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Expanded metal electric heating element with edge support

US4292504A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 2, 1979
Grant dateSep 29, 1981
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Expiry dateOct 2, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B3/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electric resistance heating unit in which the heating element is a thin, foil-like strip of expanded metal supported on edge substantially along its entire length on a board of insulating material. The heating element is formed in a serpentine pattern, and its bottom edge is embedded in a similar serpentine groove in the upper surface of a ceramic fiberboard and cemented therein.

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