Patent ID: 8467668
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: F24H

Abstract:
1. An electrically-powered, infrared room air heater system installable within a wall of a building, comprising: a housing, said housing having a pair of laterally spaced-apart sidewalls that each extend vertically from a bottom end to a top end, laterally disposed bottom and top cross members that join said bottom and top ends, respectively, and a laterally disposed power supply isolation wall that joins said sidewalls intermediate the bottom and top cross members, said sidewalls, laterally disposed power supply isolation wall, and top and bottom cross members having rear edges and opposite front edges, a housing rear panel to which the rear edges of the side walls, laterally disposed isolation wall and bottom and top cross members are attached, and a front panel mountable to a midportion of the front edges of the sidewalls intermediate the bottom and top ends thereof, thereby defining an interior space of the housing, said interior space having an upper open front and a lower open front above and below said front panel, respectively; a heat exchanger assembly removably insertable through the lower open front into said interior space and attachable to a lower portion of said housing, said assembly including first heat insulating means interposed between the side panels of the heat exchanger assembly and the sidewalls of the housing; second heat insulating means disposed to impede the flow of heat through the isolation wall; third heat insulating means interposed between the first copper plate and the rear heat exchanger panel; fourth heat insulating means disposed to impede the flow of heat from the second copper plate to the housing; a fan assembly attached to the housing, said assembly including at least one electric fan, said assembly being disposed to draw room air into the interior space of the housing and thence to force the air toward and through the heat exchanger assembly and thence back out into the room; and means for electrically powering the system when room temperature falls below a user-selected room temperature setting, said means disposed within an interior space of the housing between the bottom cross member and the laterally disposed isolation wall.