Heat exchange – Structural installation – Related to wall – floor or ceiling structure of a chamber
Patent
1994-07-07
1996-11-26
Leo, Leonard R.
Heat exchange
Structural installation
Related to wall, floor or ceiling structure of a chamber
165 56, 165171, F24D 314
Patent
active
055775543
ABSTRACT:
A radiant heating system uses a conductive heat shield comprising a flat portion designed to be placed in contact with the underside of a floor and an elongated tube holding portion extending from the opposite side of the heat shield. Preferably the tube holding portion has an elongated opening for receiving tubing after the floor-contacting portion has been placed in contact with the underside of a floor, and has resilient restraining portions to hold the tubing in place once it has been inserted into that opening. It is also preferred that the tube holding portion be at least three quarters of an inch below the underside of any floor to which the flat portion is attached or is covered with a puncture-proof nail guard, so tubing in the tube holding portion will not be punctured by nails driven into the floor to which the heat shield is attached. It is preferred that the tube holding portion have a generally circular cross section which will conform to the surface of the tubing it holds, and, thus, will efficiently conduct heat from that tubing. In many embodiments the heat shield will have two such elongated tube holding portions, and will be formed from a sheet of conductive metal, such as aluminum. A methods for constructing buildings using such heat shields includes attaching such a heat shield to the underside of a first layer of flooring; placing tubing into the tube holding portion of the heat shield; and then nailing a layer of hardwood flooring into place. Since the invention's heat shields prevent the tubing they hold from being punctured by nails, the hardwood flooring can be installed after the heat shields and tubing, which makes construction easier and better.
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Leo Leonard R.
Porter Edward W.
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