Baseboard heating apparatus
OwnerWilliam Montague JR.inventor
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Abstract
A baseboard heating apparatus includes housing sections that may be connected together and mounted to a mount, such as a plurality of brackets. A portion of a housing may be elastically deformed to engage the housing with a mount. The housing may be pivotally mounted to a mount at a position near a wall or other surface to allow the housing to be rotated open and allow access to the interior of the housing. A bracket may have a lower portion that both supports a heat exchanger and engages with a housing. A connector for interconnecting housing sections may have a groove into which a housing section is inserted.
Claims34
A baseboard heater housing apparatus for enclosing a heat exchanger in a space intended to be occupied by humans, comprising:
- a housing section connector including at least one groove that receives an end of an exterior housing section to at least partially cover a gap between the exterior housing section and another exterior housing section, the groove being formed between opposing sidewalls and having a depth, the groove arranged to receive the end of the exterior housing section inserted in a direction substantially along the depth of the groove.
A baseboard heater housing apparatus for enclosing a heat exchanger in a space intended to be occupied by humans, comprising:
- a housing section endcap including a portion with at least one groove that receives an end of an exterior housing section to at least partially enclose a heater housing, the groove being formed between opposing sidewalls and having a depth, the groove arranged to receive the end of the exterior housing section inserted in a direction substantially along the depth of the groove.
A baseboard heater housing apparatus comprising:
- a housing section connector comprising a resilient plastic material formed to have a portion with a shape that closely approximates at least a portion of a contour of an exterior baseboard heater housing section, the resilient material having a groove that receives and frictionally engages with an end of the exterior baseboard heater housing section to at least partially cover a gap between the exterior housing section and another exterior housing section.
A method for connecting housing sections in a baseboard heating apparatus, comprising:
- providing a housing section connector including at least one groove being formed between opposing sidewalls and having a depth, the housing section connector for at least partially covering a gap between exterior housing sections;
- providing a housing section having an end;
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- inserting the end of the housing section into the at least one groove of the housing section connector in a direction substantially along the depth of the groove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.