Stone Surface Heater and Methods of Installation
OwnerJahn Jeffery Stopperaninventor
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Abstract
A system for heating a countertop includes a heater comprising a plastic film having a patterned heating element disposed thereon, the patterned heating element defining a resistive path on the plastic film shaped to provide closely-spaced heating traces and shaped to be affixed to an underside of the countertop. The system also includes a control unit electrically connectable to the heating element via a wire, the control unit configured to deliver a direct current signal having a predetermined voltage level to the heating element according to a user selectable power level.
Claims20
A system for heating a countertop, the system comprising:
- a. a heater comprising a plastic film having a patterned heating element disposed thereon, the patterned heating element defining a resistive path on the plastic film shaped to provide closely-spaced heating traces and shaped to be affixed to an underside of the countertop;
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- b. a control unit electrically connectable to the heating element via a wire, the control unit configured to deliver a direct current signal having a predetermined voltage level to the heating element according to a user selectable power level.
A heating system for a countertop, the heating system comprising:
- a. a heater comprising a plastic film having a patterned heating element disposed thereon, the patterned heating element defining a resistive path on the plastic film shaped to provide closely-spaced heating traces, the heater installed on an underside of a countertop;
- b. a control unit electrically connected to the heating element, the control unit configured to deliver a direct current signal having a predetermined voltage level to the heating element according to a user selectable power level, the user-selectable power level defining a duty cycle for delivering the direct current signal to the heating element at the predetermined voltage;
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- c. a wire extending from the heater to the control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.