Heating apparatus
Assignee4E Systel
InventorJean-Marc Gaudin
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Abstract
An infrared heating apparatus (1), in particular for the agricultural sector, for directional downward heating in livestock buildings, comprises at least one burner delimiting at least a conduit supplying an air/gas mixture, a reflector (3) enclosing the burner (2) and an air/gas combustion chamber (4) located at the burner conduit (2) end coaxial with the reflector (3). The burner combustion chamber (4) arranged coaxial with the reflector (3) co-operates with a solid screen (5) located beneath and in the axis of the burner conduit (2) to stop falling particles coming from the combustion and to reduce the intensity of the apparatus axial radiation thereby eliminating central overheating. The invention is useful for heating livestock buildings.
Claims8
An infrared heating apparatus for downward directional heating of livestock buildings, comprising:
- at least one burner delimiting at least one supply conduit for an air/gas mixture;
- a reflector surrounding the conduit over at least a portion of the length of the conduit;
- a combustion chamber for the air/gas mixture located at an end of said conduit, and coaxial to the reflector;
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- a solid screen located below and on the axis of the conduit;
- the combustion chamber being disposed axially of the reflector and being formed by an upper base coaxial to the conduit;
- said upper base being prolonged by a perforated peripheral skirt in the form of a truncated cone having a small lower base constituted by the solid screen, which in use is structured and arranged to stop the fall of particles emanating from the combustion, and to reduce the intensity of axial radiation of the apparatus thereby to avoid central overheating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.