US 4,308,448 AGranted

Heating cable with a specific heating capacity

OwnerHeinz von der Beck, Volker Dietzinventors

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Abstract

A heater cable with coaxial inner and outer conductors and an intermediately disposed resistance heater. The heater is spaced from the inner conductor by radially extending alternating conductive and non-conductive separators with current being delivered to the heater by the conductive separators. The heater is deformed so as to contact the outer conductor at spaced locations to thereby define plural parallel heating circuits.

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An electric heating cable comprising:

inner electrical conductor means, said inner electrical conductor means having an axis;
a plurality of electrically conductive spacer means axially mounted on and in electrical contact with said inner electrical conductor means, each of said spacer means extending outwardly from said inner electrical conductor means and at least in part lying in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said inner electrical conductor means at the point of said contact between said inner electrical conductor means and each of said conductive spacer means;
a plurality of electrically non-conductive spacer means axially mounted on said inner electrical conductor means, said non-conductive spacer means alternating with said conductive spacer means along said inner electrical conductive means, each of said non-conductive spacer means extending outwardly from said inner electrical conductor means and at least in part lying in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said inner electrical conductor means at the point of contact between said inner electrical conductor means and each of said non-conductive spacer means, at least a portion of each of said non-conductive spacer means extending outwardly from said inner electrical conductor means a greater distance than the adjacent of said conductive spacer means;
electrically conductive heater means positioned coaxially of said inner electrical conductor means, said heater means being supported on said conductive and said non-conductive spacer means whereby current may flow between said inner electrical conductor means and said heater means via said conductive spacer means, said conductive and said non-conductive spacer means separating said heater means from said inner electrical conductor means;
electrically conductive casing means, said casing means being coaxial with said inner electrical conductor means and said heater means;
and
a first layer of insulating material separating said heater means and said casing means, electrical contact being established between said heater means and said casing means through said first insulating layer by pressure of said outwardly extended portions of said non-conductive spacer means on a portion of said electrical heating means.

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Abstract

An electric heating cable comprising:

inner electrical conductor means, said inner electrical conductor means having an axis;
a plurality of electrically conductive spacer means axially mounted on and in electrical contact with said inner electrical conductor means, each of said spacer means extending outwardly from said inner electrical conductor means and at least in part lying in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said inner electrical conductor means at the point of said contact between said inner electrical conductor means and each of said conductive spacer means;
a plurality of electrically non-conductive spacer means axially mounted on said inner electrical conductor means, said non-conductive spacer means alternating with said conductive spacer means along said inner electrical conductive means, each of said non-conductive spacer means extending outwardly from said inner electrical conductor means and at least in part lying in a plane which is substantially perpendicular to the axis of said inner electrical conductor means at the point of contact between said inner electrical conductor means and each of said non-conductive spacer means, at least a portion of each of said non-conductive spacer means extending outwardly from said inner electrical conductor means a greater distance than the adjacent of said conductive spacer means;
electrically conductive heater means positioned coaxially of said inner electrical conductor means, said heater means being supported on said conductive and said non-conductive spacer means whereby current may flow between said inner electrical conductor means and said heater means via said conductive spacer means, said conductive and said non-conductive spacer means separating said heater means from said inner electrical conductor means;
electrically conductive casing means, said casing means being coaxial with said inner electrical conductor means and said heater means;
and
a first layer of insulating material separating said heater means and said casing means, electrical contact being established between said heater means and said casing means through said first insulating layer by pressure of said outwardly extended portions of said non-conductive spacer means on a portion of said electrical heating means.

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