Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
147 words
Means for heating a room having at least one surface forming a rigid substratum, a flat blanket-like heating element having inner and outer jackets of polyester and an electrical resistance member sandwiched between said jackets, means for connecting said resistance member to a source of electrical energy, at spaced intervals said resistance member having voids, a first layer of adhesive for bonding said inner jacket to said substratum; a layer of ceramic tiles forming the exterior surface of said means, a second layer of adhesive between said tiles and an outer jacket of said heating element and bonded to both said outer jacket and the inner face of said tiles, at each of said voids in said resistance member a conection being formed between said first and second layers of adhesive capable transmitting from the tile to the substratum all of stress required to support said tile.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
147 words
Means for heating a room having at least one surface forming a rigid substratum, a flat blanket-like heating element having inner and outer jackets of polyester and an electrical resistance member sandwiched between said jackets, means for connecting said resistance member to a source of electrical energy, at spaced intervals said resistance member having voids, a first layer of adhesive for bonding said inner jacket to said substratum; a layer of ceramic tiles forming the exterior surface of said means, a second layer of adhesive between said tiles and an outer jacket of said heating element and bonded to both said outer jacket and the inner face of said tiles, at each of said voids in said resistance member a conection being formed between said first and second layers of adhesive capable transmitting from the tile to the substratum all of stress required to support said tile.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The means for heating a room described in claim 1 wherein at each of said voids said inner and outer jackets are ultrasonically bonded together to form said connections.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
59 words
The means for heating a room described in claim 1 wherein said first and second layers of adhesive extend through said voids and are joined to each other to form, as the connection, a member resistant to loads tending to separate said inner and outer jackets; means electrically insulating the adhesive in said voids from said electrical resistance member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
The means for heating a room described in claim 3 wherein said insulating means is a collar of molded dielectric material extending through said heating element, said collar being filled with a material forming said load resistant member.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The means for heating a room described in claim 4 wherein said collar intermediate its ends has a web to which said adhesive bonds.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
146 words
A method of preparing a surface of a room for effecting radiant heating, providing a rigid substratum, providing a blanket-like electrical heating element having inner and outer polyester layers enclosing an electrical resistance member, priming one of said heating element surfaces, applying a coat of adhesive to the substratum and pressing the primed surface of said heating element against said adhesive to cause the primed surface to become bonded to said substratum and providing a plurality of spaced discrete resistance member free areas formed by voids within the resistance member itself, each occupied by material characterized by high resistance to loads tending to separate said inner and outer polyester layers, priming a second surface of the heating element and adhesively securing thereto a plurality of ceramic tiles to form an exterior surface and supporting said tiles entirely by the material in said resistance member free areas.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
146 words
A method of preparing a surface of a room for effecting radiant heating, providing a rigid substratum, providing a blanket-like electrical heating element having inner and outer polyester layers enclosing an electrical resistance member, priming one of said heating element surfaces, applying a coat of adhesive to the substratum and pressing the primed surface of said heating element against said adhesive to cause the primed surface to become bonded to said substratum and providing a plurality of spaced discrete resistance member free areas formed by voids within the resistance member itself, each occupied by material characterized by high resistance to loads tending to separate said inner and outer polyester layers, priming a second surface of the heating element and adhesively securing thereto a plurality of ceramic tiles to form an exterior surface and supporting said tiles entirely by the material in said resistance member free areas.