SNOW MELTING UNIT Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC E01H5/10 

FIELD: heating.

SUBSTANCE: unit includes a frame, a heating chamber with a loading hole for snow loading and an unloading connection pipe for water drain, a gas burner, a fuel source and an air blower. Gas burner is made in the form of at least one vortex chamber for swirling of an air-and-fuel mixture and a flue interconnected with the vortex chamber. Air blower and fuel source are connected to the vortex chamber. The flue is arranged in the heating chamber. Air-and-fuel mixture swirled in the vortex chamber is burnt in the flue so that an extended flame is formed, and when moving along helical path along the formed flame, it is burnt completely.

EFFECT: invention allows increasing the efficiency of the unit at simultaneous enlargement of its functional capabilities.

6 cl, 2 dwg