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US 4,227,068 AGranted
Convector heater
AssigneeSociete PRL
InventorBrian Carter
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Abstract
A convector heater having a cabinet containing a heat exchanger. The heater is supported at the rear and thereby mounted to a wall. A manual control for the heater is situated at a rebate at the rear edge of the cabinet so as to be manually accessible and yet not readily visible from the front.
Claims17
A convector heater for mounting onto a wall, said heater comprising:
- heat exchanger means for producing heat;
- cabinet means surrounding said heat exchanger means for housing said heat exchanger means therein, said cabinet means comprised of:
- a front cabinet having front, side and top portions respectively surrounding the front, sides, and top of said heat exchanger means;
- and
- a rear cabinet having rear, bottom and side portions respectively surrounding the rear and bottom and at least part of the sides of said heat exchanger means, said side portions of said rear cabinet being in planes spaced inwardly from planes of said side portions of said front cabinet, and said side portions of said rear cabinet extending rearwardly beyond the rear edge of said front side portions, whereby a rebate is formed on each side of said cabinet means by said inward spacing and said rearward extent of said side portions of said rear cabinet;
- control means in one of said rebates and connected to said heat exchanger means for controlling the heat produced by said heat exchanger means;
- and
- mounting means connected to said rear cabinet for mounting said cabinet means onto a wall.
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