Patents by Inventor Kostas Kaplanis

Kostas Kaplanis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Space heater with area light source
    Patent number: 7013080
    Abstract: A radiant electric space heater is provided with a halogen light source which provides light to the same general area to which radiant electric energy is transmitted by the heating elements. The halogen light source is located behind a grill that covers a window located at the front of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: The W. B. Marvin Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kostas Kaplanis, Charles M. Wagner
  • Space heater and light source
    Patent number: 6810205
    Abstract: A radiant electric space heater is provided with a halogen light source which provides light to the same general area to which radiant electric energy is transmitted by the heating elements. The halogen light source includes a halogen light bulb located behind a grill that covers a window located at the front of the heater. A translucent lens is mounted on the rear of the grill in front of the halogen bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: The W. B. Marvin Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Kostas Kaplanis, Charles M. Wagner
  • SPACE HEATER AND LIGHT SOURCE
    Publication number: 20040151484
    Abstract: A radiant electric space heater is provided with a halogen light source which provides light to the same general area to which radiant electric energy is transmitted by the heating elements. The halogen light source includes a halogen light bulb located behind a grill that covers a window located at the front of the heater. A translucent lens is mounted on the rear of the grill in front of the halogen bulb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Kostas Kaplanis, Charles M. Wagner
  • Radiant electric heating appliance
    Patent number: 6167196
    Abstract: A portable electric space heater having a power cord with a male electrical plug and having easily replaceable quartz heating elements so that an unskilled person can remove and replace a heating element with a minimum of time, tools and skill. The heating elements are removably mounted by sockets within the heater housing behind a grill. One edge of the grill is pivotally connected to the housing and an opposite edge is connected to the housing by a latch member formed on the grill. Access to the heating elements can be obtained by unlatching the grill using the male plug as a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Assignee: The W. B. Marvin Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Charles A. Huggins, Jr., Kostas Kaplanis, Barry W. Smith, Larry L. McGrain, James B. Johnson, Thomas H. Mills
  • Immersion detector circuit interrupter
    Patent number: 4797772
    Abstract: An immersion detector circuit interrupter having a sensor located around the electrical components of an appliance and a relay for interrupting the delivery of alternating current to the appliance whenever the sensor conducts a current at a predetermined voltage. The sensor is connected in series with a zener diode, a regular diode, the coil of the relay and to another two diodes which are connected to two alternating current conductors which provide electrical current to the appliance. The sensor is generally always at an electrical potential opposite or substantially different than the electrical potential of the electrical components at any particular point in time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Assignee: Patton Electric Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Kostas Kaplanis