Plasterboard lookalike building panel radiant heater
AssigneeLaminaHeat Holding Ltd.
InventorPeter J. Sajic
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Abstract
A heating panel including a thermally conductive (e.g. metal) layer, a laminar heating element disposed over a framing-facing side of the thermally conductive layer, an insulation layer disposed over the laminar heating element, and a room-facing surface layer disposed over at least the room-facing side of the thermally conductive layer. A method for heating a room may include installing at least one heating panel on a ceiling of the room and providing power to the heating element to generate heat that radiates into the room. The panel may be part of a heating system including a controller, such as a thermostat, for regulating power to the heating panel. A plurality of heating panels or a plurality of heating zones in one or more of the panels may be independently controllable.
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A ceiling configured to provide a source of radiant heat in a room, the ceiling comprising:
- (a) at least one heating panel installed on a ceiling of the room, the heating panel exhibiting a maximum total deflection in any direction not exceeding 1 mm during a heating cycle between 20 degrees C. and 60 degrees C., the heating panel comprising:
- a thermally conductive layer comprising a steel tray having peripheral sidewalls, the thermally conductive layer having a room-facing side and a framing-facing side;
- at least one laminar heating element disposed over the framing-facing side of the thermally conductive layer;
- an insulation layer, comprising rigid polyurethane foam, disposed over the framing-facing side of the at least one laminar heating element;
- a room-facing surface layer disposed over at least the room-facing side of the thermally conductive layer;
- a protective framing-facing surface layer disposed over the insulation layer and defining at least a portion of the framing-facing surface of the panel, the protective framing-facing surface layer comprising aluminum;
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- a power cord connected to the laminar heating element;
- (b) the power cord connected to a power source via a thermostat controller;
- (c) at least one non-heating panel having a like materials of construction as the room-facing surface layer of the heating panel installed in a location adjacent the at least one heating panel, thus defining a seam between each adjacent at least one heating panel and each at least one non-heating panel;
- (d) a filler in each seam that forms a continuous ceiling layer having an overall planar configuration without the seam being visible;
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- (e) paint or a covering over the continuous ceiling layer.
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The ceiling or method of any one of the foregoing claims, wherein the at least one heating panel has a plurality of heating zones and one or more of the plurality of heating panels is independently controllable by the controller relative to control of another of the plurality of heating panels or zones.
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A method for installing providing a source of radiant heat in a room, the method comprising:
- (a) installing at least one heating panel on a ceiling of the room, the heating panel exhibiting a maximum total deflection in any direction not exceeding 1 mm during a heating cycle between 20 degrees C. and 60 degrees C., the heating panel comprising:
- a thermally conductive layer comprising a steel tray having peripheral sidewalls, the thermally conductive layer having a room-facing side and a framing-facing side;
- at least one laminar heating element disposed over the framing-facing side of the thermally conductive layer;
- an insulation layer, comprising rigid polyurethane foam, disposed over the framing-facing side of the at least one laminar heating element;
- a room-facing surface layer disposed over at least the room-facing side of the thermally conductive layer;
- a protective framing-facing surface layer disposed over the insulation layer and defining at least a portion of the framing-facing surface of the panel, the protective framing-facing surface layer comprising aluminum;
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- a power cord connected to the laminar heating element;
- (b) connecting the power cord to a power source via a thermostat controller;
- (c) installing at least one non-heating panel having a like materials of construction as the room-facing surface layer of the heating panel in a location adjacent the at least one heating panel, thus defining a seam between each adjacent at least one heating panel and each at least one non-heating panel;
- (d) filling each seam to form a continuous ceiling layer having an overall planar configuration without the seam being visible;
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- (e) applying paint over the continuous ceiling layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.