Classifications

• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24D—DOMESTIC- OR SPACE-HEATING SYSTEMS, e.g. CENTRAL HEATING SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC HOT-WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS; ELEMENTS OR COMPONENTS THEREFOR
  • F24D13/00—Electric heating systems
  • F24D13/04—Electric heating systems using electric heating of heat-transfer fluid in separate units of the system
• • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
  • F24—HEATING; RANGES; VENTILATING
  • F24H—FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEAT-GENERATING MEANS, e.g. HEAT PUMPS, IN GENERAL
  • F24H9/00—Details
  • F24H9/06—Arrangement of mountings or supports

Definitions

• the present invention is in the field of home heating systems or the like. It relates to a radiator heated towel rail equipped with an additional heating device.
• Towel radiators which are intended to be installed inside a domestic or similar room, such as a bathroom, a cloakroom for example, to simultaneously heat the air contained inside said local and dry a towel, or the like, disposed on the radiator.
• a radiator is for example of the type arranged ladder and comprises two vertical uprights between which horizontal heating bars are interposed.
• the vertical uprights and the horizontal heating bars extend in a general radiator extension plane which is commonly intended to be arranged parallel to a hooked surface of the radiator, such as a room wall or the like.
• the document FR 2 897 675 describes such a heated towel rail which is equipped with an additional device for heating the air contained inside the room.
• the additional device is a heating device by natural convection or radiation of said air.
• the additional device is secured to one of the vertical uprights by being, according to various alternative embodiments, either disposed laterally to this vertical upright and in the general extension plane of the radiator, or interposed between said plane and the hooked surface of the radiator.
• a general problem posed by the use of such a radiator lies in the fact that they are poorly adapted to a small room, such as a small bathroom, because of the general size they generate. .
• the object of the present invention is to provide a towel rail radiator which has a general footprint as minimized as possible to be easily installed inside a domestic small room, the radiator towel is nevertheless effective, robust and easy to assemble.
• the towel radiator of the present invention is a heat-transfer towel warmer radiator having two vertical uprights between which are interposed heating rods. Said radiator is equipped with an additional device for heating an air flow.
• said device comprises a telescopic rail carrying an air flow heating apparatus, said telescopic rail being provided with fixing means to the two vertical uprights of said radiator, said fixing means constituting shut-off means two orifices formed through a respective wall of said vertical uprights.
• These provisions are such that the heater is housed inside a space between the two vertical uprights to minimize a global footprint generated by the radiator, in particular on both sides of the uprights. These provisions allow installation of such a radiator inside a small room, such as for example a bathroom with a surface of a few square meters.
• Said device is advantageously at least partially disposed within a general extension plane of the device comprising the vertical uprights and the heating bars.
• Such provisions are also intended to minimize the overall size generated by said device, in particular on both sides of said plane. More specifically, such a radiator has a thickness, measured perpendicular to the general extension plane, which is the lowest possible.
• the device preferably comprises a housing provided with at least one air inlet formed through a first partition of the housing, which is intended to be oriented towards a hooked surface of said radiator, and of at least one air outlet formed through a second partition of the housing, which is placed vis-à-vis the first partition.
• the housing is preferably equipped with at least one decorative facade provided with patterns.
• the housing advantageously houses a blower and at least one heating element, and in that it carries a control panel of the implementation of the blower and the heating element.
• the housing and the telescopic rail are preferably equipped with complementary holding means cooperating with each other during assembly.
• Said holding means are in particular of the clipping type, or the like.
• said fixing means comprise on the one hand a first fixing nut on a first vertical upright of a first tab equipping the telescopic rail, and on the other hand a second fixing nut on a second vertical upright of a second fixing lug equipping the telescopic rail, the second fixing nut being secured to an electrical resistor housed inside the second vertical upright, the first and second nuts being equipped with a respective O-ring.
• the air inlet is preferably equipped with a removable particulate filter.
• the air outlet is in particular equipped with at least one guide fin of a flow of hot air.
• Fig.1 is an illustration schematic perspective of a towel radiator according to the present invention.
• Fig.2 is a partial schematic illustration in exploded perspective of the radiator shown in the previous figure.
• Fig.3 is a schematic exploded perspective view of a participating casing radiator illustrated in the previous figures.
