Abstract An electric convection and radiation heater for domestic use has a series of heating resistors completely embedded in a solid heat conducting material which adheres to the surface of trapezoidal corrugations of a convection and radiation plate. Each resistor comprises a single length of wire positioned at the summit of a corrugation and coextensive in length therewith. The heat conductive material fills only a minor portion of the depth of each corrugation in covering relation to the resistor therein. The heat conductive material can comprise a hardenable binder such as an epoxy resin containing at least 60 percent by weight of graphite, copper or aluminum powder. The bases of the corrugations are spaced apart a distance greater that the width of the summits.
An electric heater for domestic use comprising a corrugated metallic radiation and convection element, and a series of electric resistors in the corrugations of said element, each resistor being completely embedded in a solid heat-conducting material which adheres to the surface of the corrugations of said element in the immediate vicinity of said resistor, said element comprising a plate having corrugations of substantially trapezoidal cross section each formed by a pair of convergent generally planar flanks joined by a generally planar summit portion, a resistor comprising a single length of wire positioned at the summit of each of said corrugations and coextensive in length with the length of the corrugations, said heat-conductive material filling a minor portion of the depth of each corrugation in covering relation to the resistor therein with the remainder of the corrugation being free of said heat-conducting material so that the surfaces of the flanks are exposed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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An electric heater for domestic use comprising a corrugated metallic radiation and convection element, and a series of electric resistors in the corrugations of said element, each resistor being completely embedded in a solid heat-conducting material which adheres to the surface of the corrugations of said element in the immediate vicinity of said resistor, said element comprising a plate having corrugations of substantially trapezoidal cross section each formed by a pair of convergent generally planar flanks joined by a generally planar summit portion, a resistor comprising a single length of wire positioned at the summit of each of said corrugations and coextensive in length with the length of the corrugations, said heat-conductive material filling a minor portion of the depth of each corrugation in covering relation to the resistor therein with the remainder of the corrugation being free of said heat-conducting material so that the surfaces of the flanks are exposed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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An electric heater as claimed in claim 1, the portions of said plate between two successive corrugations being wider than said summits.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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An electric heater as claimed in claim 1, said heat conducting material consisting essentially of at least 60 percent by weight of a heat conducting powder in a hardenable binder.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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An electric heater as claimed in claim 3, said binder being an epoxy resin.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
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An electric heater as claimed in claim 3, said powder being selected from the group consisting of graphite, copper and aluminum.