US4270040A
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Heater with reinforcing strate
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1979-10-19
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Granted: 1981-05-26
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Expires: 1999-10-19
Abstract
Abstract A flat normally horizontal electric resistance blanket heater comprising a thin, fragile elongate resistance element established on one surface of and carried by a thin, flexible film of dielectric material, a thin, flat resilient and flexible reinforcing strate of dimensionally stable material retained adjacent the other surface of the film to allow for controlled flexure of the heater and prevent dimensional distortion of the film and element and an envelope of flexible dielectric plastic film encapsulating the film, element and strate. The heater also includes temperature responsive switching means responsive to the temperature of heated portions of the heater and in temperature insulated relationship from a portion of the heater where the element connects with power supply lines and which creates a portion in the heater of greater mass and heat storing capacity.
Inventors
- 👤 James P. McMullan
- 👤 Albert Stevens
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 14:57
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/20; H05B3/34; H05B3/36; H05B2203/00; H05B2203/002; H05B2203/003; H05B2203/004; H05B2203/014; H05B2203/017; H05B2203/033
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
191 words
An elongate, flat rectangular laminated heater structure comprising a flat rectangular reinforcing strate of thin, flexible substantially dimensionally stable metal having flat top and bottom surfaces, opposite side edges and opposite end edges, a thin flat carrier film of dielectric plastic having flat top and bottom surfaces arranged atop and bonded to the top surface of the strate by a flexible cement, an elongate resistance heating element of thin flat metal foil ribbon arranged in a serpentine pattern throughout and occupying the major portion of the top surface of the film and bonded thereto by a flexible cement, said element has end portions extending to a portion of the top surface of the film unoccupied by the remainder of the element and integrally joined with metal foil terminals accessible at the top of the film, a flat rectangular envelope of flexible dielectric plastic sheet stock about the strate, film and the element with a lower layer adjacent the bottom surface of the strate and a top layer adjacent the top surface of the film and the element; said top layer has access openings at said terminals providing access to said terminals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
191 words
An elongate, flat rectangular laminated heater structure comprising a flat rectangular reinforcing strate of thin, flexible substantially dimensionally stable metal having flat top and bottom surfaces, opposite side edges and opposite end edges, a thin flat carrier film of dielectric plastic having flat top and bottom surfaces arranged atop and bonded to the top surface of the strate by a flexible cement, an elongate resistance heating element of thin flat metal foil ribbon arranged in a serpentine pattern throughout and occupying the major portion of the top surface of the film and bonded thereto by a flexible cement, said element has end portions extending to a portion of the top surface of the film unoccupied by the remainder of the element and integrally joined with metal foil terminals accessible at the top of the film, a flat rectangular envelope of flexible dielectric plastic sheet stock about the strate, film and the element with a lower layer adjacent the bottom surface of the strate and a top layer adjacent the top surface of the film and the element; said top layer has access openings at said terminals providing access to said terminals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
105 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 1 wherein the film about the terminals is cut to define tabs and said tabs are turned upwardly and project through said access openings, an elongate power supply cable with an end adjacent the top of the envelope and having conductors extending therefrom and connected with the terminal tabs, a plastic shell fixed to the top of the top layer and defining a chamber in which said end of the cable extends and in which said conductors and terminal tabs are positioned and a body of potting material in the shell and about the conductors and terminal tabs.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 2 which further includes a normally closed thermostatic switching unit connected in each conductor and arranged in heat conducting contact with the top of said top layer above a portion of the heating element and within extensions of said shell and said body of potting materials.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
71 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 3 wherein the strate has elongate barrier openings between the portion of the strate at which the terminal tabs occur and portions of the strate which occur in close proximity with said units whereby the strate does not conduct heat from the portions of the structure in close proximity to said units to the parts and portions of the structure adjacent the terminal tabs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
31 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 1 wherein the top and bottom layers of the envelope are bonded to the heating element, film and to the strate by flexible cement.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
105 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 5 wherein the film about the terminals is cut to define tabs and said tabs are turned upwardly and project through said access openings, an elongate power supply cable with an end adjacent the top of the envelope and having conductors extending therefrom and connected with the terminals tabs, a plastic shell fixed to the top of the top layer and defining a chamber in which said end of the cable extends and in which said conductors and terminal tabs are positioned and a body of potting material in the shell and about the conductors and terminal tabs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
53 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 6 which further includes a normally closed thermostatic switching unit connected in each conductor and arranged in heat conducting contact with the top of said top layer above a portion of the heating element and within extensions of said shell and said body of potting materials.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
The heater structure set forth in claim 7 wherein the strate has elongate barrier openings between the portion of the strate at which the terminal tabs occur and portions of the strate which occur in close proximity with said units whereby the strate does not conduct heat from the portions of the structure in close proximity to said units to the parts and portions of the structure adjacent the terminal tabs.
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