Towel rail or towel holder
AssigneeHeating World Group Limited
InventorJeremy Damien Bosworth
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Abstract
A heated towel holder comprises an elongate tube formed into the general shape of a conical helix, supported by a mounting arrangement such that the smaller end of the conical helix shape is lowermost and the axis of that shape extends upwardly at a shallow angle to the vertical. The mounting arrangement feeds heated fluid into one end of the formed tube and allows cooled fluid to drain from the other end of the formed tube. At least the greater part of a towel may simply be dropped into the conical volume bound by the helix so as to remain therein and be heated by fluid flowing through the formed tube.
Claims19
A heated towel holder comprising:
- an elongate tube formed into the general shape of a conical helix and through which heated fluid is caused to flow said conical helix having a smaller end and a larger end;
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- a mounting arrangement for said elongate formed tube, said mounting arrangement being arranged to feed heated fluid into one end of the formed tube and to allow cooled fluid to run from the other end of the tube, said mounting arrangement holding the formed tube with the smaller end of the conical helix lowermost whereby at least part of a towel may be dropped into the conical volume bound by the helix so as to remain therein and be heated by fluid flowing through the formed tube.
A heated towel holder as claimed in claim 9, wherein each shut-off valve is integrated with a pipe connector respectively for flow and return pipes of a domestic heating system.
A heated towel holder comprising:
- an elongate tube formed into the general shape of a conical helix and through which heated fluid is caused to flow said conical helix having a smaller end and a larger end;
- a mounting arrangement for said elongate formed tube, said mounting arrangement being arranged to feed heated fluid into one end of the formed tube and to allow cooled fluid to run from the other end of the tube, said mounting arrangement holding the formed tube with the smaller end of the conical helix lowermost whereby at least a part of a towel may be dropped into the conical volume bound by the helix so as to remain therein and be heated by fluid flowing through the formed tube;
- wherein the mounting arrangement includes first and second parallel pipes adapted for mounting on a building surface to extend generally vertically, said one end of the formed tube being connected to the first pipe and said other end of the formed tube being connected to the second pipe.
A heated towel holder comprising:
- a multiplicity of separate towel holders each having an elongate tube formed into the general shape of a conical helix and through which heated fluid is caused to flow, said conical helix having a smaller end and larger end;
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- a common mounting arrangement for said elongate formed tubes, said mounting arrangement being arranged to feed heated fluid into one end of each tube and to allow cooled fluid to run from the other end of each tube, said mounting arrangement holding the formed tubes with the smaller end of each conical helix lowermost whereby at least a part of a towel may be dropped into the conical volume bound by the helix so as to remain therein and be heated by fluid flowing through the formed tube;
- wherein the multiplicity of separate towel holders are spaced apart on the mounting arrangement and are disposed at different angular positions with respect to the vertical.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.