Portable environmental conditioning device with presence detector responsive shutoff

摘要

An appliance including a housing (12) defining an air inlet (18) and an air outlet (19) facing opposite to the air inlet (18), an inlet detector (41) for detecting objects in an inlet zone projecting away from the inlet and an outlet detector (42) for detecting objects in an outlet zone projecting away from the outlet. Also included is a control (31) for deactivating the appliance in response to detection of objects in either of the inlet or outlet zones.