Patent ID: 6561797
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B29B,B29C

Abstract:
A heating apparatus for heating rigid plastic pipe for the purpose of bending and forming the pipe, said heating apparatus comprising:an elongate housing having an interior, said housing having a bottom wall, a pair of side walls, a first end wall, and a second end wall defining said interior, each of said end walls having a pipe hole extending therethrough for permitting a user to insert rigid plastic pipe through said interior, upper edges of each of said walls defining an opening into said interior; an elongate burner member for burning combustible gas to produce heat, said burner member being mounted to said housing and being positioned in said interior proximate to said bottom wall; a valve assembly for regulating a flow of the gas to said burner member; an elongate burner plate for dispersing the heat generated by said burner member, said burner plate being mounted to said side walls of said housing and being positioned in said interior above said burner member; a plurality of pipe support members for supporting the pipe above said burner plate while positioned in said interior of said housing; and an elongate cover member for selectively covering said opening to said interior of said housing.