Abstract: A fluid heater and storage device for a bidet includes an electric heater (3) positioned inside a housing (1) in a lower portion thereof. The housing (1) has a connection side with an inlet opening (6) and an outlet opening (7) for the fluid to enter and exit the housing located in an upper portion of the connection side. An insert (10) is positioned in the upper portion the housing (1) adjacent to the inlet opening (6). The insert (10) receives input fluid from the inlet opening (6) and guides the fluid along the connection side towards the lower portion of the housing (1). The input fluid then flows across the bottom of the housing and is heated by the heater (3) as it flows the recross.

Abstract: A double loop heat storage space heating furnace has a housing with an upper heat storage section containing an electrically heated heat storage brick portion and a lower section containing an air-to-air heat exchanger having first and second air flow passages. The furnace has two separate flow courses. The first flow course uses a room air fan to circulate room air through the first passages of the heat exchanger. The second flow course has a recirculating fan in the lower housing section for recirculating air in a continuous closed loop through the heat storage brick portion to be heated and the second flow passages of the heat exchanger so that heat is delivered from the heated recirculated air and the room air in the heat exchanger. The upper housing section includes a cooling air space surrounding the heat storage brick portion through which the room air fan circulates a portion of the room air to maintain the furnace housing at a temperature similar to that of the room air.

Abstract: A plurality of positive-temperature-coefficient (PTC) semiconductors are longitudinally positioned in an elongated, finned, thermally and electrically conductive hollow casing having a socket at each end. A first plug connector of a power source seals one of the sockets and is electrically connected to the lower conducting surface of each PTC semiconductor through an electrically conductive plate electrically insulated from the casing by an electrically insulative plate. A second plug connector of the source electrically seals the other socket and is electrically the connected to the upper conducting surface of each PTC semiconductor through an upper portion of the electrically conductive casing, thereby providing an electric heater with the PTC semiconductors and plates fully clad by the casing for enhanced safety, increased efficiency, and more stable construction.

Abstract: An electric convection space heater for placement adjacent to a wall includes a plurality of elongated electric heating elements positioned in an elongated housing having a front panel having an elongated cold air inlet, a back panel for placement adjacent to a wall and a top portion with a plurality of elongated heated air outlet slots. The heating elements are arranged to extend longitudinally in the housing below the outlet slots with the heating elements horizontally disposed in spaced apart stair-step configuration with each heating element being located at progressively lower elevations from the front panel to the rear panel. The outlet slots occupy a front to back dimension on the housing top portion which exceeds the distance between the front and back elements.

Abstract: An electric forced air heating device using PTC elements for heating and having a fixed volume of airflow established by a blower driven at a constant rate. A pair of parallel air paths are established in the device, with one air path having the PTC elements fixedly located therein. A laterally movable damper is used to control airflow through the two air paths, and is positioned proximate the PTC elements a fixed distance therefrom so that as the damper is shifted, airflow proportionally increases through one of the air paths and proportionally decreases through the other air path to control the heat output of the PTC elements. The energization of the PTC elements and blower is controlled by a switch activated by movement of the damper.

Abstract: A preheat device for preheating an internal combustion aircraft engine having an air intake pipe connected to a cylinder head by threaded mounting bolts is configured as a replacement bolt with a zinc - plated body having a bolt head and threaded shank. The body is made of steel heat treated to grade 8 hardness and tempered at apprximately 1,050 degrees F. and had an axial bore open at the head and extending toward and into the shank. An electric heating element surrounded by a stainless steel sheath is positioned in the bore. The shank has a thread with a flat root to provide a wall thickness approximately 0.060 inch. Each cylinder of the engine is provided with a preheat device in place of a mounting bolt and the preheat devices are connected to each other by a wiring harness connectable to an external power source. When energized the heating element of each preheat device generates heat that in transferred through the screw threads to the cylinder head of the engine cylinder.

Abstract: An electric hot air blower has a casing having a discharge portion containing a heating element and variable speed motor driven air blower and provided with a pistol grip handle for manipulation of hot air blower. A pair of pivotally mounted triggers frontally positioned in vertically spaced relationship in the center of the pistol grip handle selectively operate respective ones of a pair of spring-biased open incremental switches disposed in the handle for variably controlling the air blower motor speed in concert with the intensity of the heating element. The triggers are lockable in a selected position between an off and the maximum position of the incremental switch actuated thereby by a releasable locking button engageable with locking teeth on the trigger.

