Terrace heater

Abstract

A terrace heater is disclosed, including a base cabinet intended for storage of a supply of gas, which is connected to a burner at the free end of a support part extending upright from the cabinet. On the upwardly-facing free end of the burner, there is a reflector including an annular first screen which has a lower edge and extends outwards and at an angle downwards over the periphery of the burner for an inclined and downwardly-directed reflection of heat emitted from the burner along the edge of the reflector. Along only a part section of the circumference of the lower edge of the first screen and extending downwards from the edge, there is a second screen part oriented in a substantially vertical manner, the part section constituting between 20° and 340° of the circumference of the first screen.

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       14 . Terrace heater comprising a base cabinet intended for placing on an under-layer for the storage of a supply of gas which is connected through an ignition and regulator unit to a burner at a free end of a substantially tubular support part extending upright from the cabinet, on an upwardly-facing free end of which burner there is a reflector which comprises an annular first screen which has a lower edge and extends outwards and at an angle downwards over a periphery of the burner for an inclined and downwardly-directed reflection of heat emitted from the burner along the edge of the reflector, wherein along only a part section of a circumference of the lower edge of the first screen and extending downwards from said edge, there is a second screen part oriented in a substantially vertical manner, said part section constituting between 20° and 340° of the circumference of the first screen. 
   
   
       15 . Terrace heater according to  claim 14 , wherein an ignition and regulator unit is placed at the free end of the substantially tubular support part. 
   
   
       16 . Terrace heater according to  claim 15 , wherein the second screen part extends from an underside of the first screen and preferably to a level corresponding to the transition between the ignition and regulator unit and the lower end of the burner. 
   
   
       17 . Terrace heater according to  claim 14 , wherein the second screen part is an integral part of the first screen. 
   
   
       18 . Terrace heater according to  claim 14 , wherein the second screen part is an independent unit cooperating with the first screen, and is mounted so that it extends on or in the immediate proximity of a part of the edge of the first screen/reflector. 
   
   
       19 . Terrace heater according to  claim 18 , wherein the second screen part is mounted on the reflector or the tubular support part in a stationary manner with screws, bolts/nuts or by welding. 
   
   
       20 . Terrace heater according to  claim 18 , wherein the second screen part is mounted on the support part in a pivotal manner. 
   
   
       21 . Terrace heater according to  claim 18 , wherein the second screen part is mounted on the first screen/reflector in a displaceable manner. 
   
   
       22 . Terrace heater according to  claim 14 , wherein the second screen part is made of a heat-resistant and non-inflammable material. 
   
   
       23 . Terrace heater according to  claim 22 , wherein the second screen part is made of a material which does not conduct heat, and/or that a side of the second screen part facing towards the burner is coated with a material which does not conduct heat. 
   
   
       24 . Terrace heater according to  claim 14 , wherein the second screen part is wholly or partly perforated. 
   
   
       25 . Terrace heater according to  claim 21 , wherein the first screen/reflector comprises a groove extending along and around the edge for engagement and control of at least two inverted U-shaped support parts connected to the second screen, free ends of said parts being engaged in a displaceable manner in the groove, and said U-shaped support parts extending up over that side of the second screen which faces the edge of the reflector. 
   
   
       26 . Terrace heater according to  claim 14 , wherein a horizontal extent of the second screen part can be reduced by the screen part being divided into a number of parts which can be mutually telescoped together in a transverse direction of the screen part.