Electric resistance heating devices – Heating devices – Convection space heater
Patent
1993-01-15
1995-10-17
Jeffery, John A.
Electric resistance heating devices
Heating devices
Convection space heater
165 55, E04F 1904, F16B 506, F24H 300
Patent
active
054598109
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to an adjustable panel and mounting assembly particularly, although not exclusively, for use in a cooling or heating system in which heat exchange panels are mounted on a surface such as a wall or a ceiling.
In a preferred application, the invention relates to a heating system of the "modular panel" type.
According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided an adjustable panel and mounting assembly comprising a panel and at least one mounting member adapted to adjustably support the panel in an installed position, the panel and the mounting member being provided with interengaging means which co-operate slideably, parallel to the plane of the panel, so as to allow adjustability of the panel position at least in a direction parallel to its plane; characterised in that the mounting member comprises a central body portion and a pair of outwardly extending, resilient or semi-rigid wings or arms, so that, in use, the central body portion is resiliently spaced away from the panel, and whereby the panel can move, under pressure, to compress the mounting member by flexing the wings.
Preferably, the panel is provided with facing projections and the wings or arms of the mounting member face apart and fit slideably between the panel projections. Preferably, the projections of the panel comprise flanges with inturned outer edges which face one another, so as to form a pair of mutually opposed facing slots to receive the mounting member, the spacing between the bottoms of the slots being greater than the distance between the co-operating ends of the mounting member. Thus when the panel is mounted on the mounting member, there is some "lost notion" between them which improves the initial adjustability and subsequent impact resistance of the assembly, without placing too much stress on the materials of the components.
Preferably the assembly also comprises a separate surface attachment device comprising a first portion adapted for attachment to a wall or similar surface by means of screws or the like, and a second portion, adapted to receive and retain said mounting member, and which is itself slidably retained in the said first portion.
Consequently, when the assembly is mounted with the slidable direction of the attachment device arranged at right angles to the direction of the flanges of the panel, it is possible to adjust the position of the panel in two directions at right angles to one another. This has particular advantages in a wall mounted heating system of the type including a number of cooperating sections, especially where the panels have to be aligned against surfaces or floors which are uneven.
In a preferred form of the invention, the attachment device incorporates a socket having a series of ribs on its inner walls, and the mounting member carries a projection having co-operating external ribs, the arrangement being such that the position of the mounting member, and thus the mounted panel, can also be adjusted inwardly and outwardly, relative to the attachment device, or at an angle to the vertical.
A preferred embodiment of the invention comprises a dismountable panel assembly including:
(1) A panel having a front surface and a rear surface carrying a pair of parallel, inwardly facing flanges;
(2) An intermediate mounting member including a pair of outwardly facing parallel flanges or beads adapted to fit between the flanges of said panel; and
(3) A surface attachment device, incorporating a mounting adapted to receive said flanged mounting member;
the connection between said attachment device and said flange mounting member comprising cooperating male and female connector means.
The rear surface of the panel may carry tubes for heating or cooling fluids, and/or electrical heating elements and the mounting member may be provided with a further bore, to support and guide a conduit for electrical power cables.
These cables may be arranged to power an electrical heating element.
The invention also extends to an electrical heating panel incorporating an integral tubular member c
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