• FIG. 4 is a diagrammatic illustration in cutaway section and exploded perspective of the housing illustrated in FIG. 3.
• FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective illustration of the housing illustrated in FIGS. 3 and 4.
• Fig.6 is a partial longitudinal sectional view of the towel radiator shown in Figure 1.
• FIGS. 7a to 7d are diagrammatic views of successive steps of a method of fixing a telescopic rail on vertical uprights included in the radiator shown in FIG.
• FIG. 5a is a partial schematic view of fastening means of the telescopic rail on a first vertical upright of the radiator
• FIG. 5b being a detailed view of FIG.
• Fig.9a is a partial schematic view of fixing means of the telescopic rail on a second vertical upright of the radiator
• fig. ⁇ b is a detail view of Fig.9a.
• Fig.10a is a partial schematic rear view of the housing attached to the telescopic rail
• Fig.10b is a detail view of Fig.10a.
• Figures 11a-11h show the successive phases of mounting the housing on the rail.
• Figures 12a-13b illustrate the connection system of the blower to the towel rail radiator.
• Figure 14 shows the removal of the filter from the front.
• a towel heater 1 is intended to equip a domestic room, cloakroom or the like, including small, such as a floor area of a few square meters, to simultaneously heat the air content inside said room and drying a towel, or the like, disposed on the towel radiator 1.
• the latter 1 is of the type arranged in ladder and comprises two vertical uprights 2,3 between which are interposed horizontal heating bars 4.
• the towel heater 1 is in particular of the heat transfer fluid type comprising a circulation circuit 5 of said fluid formed inside the uprights 2,3 and horizontal bars 4.
• the vertical uprights 2, 3 form respective collectors of the heat transfer fluid.
• the vertical uprights 2,3 and the horizontal heating bars 4 are arranged inside a general extension plane P of the towel radiator 1 which is intended to be placed parallel to a hooked surface 6 of said radiator, visible in Fig.14, located at the rear of the general extension plane P of the towel radiator 1.
• the towel heater 1 is provided with an additional device 7 for heating the ambient air contained inside the room.
• a device 7 is in particular of the convection type. These provisions are such that when a towel is placed on the radiator 1 while being suspended on one of the horizontal heating bars 4, the air contained inside the room is effectively heated by the additional device 7, without being disturbed. in that the towel covers at least partially the horizontal heating bars 4.
• said device 7 comprises a telescopic rail 11 carrying a heater 12 of an air flow.
• the telescopic rail 11 comprises a fixed rail 13 within which is slidable a movable rail 14, such that the telescopic rail 11 is adaptable to a towel warmer 1 having a spacing L of the two vertical uprights 2, 3 relatively arbitrary. This results in an adaptability of such a device 7 to a wide range of towel radiator 1.
• the fixed rail 13 is provided with a first fixing lug 15 to a first vertical upright 2 of the towel radiator 1 while the movable rail 14 is provided with a second fixing lug 16 to a second vertical upright 3 of the radiator towel rail 1.
• the telescopic rail 11 is suspended from the towel radiator by means of fastening means 17 comprising a first 18 and a second 19 nuts.
• first fixing lug 15 is held on the first vertical upright 2 by means of the first nut 18 which is intended to be disposed inside a first orifice 20 formed through a first wall
• first wall 21 is preferably a bottom wall of said first vertical upright 2 to further limit the overall size generated by the towel rail radiator 1.
• a first elliptical section O-ring 22 is interposed between the first vertical upright 21 fixing lug
• the elliptical o-ring 22 can advantageously be replaced by any single joint, the appropriate shape of which will make it possible to seal the mechanical connection between the inside of vertical upright 2 and the outside, in a single tightening operation of the nut 18. boy Wut
• the second fixing lug 16 is held on the second vertical upright 3 by means of the second nut 19 which is intended to be disposed inside a second orifice 23 formed through a second wall 24 of the second vertical amount 3.
• said second wall 24 is preferably a bottom wall of said second vertical upright 3.
• the second nut 19 is equipped with an electrical resistance 25 for heating the heat transfer fluid housed inside the second collector formed of the second vertical upright 3.
