Air heater or dryer apparatus, for use on aircraft
AssigneeAble Corporation
InventorsKean Khoon Ooi, Frank V. Parkinson
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Abstract
Heater or dryer apparatus to be installed to aircraft fixed structure, comprising in combination, a heater and blower unit to be attached to the fixed structure, an elongated flexible hose extending away from the unit, and configured to receive a flow of heated air from the unit, a nozzle at a distal end of the hose to direct heated air at a person using the apparatus, and a retainer for releasably retaining the hose proximate fixed structure at a location remote from the heater and blower unit.
Claims13
Heater or dryer apparatus to be installed to aircraft fixed structure, comprising in combination:
- a) a heater and blower unit to be attached to said fixed structure,
- b) an elongated flexible hose extending away from said unit, and configured to receive a flow of heated air from said unit,
- c) a nozzle at a distal end of said hose to direct heated air at a person using the apparatus,
- d) and a retainer for releasably retaining the hose proximate fixed structure at a location remote from said heater and blower unit,
- e) and including a proximity sensor carried at or near the nozzle and operatively connected to said unit effecting activation of said unit when the nozzle is released from the retainer.
Heater or dryer apparatus to be installed to aircraft fixed structure, comprising in combination:
- a) a heater and blower unit to be attached to said fixed structure,
- b) an elongated flexible hose extending away from said unit, and configured to receive a flow of heated air from said unit,
- c) a nozzle at a distal end of said hose to direct heated air at a person using the apparatus,
- d) and a retainer for releasably retaining the hose proximate fixed structure at a location remote from said heater and blower unit,
- e) and including a proximity sensor carried at or near the nozzle, and connected to said unit to effect activation of said unit in response to release of the nozzle from the retainer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.