Heat dispersing element
OwnerJody Emburyinventor
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Abstract
A heat dispersing element for a standard propane torch head for the generation of silent heat. This heat dispersing element attaches directly to the head of a propane torch and operates silently. The heat dispersing element accepts the heat of the torch and silently disperses the heat through the burn plate and directs it outward silently. This is done through a series of openings.
Claims18
A metal heat dispersing element for a propane torch head configured to burn a fuel and produce a flame, the heat dispensing element comprising:
- a tapered housing comprising a flat top, a flat bottom, a front plate, a back and two side panels defining an enclosed chamber, wherein the back is shorter in length than the front plate, said front plate having an inside flat surface and a plurality of exhaust ports formed therethrough;
- a metal collar mounted to the back having a through bore extending into the enclosed chamber and a threaded opening in a side thereof to accommodate a set screw, wherein the propane torch head is insertable into the enclosed chamber through the through bore and releasably securable to the metal collar with the set screw;
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- a V-shaped burn plate having two ends fixedly attached to the inside flat surface and a central apex that is bent out of line with the two ends and aligned with the through bore of the metal collar, the burn plate dividing the enclosed chamber into a combustion chamber between the back and a back face of the burn plate and an exhaust chamber between a front face of the burn plate and the front wall, the burn plate having a series of through holes formed therein, wherein the through holes are less in number than the number of exhaust ports in said front plate;
- wherein the V-shaped burn plate and the tapered housing work in concert to block light and silence noise produced by the flame from the propane torch head in the combustion chamber.
A heat dispensing element for a propane torch head configured to burn a fuel and produce a flame, the heat dispensing element comprising:
- a tapered housing having a front wall, a back wall and a sidewall angling inwardly from the front wall to the back wall to define an enclosed chamber within an inside surface, wherein the front wall has a plurality of exhaust ports formed therethrough and forms a first included angle with the sidewall;
- a collar extending from the back wall and having a through bore configured to receive the propane torch head in the enclosed chamber;
- a burn plate having a center point out of plane with an outer edge and defining a back face projecting rearwardly from the front wall toward the back wall, wherein the burn plate is attached to the inside surface between the front wall and the back wall such that the burn plate forms a second included angle with the sidewall and divides the enclosed chamber into a combustion chamber between the back wall and the back face and an exhaust chamber between a front face of the burn plate and the front wall;
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- wherein the second included angle is less than the first included angle such that the rearwardly-projecting burn plate and the tapered housing work in concert to block light and silence noise produced by the flame from the propane torch head in the combustion chamber.
A portable heater comprising:
- a tank storing a fuel;
- a propane torch head secured to an end of the tank, wherein the propane torch head is in fluid communication with the fuel and configured to burn the fuel and produce a flame;
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- a heat dispensing element including:
- a tapered housing having a front wall, a back wall and a sidewall angling inwardly from the front wall to the back wall to define an enclosed chamber within an inside surface, wherein the front wall has a plurality of exhaust ports formed therethrough and forms a first included angle with the sidewall;
- a collar extending from the back wall and having a through bore configured to receive the propane torch head in the enclosed chamber;
- a burn plate having a center point out of plane with an outer edge and defining a back face projecting rearwardly from the front wall toward the back wall, wherein the burn plate is attached to the inside surface between the front wall and the back wall such that the burn plate forms a second included angle with the sidewall and divides the enclosed chamber into a combustion chamber between the back wall and the back face and an exhaust chamber between a front face of the burn plate and the front wall;
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- wherein the second included angle is less than the first included angle such that the rearwardly-projecting burn plate and the tapered housing work in concert to block light and silence noise produced by the flame from the propane torch head in the combustion chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.