Towel warmer console cabinet

• US 6,005,227 A
• Filed: 12/21/1998
• Issued: 12/21/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 08/28/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Steve Pappas
• Original Assignee: Steve Pappas
• Inventors: Pappas, Steve
• Primary Examiner(s): PELHAM, JOSEPH MOORE
• Application Number:
  US09/217,690
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• Field of Search: 219/385, 219/386, 219/400, 34/104, 34/106, 34/202, 34/212, 34/215, 34/218, 34/219, 34/225, 34/233, 34/239, 34/240, 126/21 A
• US Class Current: 219/400
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 10/06 combined with means for drying towels A47K10/30 takes precedence

Abstract

A warming unit in the form of a console cabinet having a transparent cover includes a circulating fan mounted on the bottom of the cabinet and an electric heater is mounted on a side wall thereof. Four posts extending from the bottom are arranged around the circulating fan to support towels and the like for drying and heating. The heated air is directed in a continuos circular path from the heater through the towels for optimum thermal transfer.

Claims

1. A heating unit for fabrics

a console having four upright sidewalls joined by a bottom and open at the top;

a cover movably arranged on said console for closing said top;

a circulating fan on said bottom;

a bottom airway defined beneath said bottom for allowing air transfer through said fan;

a side airway defined between an interior wall and one of said upright sidewalls, said interior wall extending from said bottom in a plane parallel to said one sidewall for allowing air transfer along said side airway;

an electric heater arranged within said side airway for providing heat to said console; and

a plurality of posts extending from said bottom in a plane parallel to said sidewalls and arranged around said circulating fan within said console for supporting fabrics to be heated, said support means comprising a plurality of posts extending from said floor and arranged around said circulating fan.

2. The heating unit of claim 1 including a timer unit connecting with said electric heater to control the amount of heat generated within said console.

3. The heating unit of claim 1 including a base under said bottom and a layer of thermal insulation on an inner surface of said base.

4. The heating unit of claim 3 including a layer of thermal insulation on an outer surface of said floor.

5. The heating unit of claim 1 including a layer of thermal insulation on an inner surface of said one sidewall.

6. The heating unit of claim 1 including a layer of thermal insulation along an outer surface of said interior wall.

7. The heating unit of claim 1 including a screen arranged over said fan for preventing said object from coming into contact with said circulating fan.

8. The heating unit of claim 1 including a vent arranged over a top of said side airway for preventing inadvertent contact with said electric heater.

9. The heating unit of claim 1 wherein said cover comprises glass or plastic.

10. The heating unit of claim 1 wherein said sidewalls comprise wood or melamine.

11. The heating unit of claim 1 wherein said electric heater is positioned at a bottom part of said side airway.