IP Library Granted Patent US 8,588,595
Granted Patent B2
US 8,588,595 · App. 12/677,713 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

Towel drier radiator with heat carrier fluid including an additional heating device

Inventor: Fabrice Benichou (Estrablin, FR)
Assignee: Imhotep Creation
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Patent No.
US 8,588,595
App. No.
12/677,713
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The object of the invention is a towel drying radiator comprising two vertical uprights between which heating bars are fitted. Said radiator is equipped with an additional device for heating an air flow. Said device comprises a telescopic rail supporting a heating apparatus heating the air flow, said telescopic rail being provided with fixing means to the two vertical uprights of said radiator, said fixing means forming means for blanking off two apertures arranged through a respective wall of said vertical uprights.

Claims (10)

1. A towel drying radiator with a heat transfer fluid comprising two vertical uprights between which heating bars are arranged, said radiator being equipped with an additional heating device for heating an air flow, wherein said device comprises a telescopic rail supporting a heating apparatus of an air flow, said telescopic rail being provided with fixing means for fixing to the two vertical uprights of said radiator, said fixing means constituting means for blanking off two apertures arranged through a respective wall of said vertical uprights.

2. The radiator according to claim 1 , wherein said device is at least partially arranged inside a general extension plane P of the device comprising the vertical uprights and heating bars.

3. The radiator according to claim 1 , wherein said device comprises a case provided with at least one air inlet arranged through a first partition of the case which is designed to be directed towards a support surface of said radiator, and with at least one air outlet arranged through a second partition of the case which is placed facing the first partition.

4. The radiator according to claim 3 , wherein the case is equipped with at least one decorative panel provided with patterns.

5. The radiator according to claim 3 , wherein the case houses a pulser and at least one heating element, and in that it supports a control panel for implementing the pulser and heating element.

6. The radiator according to claim 3 , wherein the case and the telescopic rail are equipped with cooperating support means.

7. The radiator according to claim 6 , wherein said support means are of the type by clipping with complementary safety securing.

8. The radiator according to claim 1 , wherein said fixing means on the one hand comprise a first nut for fixing a first fixing lug equipping the telescopic rail on a first vertical upright, and on the other hand comprise a second nut for fixing a second fixing lug equipping the telescopic rail on a second vertical upright, the second fixing nut being integral to an electrical resistance housed inside the second vertical upright, the first nut and second nut being equipped with O-rings.

9. The radiator according to claim 1 , wherein the air inlet is equipped with a removable particle filter.

10. The radiator according to claim 3 , wherein the air outlet is equipped with at least one fin for directing a flow of hot air.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2010
From: BENICHOU, FABRICE
To: IMHOTEP CREATION
Reel/Frame 024071/0369 →
Priority Claims (1)
FR 07 08128 · Nov 20, 2007 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100209086A1 · Aug 19, 2010