Patent ID: 7133606

Claim:
A pipe heating assembly comprising: a housing having a pair of openings extending therethrough, said openings being axially aligned, each of said openings having a width configured to accommodate a pipe therethrough; and at least one light emitter being hingedly attached to said housing adjacent to an upper wall of said housing and being selectively positioned in a first position facing inward of said housing toward a bottom wall of said housing or in a second position facing outwardly of said housing, wherein a pipe may be positioned in said housing and heated by said at least one light emitter, said at least one light emitter substantially covering said housing when said at least one light emitter is in said first position; at least one reflective plate being mounted in said housing, said at least one reflective plate being positioned adjacent to a bottom wall of said housing and being angled such that light from said at least one light emitter is directed upwardly toward the pipe when the pipe is positioned in said housing.