Electric heating device with adjustable heating unit

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICE COMPRISING A SHEATHED ELECTRICAL HEATING UNIT HAVING A HEATING PORTION AT ONE END AND A PAIR OF TERMINAL CONDUCTORS AT THE OTHER END; A HOLLOW METALLIC BUSHING; SAID PAIR OF TERMINAL CONDUCTORS EXTENDING INTO SAID HOLLOW METALLIC BUSHHING, A FIRST ONE OF SAID PAIR OF TERMINAL CONDUCTORS BEING CENTRALLY DISPOSED WITHIN THE BUSHING AND THE SECOND ONE OF SAID PAIR OF TERMINAL CONDUCTORS PRESENTING A CONDUCTIVE AREA WITHIN THE BUSHING AND SPACED OUTWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST CONDUCTOR; MANS DETACHABLY COUPLING SAID SHEATHED HEATING UNIT WITH SAID METALLIC HOLLOW BUSHING; AN ELECTRICAL CABLE FOR CONNECTION WITH AN ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE AND INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO LEADS; A CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY SLIDEABLY DISPOSED WITH RESPECT TO SAID BUSHING CONNECTING SAID TERMINAL CONDUCTORS IN AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT WITH TWO LEADS OF SAID CABLE WHEN SAID HEATING UNIT IS COUPLED WITH SAID BUSHING AND CAUSING SAID LEADS TO BE ELECTRICALLY DISCONNECTED FROM SAID TWO LEADS WHEN SAID HEATING UNIT IS UNCOUPLED FROM SAID BUSHING; SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A PAIR OF CONDUCTIVE MEANS MAKING ELECTRICAL CONNECTIONS WITH RESPECT ONES OF SAID TERMINAL CONDUCTORS; SPRING MEANS BIASING SAID CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY INTO ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CENTRALLY DISPOSED TERMINAL CONDUCTOR; A HOLLOW HANDLE FREELY SUPPORTING THE BUSHING FOR 360 DEGREE ROTATION AND SAID HOLLOW HANDLE INCLUDING MEANS FOR RESTRAINING AXIAL MOVEMENT OF SAID BUSHING WITH RESPECT TO SAID HANDLE AND INCLUDING A MEANS FOR GRIPPING SAID BUSHING AND THEREBY PREVENTING ROTATION OF SAID BUSHING RELATIVE TO THE HANDLE; AND A MEANS FOR RELEASING SAID BUSHING TO PERMIT SAID HEATING UNIT AND SAID BUSHING TO BE ADJUSTABLY ROTATED THROUGH 360 DEGREES TO PROVIDE A DESIRED ORIENTATION OF THE HEATING PORTION OF SAID HEATING UNIT WITH RESPECT TO THE HANDLE.