Patent ID: 6330980
Filing Date: 2001-12-18
Classification: F24D,Y02B

Abstract:
In a hydronic heating system including a heating element that is a length of tubing that conducts water mounted in a wall, floor or ceiling of an area heated by said system against a radiating metal plate, two spaced apart boards for holding said metal plate and providing an elongated space for holding said length of tubing adjacent said plate, said tubing being inserted into said space against said plate, the improvement comprising:(a) said metal plate is provided in two separate pieces, each of which is attached to an edge of one of said spaced apart boards,(b) said two separate pieces provide a metal groove that projects into said elongated space and(c) said metal groove accommodates the insertion therein of said tubing from one side thereof so that the tubing is held therein in intimate thermal contact with said plate metal,(d) whereby said plate is heated by conduction of heat from said tubing and radiates heat to said area.