Patent ID: 6609664
Filing Date: 2003-08-26
Classification: F24D,F28D,F28F

Abstract:
A heating panel system for allowing a user to provide heat to a room in a safe and efficient manner comprising, in combination:a heating element comprising a cylindrical hot water or steam pipe or electrically resistive-metal rod in a linear configuration or a â€œUâ€  shaped configuration and fabricated of a rigid heat conductive metallic material with an external surface with circular, triangular, square or cross section of any shape, the pipe having an input end and an output end for allowing the passage of hot water or steam through the internal cross section of the pipe, or passage of electric current through the electrically resistive metal rod; a plurality of similarly configured rigid fins fabricated of a heat conductive metallic material in a generally truncated teardrop configuration with each fin having an aperture located at the approximate midpoint or below midpoint of the fin, each fin aperture having an internal surface sufficient to allow each fin to be snugly slipped over the hot water or steam pipe or electrically resistive rod, each fin having flat interior edges adapted to support an interior cover plate and flat exterior edges adapted to support an exterior cover plate; a pair of cover plates with an interior cover plate and an exterior cover plate being fabricated of a rigid heat conductive metallic material, each cover plate having a generally rectilinear configuration, with the exterior cover plate being coupled to the exterior edges of the fins and thereby oriented toward a room interior away from an adjacent wall and the interior cover plate being coupled to the interior edges of the fins and thereby oriented toward the adjacent wall of a room, the interior surface and exterior surface being at an angle with respect to each other to form inlet openings of an enlarged size beneath the pipe and outlet openings of a reduced size above the pipes to thereby increase the flow of heated air across the pipe due to the venturi configuration of the design; and a heating liquid source having an inflow and an outflow and being configured to be easily connected to the pipe, thereby providing a source of heated fluid for the system, or the electrical connections are configured to be easily accessible thereby providing a source of electric power for the electric heating rod to produce heat for the system.