Patent ID: 8447176
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: F24D,F24H,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A space heater for generating heated air and providing the heated air to an area adjoining the space heater, the space heater comprising: a first panel; a second panel coupled to the first panel and defining an enclosed area there between and having a first height from an air inlet to an air outlet; and an element having one or more heatable surfaces located within a first lower portion of the enclosed area and having a second height less than the first height to define at least a first and second chimney each having a respective heatable surface therein and a mixing chimney above the first and second chimneys within a second portion of the enclosed area and, when activated, the one or more heatable surfaces create thermal energy for generating the heated air within one or more of the first and second chimneys within the enclosed area, the heated air flowing by convection substantially upwardly from the air inlet through the one or more first and second chimneys to provide the heated air to the mixing chimney and outwardly through the air outlet to the area adjoining the space heater.