Patent ID: 6347625
Filing Date: 2002-02-19
Classification: A01G

Abstract:
A heater apparatus for a wind machine comprising:a central tower having a top, the central tower for receiving a wind machine, and the wind machine for generating an air stream; a manifold mounted on the exterior of the central tower proximate the wind machine, the manifold having an inner ring and an outer ring, the inner ring fixedly mounted to the exterior of the central tower, and the inner ring including a fuel inlet, the fuel inlet exterior to the central tower, the outer ring circumferentially mounted on the inner ring, the outer ring rotatable relative to the inner ring, and the outer ring including a fuel outlet, the fuel outlet exterior to the central tower; a burner mounted proximate the wind machine, the burner for combusting a fuel from the fuel outlet of the manifold port, and the fuel combusted to heat the air stream, and the fuel receivable into the fuel inlet and distributable to the burner through the fuel outlet.