Pivotally mounted radiant heating apparatus with adjustable heaters

A heater element mounting apparatus comprising:

• a reflector;
• at least one heat generating element having opposed ends;
• an end cap releasibly receiving each end of the heat generating element;
• a frame having opposed side walls;
• one elongated, uninterrupted slot formed in each side wall, the slots being co-planarly aligned;
• and
• means, acting through each slot, for adjustably mounting each end cap in a slidable position in each slot in each side wall with respect to the reflector surface, the mounting means including:
• a first mounting member disposed adjacent one surface of a side wall of the frame;
• an enlarged collar carried on each end cap;
• apertures formed in the first mounting member and the collar;
• and
• fastener means, extendible through the apertures in the collar on the end cap and the first mounting member, and extending through the slot, for interconnecting the collar and the first mounting member in a selectively adjustable position in the side wall.

A heat apparatus comprising:

• a reflector;
• at least one heat generating element having opposed ends;
• an end cap releasibly receiving each end of the one heat generating element;
• a pair of spaced, elongated, uninterrupted slots formed in the reflector;
• and
• means for adjustably mounting each end cap in a selectable position in each slot, the mounting means including:
• a pair of hollow housings, each having first and second opposed mounting flanges, an aperture formed in each mounting flange, one end cap mounted in the housing for disposing the heat reflector element parallel to a plane formed by the first and second mounting flanges;
• a first mounting member having a pair of apertures alignable with the apertures in the first and second mounting flanges of the housing, the first mounting member disposed on one side of the reflector opposite from the housing and
• fastener means, extendible through the apertures in the first and second mounting flanges of each housing and the mounting member, for interconnecting the housing and reflector.

An heater apparatus comprising:

• a reflector surface;
• a plurality of elongated, uninterrupted slots formed in the reflector surface;
• a plurality of heater elements disposed in first and second sets of column arranged heater elements, a portion of each heater element of the second set of heater elements alternatingly disposed between two heater elements of the first set of heater elements;
• an end cap connected to each opposed end of each heater element;
• means, acting through the slots, for adjustably mounting each end cap to the reflector surface such that a heat generating portion of each heater element in the first set of heater elements is disposed adjacent to an end cap and a non-heat generating portion of an adjacent heater element of the second set of heater elements.