Warming blanket with heat reflective strips
US6664512B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 10, 2002 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 10, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05B2203/02
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Heat losses from electric heating pads, blankets and pillows are reduced by aligning heat reflective strips or coatings over the top of a heating wire arranged inside the pads, blankets and pillows. By reducing heat losses, lower wattage can be applied to the heating wire to transfer the same amount of heat to a user as equivalent higher wattage blankets which do not have the heat reflective strips. By lowering the applied wattage, a more efficient blanket results.
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