Patent ID: 7250570
Filing Date: 2007-07-31
Classification: F24D,H05B,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A heating cable guide strip for retaining and guiding a resistance heating cable in a serpentine path on a top surface of a sub-floor onto which is to be applied a cementitious material to embed said cable to form a radiant floor heating system, said heating cable guide strip being molded of plastics material and defining an elongated flat base having a plurality of spaced-apart wire retaining guide members disposed side-by-side along a straight longitudinal axis, said retaining guide members having at least a curved section for guiding said heating cable along a curved path about one or more of said guide members, said curved section merging into a top horizontal flexible flange projecting outwardly in close spaced relationship to said top horizontal flexible flange of opposed disc-shaped hubs and forming a gap to permit positioning and retention of said cable captive between opposed ones of said retaining guide members and guidance of a cable section along said at least a curved section.