• a second O-ring with an elliptical cross-section 26, preferably double, is interposed between the second fastening lug 16 and the second nut 19, to prohibit an outflow of the coolant out of the second collector.
• the elliptical O-ring 26 can advantageously be replaced by any single joint, the appropriate shape of which will make it possible to seal the mechanical connection between the inside of vertical upright 3 and the outside, in a single tightening operation of the nut 19.
• the towel radiator 1 comprises a protective shell 27 of a lower end 28 of the electrical resistance 25, this protective shell 27 preferably consisting of two protective half-shells, front 29 and rear 30.
• Said device 7 comprises a housing 31 provided with an air inlet 32 formed through a first partition 33 of the housing 31, visible in FIG. 6, the first partition 33 being intended to be oriented towards the hooked surface 6 the towel heater 1, such as a wall of the domestic room or the like.
• the air inlet 32 is provided with a particulate filter 34 to prevent the intake of impurities within the housing 31.
• the latter 31 is also provided with an air outlet 35 formed through a second partition 36 of the housing 31 which is placed vis-à-vis the first partition 33.
• the casing 31 is equipped with a front decorative front 37 and two decorative facades, respectively right 38 and left 39, which are likely to carry patterns and / or inscriptions.
• the housing 31 houses a technical box 40 formed of a front shell 41 and a rear shell 42 which encloses the heating device 12.
• the latter 12 comprises a blower 43 for circulating a flow of air from the air inlet 32 to the air outlet 35 and a plurality of heating elements 44, of the positive transfer coefficient resistance type or the like, for heating the air flow prior to its delivery through the air outlet 35.
• the latter 35 is equipped with fins 45 of the air flow direction which are maneuverable by a user to direct the flow of air to a specific area.
• the housing 31 consists of a front shell 46 and a rear shell 47 which are assembled to each other by clipping or the like.
• the front shell 46 is equipped with a control panel 48 for the implementation of the heating elements 44 and an electric motor 49 that comprises the blower 43.
• the blower 43 comprises a turbine 50 housed inside a volute 51, the turbine 50 being intended to circulate the flow of air from the air inlet 32 to the outlet of air 35.
• FIG. 7a a method of fixing the telescopic rail 11 is described.
• the first fixing lug 15 which equips the fixed rail 13 is placed opposite the first orifice 20 formed through the first lower wall 21 of the first vertical upright 2.
• the movable rail 14 is slidably maneuvered inside the fixed rail 13 to position the second fastening lug 16 vis-à-vis the second orifice 23 formed through the second bottom wall 24 of the second vertical upright 3.
• the first nut 18 is screwed inside the first hole 20 while the second nut 19 is screwed inside the second hole 23 until the fixing lugs 15, 16 are firmly held against the respective vertical amounts 2,3.
• the O-ring with elliptical section 22 is interposed between the first fixing lug 15 and the first vertical upright 2 to ensure a seal between them and to prevent the heat transfer fluid from escaping from the circulation circuit. of the last.
• the double O-ring elliptical section 26 is interposed between the second bracket 16 and the second vertical upright 3 on the one hand and the second nut 19 on the other hand, to ensure a seal between them and to avoid an effusion of the heat transfer fluid out of the circulation circuit 5 of the latter.
• the casing 31 is equipped with two locking clips 52 in position on the telescopic rail 11 and more particularly on a retaining rail 53 that includes the latter 11.
• the holding rail 53 has an upper groove 54 which receives a hook 55 formed on the housing 31 and a lower groove 54 'which receives a head 56 carried by the locking clip 52.
• the latter 52 comprises a spring 57 for facilitate the interlocking operation of the head 56 of the locking clip 52 inside the lower groove 55 of the holding lug 53. It is completed by a mechanical key-type safety device, which is inserted after assembly of the piece 52 on the holding rail 53, to prevent further translation of the workpiece.
• a method of connecting the blower 43 to the towel heater 1 is described.
• the blower 43 is equipped with an electrical connection cord 58 to the second nut 19 for the implementation of the electrical resistance 25.
• the electrical connection cord 58 is held on the second vertical upright 3 by means of a screw needle 59, also visible in Fig.13a and Fig.13b.
• the particulate filter 34 is easily accessible from a front area 60 of said device 7 for maintenance and / or replacement.

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