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US 2015/0204619 A1Published application
Baseboard Heater Heat Transfer Fin Replacement System
OwnerRobert Sean Rapicanoinventor
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Abstract
A system for the replacement of heat transfer fins in hot-water baseboard heating is disclosed. The system includes two portions of semi-circular copper tubing. Replacement heat transfer fins are attached to the outer periphery of the semi-circular copper tubing. Two such portions are mounted over the existing water tubing and joined to each other by mechanical means and to an existing water tubing.
Claims5
A hot water heating baseboard fin replacement system comprising:
- a. a first tubing portion;
- b. a second tubing portion;
- c. heat transfer fins secured to the outer periphery of the first tubing portion and the second tubing portion;
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- d. means for attaching the first tubing portion to the second tubing portion;
- wherein the first tithing portion and the second tubing portion when joined together form a unitary structure around the periphery of a hot water pipe in a baseboard heating.
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A method for replacing the heat transfer fins in a baseboard hot water system comprising the following steps:
- a. removing the existing heat transfer fins from existing hot water tubing without draining hot water from the tubing;
- b. attaching heat transfer fins to an outer periphery of two semi-circular portions of copper tubing;
- c. placing the two semi-circular portions of water tubing around the existing hot water tubing;
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- d. joining the two semi-circular portions of water tubing to form a unitary structure around the existing water tubing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.