Abstract: A method for providing uniform thermal output from a glow plug for use in an auxiliary heater of a motor vehicle having either a 12 volt or 24 volt power supply without the use of multiplier resistors utilizes a glow plug having two heating rods having the same electrical resistance and three electrical terminals. One end of the first and second rods are permanently electrically connected respectively to the first and third terminals and the other end of the first and second rods are permanently electrically connected to the second terminal. The vehicle voltage is determined and if the 12 volt supply is present the first and second terminals are connected to the power supply and the first and third terminals are electrically connected to each other to place the heating rods in parallel. If a 24 volt supply is present, the first and third terminals are connected to the power supply with the second terminal left in connected thereby placing the heating rods in series.

Abstract: A heating set having a plurality of positive temperature coefficient thermistor heating elements (PTCR pieces) sandwiched between two heat radiating devices made of metal with each of the PTCR pieces provided with sprayed-on electrodes having their exposed surfaces making close contact with long metal battens on the outer surfaces of the heat radiating devices through conducting thin metal pieces having predetermined surface areas. The PCTR pieces and the heat radiating devices making electrical contact through the thin metal pieces are bonded together by an electrically nonconductive adhesive spread on the border of the battens around the thin metal plate and on opposite parallel edges on the border of the sprayed-on electrodes of the PTCR pieces.

Abstract: A drinking water warming and heating device, comprising a housing having a storage chamber inside thereof and a water circulating space set therebetween. Inside the space is a partition which divides the space into an inner and an outer water circulating space, and mounting plates connected perpendicularly on either side of the partition and extending between the housing and the chamber, the plates dividing the inner and outer water circulating spaces into vertical channels. The water circulating passage has one end connectable to the water outlet port of the engine of a motor vehicle and an opposite end connectable to the water tank of said motor vehicle permitting waste heat from engine cooling water to make heat exchange with drinking water in the water storage chamber. An electric heating element in the storage chamber is connected to the battery power supply of the motor vehicle to heat warmed-up drinking water to boil.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a boiler (2) provided with an electric resistance heating element (3) arranged to heat and vaporize water, a water reservoir (6) independent of the boiler and a pump (8) designed to transfer water from the reservoir to the boiler. In the boiler a predetermined amount of water substantially corresponding to 50% of the overall capacity of the boiler itself is kept constant, thereby maintaining the steam amount unaltered and making the steam use always immediate. A steam control valve connected to the boiler (2) is driven by a magnetic float switch (14) housed in the water reservoir (6) to stop the steam emission when the cold water reservoir (6) is empty.

Abstract: An electric water heater includes a cylindrical tank with an inner surface defining a water chamber having a central vertical axis. Three sets of three electric immersion heating extend radially inwardly into the water chamber from the inner surface. The heating elements of such set define generally horizontal planes vertically spaced apart along the vertical axis. The heating elements of each set lie in angularly spaced generally vertical planes intersecting the central axis and being spaced approximately 120.degree. apart with the inner ends of the respective heating elements being in overlapping spaced relationship along the vertical axis to provide the most heat at the center of the chamber where it is most needed.

Abstract: A flame-type heater plug for an internal combustion engine includes a plug housing having a proportioning insert for the fuel supply, a heater bar secured at one end in the plug housing with a free end extending outwardly of the plug housing, and an evaporation tube extending along a substantial length of the plug housing from the proportioning insert and surrounding the heating bar to form an annular interspace therebetween. The free end of the heater bar extends from the evaporator tube and is surrounded by a flame tube including passage orifices for passage of intake air into the interior of the flame tube. A helical swirl channel on the outer surface of the heating bar in the plug housing forms a fuel connection between the proportioning insert and the evaporator tube opening into the annular interspace. The passage orifices may be provided with deflectors to prevent direct contact of the heating bar by the air flowing therethrough.

Abstract: An electric soldering iron has an elongated hollow handle casing having a tubular hollow holder extending from one end thereof and supporting a soldering bit heated by an electric heater within the holder. A forked suction pipe is secured to the holder and includes a main pipe having an intake port at one end disposed adjacent to the soldering tip and an outlet port at its other end connected to an induced-draft fan assembly through a flexible air pipe. A branch pipe of the suction pipe extends laterally from the main pipe and has an intake port connecterd to the interior of the casing through a heat resistant hose. Actuation of the induced-draft fan causes soldering fumes generated at the tip to be drawn into the main pipe and for cooling ambient air to be drawn through the casing from an inlet at its other end to remove excess heat from the casing.

