Catalytic heater or warmer
First Claim
1. A catalytic heater (10) comprising a lower container section (12) having an upwardly extending flange (44) adjacent to the top of said lower container section (12), an upper chimney section (46) fitting snugly on and removably supported on said lower container section (12) about said lower container section extending flange (44), said chimney section (46) having air draft means (50, 52, 54) therein, a sealed fuel cartridge (14) having a fuel absorbent material (22) therewithin having a premeasured amount of liquid fuel absorbed therein, and a wick (26) in said fuel absorbent material (22) extending up from said material (22), said sealed fuel cartridge (14) having a readily removable cover (16) secured thereon, said cartridge fitting within said lower container section (12), a catalyst containing member (28) supported over said fuel absorbent material (22) and having aperture means (40) through which said wick (26) is extended, a wick snuffer (64) depending from a frame (62) mounted above said fuel cartridge (14) insertable through a top opening in the roof (68) of said chimney section (46), said chimney section having fuel combustion vapor emitting openings (66) therein.
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Abstract
This is a catalytic warmer or heater which may be made in different sizes and shapes. A chimney section top has an opening through which a heatable material container is insertable, and which rests on an X-frame supported on punched-in tongues providing draft apertures for the chimney, while a lower spaced series of punched-in tongues rest on a catalyst containing cage which, in turn, rests on a flange of fuel cartridge section below having a wick extending up from the cartridge to be lighted temporarily to initiate the catalytic combustion process. The supporting X-frame has a depending cylinder providing a snuffer to snuff out the wick and permit the catalytic combustion to continue. The catalytic combustion is stopped when desired by merely turning the entire heater or warmer upside down and then removing the fuel cartridge containing section, now on top, from the chimney section, now on bottom, the catalyst cage remaining with the chimney section and thus separated from the cartridge fuel section.
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- 1. A catalytic heater (10) comprising a lower container section (12) having an upwardly extending flange (44) adjacent to the top of said lower container section (12), an upper chimney section (46) fitting snugly on and removably supported on said lower container section (12) about said lower container section extending flange (44), said chimney section (46) having air draft means (50, 52, 54) therein, a sealed fuel cartridge (14) having a fuel absorbent material (22) therewithin having a premeasured amount of liquid fuel absorbed therein, and a wick (26) in said fuel absorbent material (22) extending up from said material (22), said sealed fuel cartridge (14) having a readily removable cover (16) secured thereon, said cartridge fitting within said lower container section (12), a catalyst containing member (28) supported over said fuel absorbent material (22) and having aperture means (40) through which said wick (26) is extended, a wick snuffer (64) depending from a frame (62) mounted above said fuel cartridge (14) insertable through a top opening in the roof (68) of said chimney section (46), said chimney section having fuel combustion vapor emitting openings (66) therein.
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