Candle fireplace

Abstract

A system, apparatus, and method for heating air with a space heater is presented. The space heater includes a space heater cabinet and a plurality of candles. The space heater cabinet is more than three times as wide as it is tall. The space heater cabinet has a top wall and a bottom wall. The space heater cabinet houses a heating unit, an intake vent, and an exhaust vent. The heating unit can heat air within the space heater cabinet. The intake vent allows air to enter the cabinet and the exhaust vent allows warmed air to exit the cabinet.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Technical Field[0002]The current invention relates generally to apparatus, systems and methods for heating air. More particularly, the apparatus systems and methods relate to heating air with a space heater. Specifically, the apparatus, systems and methods provide for heating a space with a space heater that is attractive and that appears as if the space is being heated with candles and that is still relatively portable.[0003]2. Background Information[0004]Space heaters can be used to heat one area of a building or a home without requiring the central heating system to heat the entire home or building to a high temperature. This can reduce the overall heating cost because one room or a couple of rooms may be heated by space heaters to 70 degrees Fahrenheit while the rest of the building may be heated to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Space heaters are also popular because they are portable, are generally inexpensive, and can be moved from room-to-room. Ev...

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Benefits of technology

[0007]The top wall of the cabinet can be formed with various pieces of wood. For example, wood edge pieces can be used to form a generally rectangular perimeter of the top wall and these pieces may be mitered or curved to create attractive edges on the top wall or top surface of the portable space heater. The top perimeter pieces of wood can form an interior area which can be filled with a center piece of wood. The center piece of wood can be formed with elongated notches along its perimeter. The plates of glass can be fitted between the elongated notches and the perimeter pieces of wood. A supporting piece of wood can be located beneath the edge pieces of wood and the center piece of wood. The support piece of wood will prevent the glass plates from sliding beneath the edge pieces of wood and the center piece of wood.

Problems solved by technology

Even though space heaters are useful, they do have certain drawbacks and can cause problems.

For example, the grill at the rear of the space heater may become clogged with dust and the space heater may overheat or may catch fire.

Even though some space heaters have anti-tipping devices that turn off the space heater if it is tipped over, some space heaters may tip over and overheat and still start a fire.

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