MULTIPLE TEMPERATURE POINT CONTROL HEATER SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A multi-region portable heater comprising:
- an oscillating heater including a heater signal transmitter/receiver operably connected to a heater controller; and
a remote sensor.
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Abstract
A multi-zone portable heater is provided having an oscillating heater and a plurality of remote sensors. The plurality of remote sensors are radially positionable about the oscillating heater in a spaced apart configuration, each defining a heating region. The remote sensors read a region temperature in their corresponding heating region and can transmits the corresponding region temperature to the heater signal transmitter/receiver. Alternatively, the oscillating heater can transmit a set temperature to each of the plurality of remote sensors, where the remote sensors calculates a region temperature difference between the read region temperature and the set temperature. The region temperature difference being transmitted to the oscillating heater. In this manner, the operational parameters of the oscillating heater can be selectively controlled for each of the regions.
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17 Claims
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1. A multi-region portable heater comprising:
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an oscillating heater including a heater signal transmitter/receiver operably connected to a heater controller; and a remote sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A multi-region portable heater comprising:
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an oscillating heater including, a base, a housing operably connected to the base and including an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a heating element disposed within the housing, a blower mounted within the housing and positioned to directed an air flow past the heating element and through the outlet opening, an oscillation mechanism connected between the base and housing, a heater signal transmitter/receiver and a temperature selector operably connected to provide input signals to a heater controller, where in the heater controller is operably connected to control the operational parameters of the blower, heating element, and oscillating mechanism in response to input signals received from the temperature selector and the heater signal transmitter/receiver; and a plurality of remote sensors radially positionable about the oscillating heater in a spaced apart configuration each defining a heating region. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of heating a room comprising:
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positioning an oscillating heater in a room, the oscillating heater including; a base, a housing operably connected to the base and including an inlet opening and an outlet opening, a heating element disposed within the housing, a blower mounted within the housing and positioned to directed an air flow past the heating element and through the outlet opening, an oscillation mechanism connected between the base and housing, a heater signal transmitter/receiver and a temperature selector operably connected to provide input signals to a heater controller, where in the heater controller is operably connected to control the operational parameters of the blower, heating element, and oscillating mechanism in response to input signals received from the temperature selector and the heater signal transmitter/receiver; and positioning plurality of remote sensors radially about the oscillating heater in a spaced apart configuration, each of the remote defining a heating region, the remote sensors each including a temperature sensor and a sensor signal transmitter/receiver operably connected to a sensor controller; setting a set temperature on the oscillating heater; transmitting the set temperature to each of the remote sensors; each of the remote sensors reading the region temperature; each of the remote sensors calculating the temperature difference between the set temperature and the read temperature; each of the remote sensors transmitting the temperature difference to the oscillating heater; adjusting the operating parameters of one of the heating element, blower, and osculation mechanism in each heating region in response to the received temperature differences.
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