MODULAR PANEL HEATER HAVING IMPROVED HOLDER DEVICES

摘要

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSUREA shaped mounting module for a liquid-type panelheating system is provided on which a heater pipe is mountedby means of discrete holder devices. In one embodiment,the panel is provided with a grid of flanges for supportingthe heater pipe above the surface of the panel. In anotherembodiment, the panel is provided with a plurality ofprotrusions having their upper surfaces approximately levelwith the top of the mounted heater pipe to form a pluralityof intersecting channels through which the heater pipe passes.Each of the holder devices has a plurality of opposite pairedaxially symmetrical openings formed by a plurality of axialsymmetrical fingers having recesses therebetween. The heaterpipe is either pressed into or passed through a selected pairof openings during assembly of the heating system. The holderdevices are affixed to the panel either during the panelforming process or by adhesive bonding of the base intocircular depressions on the panel during assembly of theheating system.-1-