Patent ID: 8283615
Filing Date: 2012-10-09
Classification: F24H,H05B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for heating air comprising: a housing having an internal chamber, an air inlet opening and an air exit opening, a motor located within the internal chamber, a fan drivably connected to the motor operable to draw air into the air inlet opening, move air through the internal chamber and discharge air out of the air exit opening; a ferrous metal member located in the internal chamber, a copper member secured to the ferrous metal member, a non-ferrous member located in the internal chamber adjacent the copper member, a plurality of permanent magnets mounted on the non-ferrous member, adjacent magnets having opposite north and south polarities, and a drive operable by the motor to rotate the ferrous metal member and copper member and the plurality of permanent magnets relative to each other to generate a magnet force field thereby heating air in the internal chamber, said heated air being moved through the internal chamber by the fan and discharged through the air exit opening.