Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
Heated flooring module (1) for livestock stables, of the type that is
equipped with means (7) for being suspended from resistant supports such as the
bars of a horizontal grid and which, together with other adjacent interlocking
modules, constitutes the floor level of a farm or similar, characterised because it
comprises: a) An upper plaque (2), for transit, which is essentially level; and b) A hollowed central section (3), with no bottom surface, whose upper
surface is fitted with at least one continuous runnel (4), adapted to
contain heating devices, that enter and exit the runnel through relevant
tubular segments of entry (5 or 6) and exit (6 or 5) for the heating
devices, with the hollowed central section equipped with the means of
suspension (7), all of the above arranged in such a way that, when the
upper plaque (2) is welded to the upper surface of the hollowed central
section (3), the continuous runnel (4) forms an enclosed circuit which
contains the heating means inside.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
32 words
Module according to claim 1, characterised because the heating means
consist of a heating fluid, which circulates through the enclosed circuit that forms
between the upper plaque and the hollowed central section.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
37 words
Module according to claim 2, characterised because the section of
stretches (22) of the enclosed circuit where it communicates with the tubular
segments (5, 6) is abruptly diminished at a point adjacent to the abovementioned
tubular segments.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
16 words
Module according to claim 1, characterised because the heating devices
comprise at least one electrical resistance.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
Model according to any of the preceding claims, characterised because
the hollowed central section (3) is covered on its underside with closing devices.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
Module according to claim 5, characterised because the closing devices
consist of a under-lid (8) that can be fitted to the underside of the hollowed central
section (3).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
Module according to claim 6, characterised because, in the coupled
position, the under-lid (8) is introduced inside the central section (3), and because its
edges (10) rest on the inner surface (11) of the walls of the central section.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
99 words
Module according to any of the preceding claims, characterised because
the hollowed central section (3) is equipped, in one of its side walls, with a
perforation (12) and on its opposite wall, with corresponding projections (13), so that
when the adjacent walls of two modules (1) are opposite each other, the projections
of the first module fit through the perforation of the second module, and because the
perforation in the side wall forms the entry point for a drainage tube (14), designed
so as to expel through the under-lid (8) any liquid that might seep through the
abovementioned perforation.