Patent ID: 7275698

Claim:
An installation kit for use in installing a heating system for a building, said heating system comprising a plurality of heating circuits throughout the building for distributing heat from a fluid medium in a plurality of building zones, and a boiler arranged on a floor of the building for heating the fluid medium, said boiler having an inlet port and an outlet port for said fluid medium, said kit comprising, in combination: (a) an inlet manifold having a plurality of inlet pipes for receipt of the fluid medium from said plurality of heating circuits in the building and a single outlet pipe for connection to said inlet port of the boiler; (b) an outlet manifold having a plurality of outlet pipes for presenting the fluid medium to said plurality of heating circuits and a single inlet pipe for connection to said outlet port of the boiler; (c) two vertical pipe braces adapted for vertical arrangement to support said manifolds in an elevated position above the building floor, each first pipe brace including a lower pipe and an upper pipe for arrangement on a common vertical axis, a lower pipe connector connecting an upper end of said lower pipe to a lower end of said upper pipe together and an upper pipe connector connected to an upper end of said upper pipe, said lower and upper pipe connectors each comprising a plurality of pipe stubs including first and second axially aligned pipe stubs for insertion of said lower and upper pipes, respectively, and third and fourth pipe stubs extending perpendicular to said first and second pipe stubs and extending at a 90° angle with respect to each other; (d) two long horizontal pipe braces of equal length and adapted for connecting said two vertical pipe braces together via said lower pipe connectors and said upper pipe connectors, respectively, said horizontal pipe braces being adapted for insertion into said third pipe stubs of said respective pipe connectors; (e) four short horizontal pipe braces, each adapted for insertion into one of said fourth pipe stubs for support of one of said manifolds; (f) four pipe clevises, each adapted to hold one of said manifolds to one of said four horizontal pipe braces; wherein the pipe braces may be connected together on site of the heating system installation to provide a framework for attachment and support of said inlet and outlet manifolds, as well as further components of the heating system.