Roof de-icing system
OwnerRicky R. Dupuisinventor
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Abstract
A roof de-icing system has a plurality of heating units connected in parallel to a common power source. The heating units can include one or more heating panels positioned along the lower edge of a roof, valley heating panels which extend along valleys of the roof, gutter heating panels which extend along the bottoms of gutters secured proximate a lower edge of the roof, and heating strips which extend along a roof below the drip line of a second higher roof. Each of the heating units has an indica to indicate a failure of that unit.
Claims27
A roof de-icing system comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of heating units attachable to a roof, each of the heating units being connected in parallel to a power source;
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- a plurality of indicators, each being operatively connectable to a corresponding one of the plurality of heating units to indicate a failure of that respective unit with each indicator located on the roof soffit, separate from, but in close proximity to the corresponding heating unit and visible from the ground.
A roof de-icing system comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of heating panels attachable to a roof, each of the heating panels being connected in parallel to a power source;
- a plurality of indicators, each being operatively connected with a corresponding one of the plurality of heating panels to indicate a failure of that respective panel unit with each indicator located on the roof soffit, separate from, but in close proximity to the corresponding heating unit and visible from the ground;
- and a valley heating panel attachable to a valley of the roof and connected to the power source in parallel with the plurality of heating panels.
A roof de-icing system comprising, in combination:
- a plurality of heating units, the heating units comprising any number of heating panels, valley heating panels, gutter heating panels, and heating strips;
- a power source, each heating unit being connected in parallel to the power source;
- and a plurality of indicators, each indicator operatively connected to one of the plurality of heating units to indicate a failure of that respective heating unit unit with each indicator located on the roof soffit, separate from, but in close proximity to the corresponding heating unit and visible from the ground.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.