Exposed structure heating apparatus and methods of making and use
OwnerBrian T. Caseyinventor
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Abstract
Structure heating systems and methods of making and use. One embodiment has a unitary or integral roof edge heating element with a single heating cable mounted in a heating cable channel running laterally through the heating element and a roof edge heating panel extending from the portion of the heating element bearing the heating cable. Another embodiment includes a single heating cable mounted in a heating element surrounded by a heating element cover. Some embodiments can reduce the amount of heat transfer contact with supporting roof or adjacent structure, reducing heat transfer to the supporting roof or other adjacent structure.
Claims13
A roof edge heating apparatus mountable adjacent an edge of a roof of a building, the roof edge heating apparatus comprising in combination:
- A. a unitary heating element having a thickened outer flange and a laterally-extending thinner section extending at a 90 degree angle from the thickened outer flange and extendable laterally over a portion of the roof adjacent the roof edge;
- B. a U-shaped heating cable channel within the thickened outer flange of the unitary heating element, the heating cable channel being extendable along and adjacent the edge of the roof of the building, the channel having sidewalls and an inner end opposite the roof edge;
- C. a heating cable mountable in the heating cable channel through an open portion of the heating cable channel extendable along and adjacent the edge of the roof, the heating cable contacting the sidewalls and inner end of the heating cable channel and extendable along the edge of the roof;
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- D. a fastener passage extending through the laterally-extending heating element section, whereby the unitary heating element can be fastened to the roof adjacent the edge of the roof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.