Heating device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11125441-B2
Application number	US-201816208364-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 3, 2018
Priority date	Dec 1, 2017
Publication date	Sep 21, 2021
Grant date	Sep 21, 2021

Abstract

Systems and methods for radiative heat transfer are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an infrared heater comprises infrared heating elements and a controller. The infrared heating elements correspond to respective heating zones. The controller causes the infrared heating elements to turn on at different time in succession such that respective heating zones are radiatively heated at different times. In some instances, the respective heating zones correspond to different heating zones of a user, and the user feels a heating wave effect as the infrared heating elements are turned on and off at different times.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An infrared heater, comprising:
infrared heating elements corresponding to respective heating zones;
an infrared reflector that reflects infrared radiation from the infrared heating elements to the respective heating zones; and
a controller operatively coupled to the infrared heating elements, wherein:
the controller causes the infrared heating elements to turn on at different times in succession such that respective heating zones are radiatively heated at different times,
a top infrared reflector of the plurality of infrared reflectors reflects infrared radiation to a bottom heating zone of a user, and
a bottom infrared reflector of the plurality of infrared reflectors reflects infrared radiation to a top heating zone of the user.

2. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the infrared heating elements to turn on and off at different times such that respective heating zones of a user are radiatively heated at different times.

3. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the controller causes the infrared heating elements to turn on and off at different times such that a wave effect is radiatively transmitted to the user.

4. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the respective heating zones correspond to respective heating zones of the user, and wherein at least some of the respective heating zones overlap.

5. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein a first heating element is turned on during a first time period of a heating cycle and a second heating element is turned off during the first time period, and wherein the first heating element is turned off during a second time period of the heating cycle and the second heating element is turned on during the second time period.

6. The infrared heater according to claim 5 , wherein the second time period occurs immediately after the first time period.

7. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein two of the infrared heating elements can be on at the same time due to an overlap of on and off times of the two infrared heating elements.

8. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared reflector is a single infrared reflector.

9. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared reflector comprises a plurality of infrared reflectors, and wherein each infrared reflector corresponds to one of the infrared heating elements and reflects infrared radiation to the respective heating zone.

10. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , comprising:
a user interface that is configured to receive control information for the infrared heater.

11. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , comprising:
a wireless receiver that is configured to receive control signals for the infrared heater.

12. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , comprising:
a wireless transceiver that is configured to enable wireless remote control of the infrared heater.

13. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to cause the infrared heating elements to turn on and off in different heating patterns.

14. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , comprising an other infrared heating element, wherein the controller can keep the other infrared heating element on while causing the infrared heating elements to turn on and off at different times in succession.

15. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared heating elements comprise infrared heating bars, infrared heating rods, or infrared heating tubes.

16. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , wherein the infrared heating element is substantially shaped as a sphere.

17. The infrared heater according to claim 16 , wherein each infrared heating element has a corresponding disk-shaped infrared reflector.

18. The infrared heater according to claim 1 , comprising:
one or more visible light elements to light a room to create a particular mood.

Assignees

• Transf Sr Brands Llc

Inventors

• Saubert Michael
• Bautista Elvin
• Alsweis Salameh
• Lepucki Thaddeus J

Classifications

• H05B3/42 Primary

  non-flexible · CPC title

• H05B2203/032

  Heaters specially adapted for heating by radiation heating · CPC title

• F24C3/122 Primary

  on stoves · CPC title

• F24C3/082

  on stoves · CPC title

• F24C3/103

  of electric ignition devices · CPC title