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US4540878A
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Net circuit type heating and warming equipment
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1984-02-23
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Granted: 1985-09-10
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Expires: 2004-02-23
Abstract
Abstract A heating cord comprises bendable electric heating wire and nonconductive fiber. A net type heater is formed from the heating cords. Common power source terminals comprising a plurality of bendable conductors are fixed at both sides of the net type heater and are connected to the electric heating wire thereof.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryoda Sato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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CPC Classifications
E; E04; E04D; E04D13/00; E04D13/10; E04D13/103; D; D04; D04B; D04B21/00; D04B21/10; D04B21/12; H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/20; H05B3/34; H05B3/342; H05B3/345; H05B2203/00; H05B2203/002; H05B2203/007; H05B2203/011; H05B2203/014; H05B2203/016; H05B2203/017; H05B2203/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A net type heating device, comprising: first and second spaced common power source terminals, each of said terminals comprising a plurality of adjacent bendable wires; and a plurality of heater cords formed in a mesh-like arrangement disposed between said first and seond common power source terminals, said mesh-like arrangeament having a multiplicity of nodes a plurality of said heater cords meeting at each node, said nodes being in electrical contact with each other and with both of said common power source terminals, each of said heater cords comprising a heat-resistant nonconductive fiber and a bendable electrically conductive heating wire interwound with said nonconductive fiber, the heating wires of the heater cords meeting at each node being electrically connected to each other at the node where they meet, the heating wires of the heate cords adjacent each of said first and second common power source terminals being wound around each individual ones of the adjacent bendable wires of the corresponding one of said terminals, to electrically and mechanically secure said heater cords to said terminals.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
174 words
A net type heating device, comprising: first and second spaced common power source terminals, each of said terminals comprising a plurality of adjacent bendable wires; and a plurality of heater cords formed in a mesh-like arrangement disposed between said first and seond common power source terminals, said mesh-like arrangeament having a multiplicity of nodes a plurality of said heater cords meeting at each node, said nodes being in electrical contact with each other and with both of said common power source terminals, each of said heater cords comprising a heat-resistant nonconductive fiber and a bendable electrically conductive heating wire interwound with said nonconductive fiber, the heating wires of the heater cords meeting at each node being electrically connected to each other at the node where they meet, the heating wires of the heate cords adjacent each of said first and second common power source terminals being wound around each individual ones of the adjacent bendable wires of the corresponding one of said terminals, to electrically and mechanically secure said heater cords to said terminals.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A net type heating device according to claim 1, wherein meshes of said net type heater are quadrilateral.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A net type heating device according to claim 1, wherein meshes of said net type heater are hexagonal.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A net type heating device according to claim 1, wherein said electric heating wire comprises steel.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A net type heating device according to claim 1, wherein said nonconductive fiber comprises heat-resistant plastic fiber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
16 words
A net type heating device according to claim 1, wherein said nonconductive fiber comprises natural fiber.
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