Patent ID: 6205290
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: F24H

Abstract:
An electric heater comprising:a control unit;at least one positioning member;a plurality of heat sink members each having a substantially U-shaped structure with ends that are attached to a flat plate to form a tubular structure with open ends, each of the flat plates including at least one stop plate extending therefrom along a plane of the flat plate;the heat sink members sequentially and adjacently positioned on the positioning member to form two rows of the heat sink members, the flat plates of the heat sink members of one of the rows facing the flat plates of the other row of the heat sink members and spaced apart therefrom to define a receiving chamber, the stop plates preventing adjacent ones of the U-shaped structures from contacting one another; andone or more electric heating devices positioned in the receiving chamber and in communication with the control unit, the heating device connectable to a power source, the control unit arranged to activate the heating device, whereby heat emitted by the heating device is absorbed by the flat plates and conducted to the heat sink members which transfer heat to ambient air by convection.