Electric heating apparatus

Claim 1

AN ELECTRIC HEATING ELEMENT, ESPECIALLY FOR SAUNA EQUIPMENT, COMPRISING: A METAL FRAME FORMED OF TWO PROPOSED LONGITUDINAL RAILS EACH HAVING AN OUTER ARCHED BIGHT PORTION AND A PAIR OF LEGS EXTENDING INWARDLY TOWARD THE OTHER OF SAID LONGITUDINAL RAILS, SAID FRAME FURTHER INCLUDING A PAIR OF TRANSVERSE RAILS OF GENERALLY U-SHAPED CROSS SECTION AFFIXED TO AND EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID LONGITUDINAL RAILS TO KEEP SAID LONGITUDINAL RAILS SPACED FROM EACH OTHER, EACH OF SAID TRANSVERSE RAILS HAVING A BIGHT PORTION AND A PAIR OF LEGS; AN INSULATION LAYER MOUNTED ON AND OVERLYING THE ENTIRE OUTER SURFACE OF EACH OF SAID LONGITUDINAL RAILS AND PROTRUDING INWARDLY PAST THE INNER EDGES OF SAID LONGITUDINAL RAIL TOWARD THE OTHER LONGITUDINAL RAIL; A HEATING TAPE WOUND AROUND SAID LONGITUDINAL RAILS AND CONTACTING ONLY SAID INSULATION LAYERS; A PAIR OF TERMINAL MEANS CLAMPED RESPECTIVELY BETWEEN SAID LEGS OF SAID TRANSVERSE RAILS, EACH TERMINAL MEANS COMPRISING METAL CLAMP PLATE MEANS AND A PAIR OF OPPOSED INSULATION STRATE DISPOSED WITHIN SAID METAL CLAMP PLATE MEANS; A CONDUCTOR EXTENDING BETWEEN THE INSULATION STRATA OF EACH TERMINAL MEANS AND BEING HELD IN PLACE THEREBY OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID CLAMP PLATE MEANS AND SAID TRANSVERSE RAILS; AND MEANS CONNECTING SAID CONDUCTORS TO THE ENDS OF SAID HEATING TAPE.