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Heating device which can be used for installation in a cabin of a cabin railway

US5762267A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1996
Grant dateJun 9, 1998
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Expiry dateAug 19, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB61B12/002
  • WIPO fieldTransport
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The heating device which can be used for installation in a cabin vehicle of a cabin railway consists essentially of a control means for regulating the interior cabin temperature and a fan device which serves for warming up the interior cabin air and has an air inlet, an air outlet and, arranged between the inlet and the outlet, a heating means for warming up the interior cabin air passed through the fan device. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, in particular the fan device and the heating means are arranged in a box which is provided, on each of two opposite end walls, with an air passage member intended for circulation of the interior cabin air and connected to the air inlet or air outlet. For example, this box is dimensioned and can be inserted into a frame opening of the inner base of the cabin in such a way that the stated air passage members project above the inner base of the cabin in the attached state.

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