to a location near the combustion location.
Claims20
A personal heater device comprising:
- an ignition device configured to generate a spark to ignite a fuel;
- a combustion location where ignited fuel burns in response to the spark;
- a battery receiving port configured to receive a battery;
- a controller;
- and
- a fan assembly comprising:
- a motor electrically connected to the battery receiving port and controlled by the controller;
- a fan coupled to an output shaft of the motor;
- and
- a passageway configured to route airflow generated by the fan to a location near the combustion location.
A method of heating an environment, the method comprising:
- adjusting a regulator of a personal heater device to permit flow of a fuel from a fuel tank coupled to the personal heater device to a combustion area;
- igniting, with an ignition device, the fuel at the combustion area to create combustion;
- activating a fan assembly to drive airflow from an air inlet opening to a diffuser defining the combustion area, wherein the fan assembly is powered by a removable battery coupled to the personal heater device.
A personal heater device comprising:
- a frame;
- a hydrocarbon fuel source removably coupled to the frame and selectively ignitable by an ignition device;
- and
- a fan driven by a motor receiving power from a removable battery electrically coupled to a removable battery port of the personal heater device,
- wherein the fan drives airflow across a location adjacent to the ignited hydrocarbon fuel source to heat the airflow and move the airflow into a nearby environment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.