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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1998
Charles A Huggins, Jr, Springfield, OH (US);
Kostas Kaplanis, Urbana, OH (US);
Barry W Smith, Centerville, OH (US);
Larry L McGrain, Urbana, OH (US);
James B Johnson, Urbana, OH (US);
Thomas H Mills, Urbana, OH (US);
The W. B. Marvin Manufacturing Company, Urbana, OH (US);
Abstract
A portable electric space heater having a power cord with a male electrical plug and having easily replaceable quartz heating elements so that an unskilled person can remove and replace a heating element with a minimum of time, tools and skill. The heating elements are removably mounted by sockets within the heater housing behind a grill. One edge of the grill is pivotally connected to the housing and an opposite edge is connected to the housing by a latch member formed on the grill. Access to the heating elements can be obtained by unlatching the grill using the male plug as a tool.