Heating vent conduit

Abstract

A heating vent conduit with a heater unit is disclosed, being primarily utilized to heat a room independently of other rooms. The heating vent conduit can be controlled a personal thermostat, which depending on the selected temperature will regulate a heating element within the heating vent conduit. The heating vent conduit is designed to be easily installed on existing ventilation systems by replacing the end boot at vent outlets, and will allow for individual preference and comfort by allowing independent room temperature, while lowering energy costs by reducing the main heater's workload.

Description

[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 682,010, entitled VENT CONDUIT WITH INDEPENDENT HEATER, filed on Aug. 10, 2012, which is incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a heating unit and, more specifically, to a heating vent conduit for installation in a ventilation system as commonly found in buildings.BACKGROUND[0003]Great unwanted temperature variances exist between rooms or offices located through the same house or building, respectively. This temperature variance exists due in part to the properties of air, whereby hotter air is less dense and thus rises, while in comparison, colder air is denser and thus tends to remain at lower altitudes. Consequently, rooms or offices located at high altitudes tend to be warmer while rooms or offices located at low altitudes tend to remain cooler.[0004]This phenomenon is also illustrated due to the fact that the further rooms or offices are sp...

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Benefits of technology

This patent describes a heating vent conduit with a heating unit. The heating unit can be easily installed on an existing ventilation conduit, allowing for independent control of heat at the vent outlet. The heater unit includes a heater housing and a ceramic mount with a heating element secured within it. The technical effects include improved temperature control at the vent outlet and simplified installation.

Problems solved by technology

Great unwanted temperature variances exist between rooms or offices located through the same house or building, respectively.

This phenomenon is also illustrated due to the fact that the further rooms or offices are spatially located from a furnace or air conditioner (or any other device that distributes air), the longer said air takes to travel to these destinations and thus will either warm up or cool off, reducing its efficiency when it arrives at its destination through the ventilation.

This poses the obvious problem that rooms located at high or low altitudes do not benefit as equally compared to other rooms that more centrally located, and as previously mentioned, the further the rooms are from the centralized unit, the more the air is affected by ambient temperatures.

However, Buseyne's unit has major drawbacks.

Secondly, this device must completely replace existing ventilation at a central hub in order to install and control.

Another major problem that exists in the field is the fact that these independent heating systems cannot be independently controlled from the room itself.

Indeed, there is usually a main thermostat that controls the overall heating, and thus users in their respective rooms or offices cannot benefit from being able to select a desired temperature for themselves.

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