Patent ID: 6760543
Filing Date: 2004-07-06
Classification: F24H

Abstract:
An apparatus for providing thermal energy for use in a household environment, the apparatus comprising:a portable free standing elongate housing defining i) a first interior space having a vertically oriented elongate configuration, ii) a second interior space, the second interior space positioned below the first interior space, iii) a vertically oriented elongate air outlet disposed adjacent the first interior space at a portion of the housing, and iv) at least one air inlet disposed adjacent the second interior space; at least one vertically oriented elongate electric heating element positioned within the first interior space, the at least one vertically oriented elongate electric heating element oriented along a length of the first housing; a non-transverse centrifugal blower positioned within the second interior space and in fluid communication with the first interior space, the non-transverse centrifugal blower having at least one intake port receiving intake air from a first flow path at a lower portion of the housing and generating exhaust air upward along a second flow path, the second flow path substantially orthogonal to the first flow path; and a vertical oriented elongate restrictor positioned within the first interior space for restricting a flow of the exhaust air through the at least one vertically oriented elongate electric heating element, wherein substantially all the exhaust air flows through the at least one vertically oriented elongate heating element in a substantially uniform direction and is exhausted above the first flow path.