Abstract: A portable gas torch igniter includes a housing having a flame duct formed therein for the introduction of a gas torch. The flame duct is open at its rear end and has a front portion arranged substantially horizontally and has an open front end into which the torch tip can be inserted. A rear portion of the flame duct is directed upwardly at an angle in the range between 35 degrees and 55 degrees for directing the resulting flame up and away from the rear of the torch igniter. A glow plug is secured to a surface of the flame duct. An electric power source provides an electric current to the glow plug. Appropriate electrical connections are provided including an electrical switch attached to the housing for conducting electric current between the power source and the glow plug. The electrical switch is positioned so as to switch on when a tip of the welding torch is positioned in proximity to the glow plug.

Abstract: A car-borne electric cigar lighter includes a receptacle having a spring contact for receiving the heater element of the lighter for energization. A pair of spaced electrially conductive connecting plates form part of the electrical circuit to the spring contact. A circuit breakable electrically conductive spacer including a heat resistant, form-retaining resilient plate of an electrically insulating rubber, e.g., silicone rubber, penetrated between opposite surfaces with a thermally fusible, electrically conductive portion made from a low melting point metal, e.g., tin foils, to be in contact with the two connecting plates on both sides of the spacer forms an electrical connection between the plates through the tin foils. In case of overheating, the tin foils are melted down to open the electric circuit to the spring contact without losing the mechanical integrity of the spacer to serve as an insulator between the connecting plates.

Abstract: An electrically heated jacket for use on a video camera or the like which enables the camera to be used in cold temperatures. The jacket comprises a flexible member having heating elements embedded therein and which may be positioned around the camera and secured thereto by suitable connectors. The jacket conforms to the shape of the camera and has selectively closeable openings to provide access to various camera controls. The jacket is formed from a flat sheet of insulative material with a forward flap operable to selectively cover the lens on the camera. Flaps along opposing side edges of the sheet will wrap over the top of the camera to permit a handle on the camera to project from the jacket.

Abstract: An electric heating device for heating and deicing the wiper rest zone of a vehicle windshield includes a resistance heating wire of either circular or rectangular cross-section attached to the exterior surface of the windshield along the lower edge thereof and outside the normal range of vision therethrough by means of an electrically non-conductive tape extending lengthwise of the wire. An arcuate or trapezoidal cross-section layer of electrically non-conductive sealant completely covers the tap and wire to provide water tight encapsulation thereof. The adhesive tape may be 4 provided with holes to allow the sealant to penetrate therethrough and form a mechanical interlock between the tape and windshield. The wiper blade is adapted to contact the sealant layer. The device may also be applied to the lower edge of the rear or side windows of a vehicle to melt ice or snow which may accumulate thereat.

Abstract: A cleaning water heating and supplying device comprises a tank that has a body and a cover and is divided by a partition into a heating zone in which an electric heater is provided and a reserving zone in which a detector for detecting the level of the water is provided. A water circulating pipe guides the heated water from the upper part of the heating zone to the lower part of the reserving zone and is located on the partition wall. A valve for controlling the water supply into the heating zone and a sensor for sensing the temperature of the heating zone are provided in communication with the heating zone. A discharge valve is provided in communication with the reserving zone. A lever which is controlled by a remote control cable to operate the valve and an associated switch is provided at the outside of the tank. The device promptly provides the required amount of heated water at the required temperature at any time.

Abstract: An iron unit adapted to be used with a hair dryer includes an ironing plate formed of a heat conductor having a groove and an exhaust groove in communication with the groove on a lower side thereof providing a contact surface with an object to be heated, and a plurality of air outlets extending from the upper side to the groove. A hot air source receiver includes a mounting plate having a cylindrical member engageable with the hair dryer for supplying hot air. A hot air-feeding space is in communication within the cylindrical member. The mounting plate is attached to the ironing plate, with the hot air-feeding space being in communication with the outside through a plurality of passages. A covering member defines a space on the outside of the engaging cylindrical member of the hot air source receiver. The mounting plate is attached in place with the space being in communication with the outside on the side of the cylindrical member and on the peripheral side of the mounting plate.