| 摘要 |
<p>A deicing apparatus includes a heat source (20) for producing deicing heat at one location on the body of an object and a heat distributing arrangement (22) for distributing the deicing heat to one or more surface areas to be deiced. The heat distributing arrangement (22) comprises thin strips or channels of heat distributing material (30) having a heat conductivity greater than that of the material from which the remainder of the object is formed. One end or a portion of each strip or channel (32) of the heat distributing material (30) is in contact with the heat source (20) itself or in contact with a highly heat conductive potting material (28) in which the heat source (20) is set. Another portion of each strip or channel of heat distributing material (30) preferably forms a portion of one of the surface areas to be deiced. The heat distributing arrangement (22) conducts heat from the remote heat source (20) to each surface to be deiced through the highly heat conductive heat distributing material (30) alone and without having to extend a heating element across each separate surface tobe deiced.</p> |
