Radiant electric space heater

An electric space heater comprising:

• a housing having a front wall and a heat-transmitting window in said front wall;
• a grill covering said window;
• a reflector assembly mounted within said housing and forming with said housing a heating chamber open to said window;
• said reflector assembly having heat reflective surface portions facing said window;
• a source of electrical power;
• an electrically operated radiant heating assembly connected to said power source, said heating assembly including a heating element located in said housing between said reflective surface portions and said window, operation of said radiant heating assembly creating in said heating chamber a naturally occurring stream of convectively-heated air;
• and
• a capillary tube thermostat having terminals electrically connected between said source and said heating element, said thermostat having a capillary tube sensor within said housing extending across said heating chamber window in a position in which it will cause deenergization of said heating assembly in the event an outside influence causes said stream of air to impinge upon said sensor.