Patent ID: 6049063
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: F24D,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
A method of heating a floor, wall or ceiling by means of an elongate wire mesh or netting heating element including a plurality of physically and electrically connected longitudinal and crosswise wires, said longitudinal and crosswise wires being welded together to form a mesh heating element of at least 10 meters length and at least 75 millimeters width and with a thickness of less than 2 millimeters, said method of heating comprising the steps of:(a) fabricating a mat of welded mesh heating element comprising a plurality of longitudinal wires connected together through welding to a plurality of cross wires,(b) spreading said element evenly across an area to be heated through which an electrical current is driven, and(c) connecting the two ends of the element to a power source with a voltage of less than 40 volts.