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US 4,383,575 AGranted
Baseboard heat reflector
AssigneeThe Stanley Works
InventorLouis G. Bobrowski
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Abstract
A multilayer heat insulating and reflecting strip is adapted to fit a baseboard heater behind and below the lengthwise extending heating element. An adhesive means along one edge secures the strip in place. The strip can be a laminate of polyvinylchloride foam and aluminum foil.
Claims6
In a heat reflector and insulator for a baseboard heater of the kind including an elongate heating element and an enclosure at least partially enclosing the heating element;
- the improvement including an elongate strip of multilayer material for positioning behind and below the heating element, said strip having a width corresponding to a distance above the heating element location in the enclosure plus at least a portion of the width of enclosure below the heating element, said strip being sufficiently flexible to wrap partly around the heating element behind and below the heating element, said strip having a layer of foam insulating material for location facing away from the heating element and a layer of reflective foil for location facing the heating element and for reflecting heat therefrom upwards and outward towards a room to be heated, said foam layer serving to at least partly prevent passage of heat to adjacent wall and floor behind and below the heating element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.