US3289751A - Baseboard radiation - Google Patents

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Dec. 1966 1.. A. DE BIASE BASEBOARD RADIATION Filed Oct. 26, 1964 FIG.3

INVFN TOR LOUlS A DEBlASE United States Patent 3,289,751 BASEBOARD RADIATION Louis A. De Biase, 131 Main St., Warren, RJ. Filed Oct. 26, 1964, Ser. No. 406,289 2 Claims. (Cl. 165-55) This invention relates to heat exchanges broadly and more particularly to baseboard form of radiation.

The main object of the invention is to provide a baseboard radiator consisting of the usual pan type of housing and to provide a means to facilitate the installation of said radiation within a building.

Another object of the invention is to provide a baseboard radiation device which will completely eliminate drafts from the floor level through the stud area of a frame house.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide a foot for a pan type structure baseboard radiation which can be automatically set to a predetermined height above the subfiooring and which also will readily accommodate angular variations in the floor relative to the baseboard radiation run.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an interlocking structure of baseboard radiation and floormg.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of contsruction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a portion of the new baseboard radiation in fragmentary form;

FIG. 2 is "a vertical section of the new radiation with the radiator fastened to a frame type building and the sub and finished floor being in place; and

FIG. 3 is a fragmentary view with parts broken away illustrating the manner in which a section of baseboard radiation constructed in accordance with this invention may be installed horizontally relative to an angularly extending floor.

Referring now to the drawings, the baseboard radiation comprises a housing 10, which is made from sheet metal, having a rear wall 11 which at the top thereof extends forwardly tand rearwardly as at 12 so as to form a top cap. In the particular example shown the rear wall 11 has portions struck inwardly therefrom as at 13 and 14 fashioned whereby hanger brackets generally designated 15 may be received therein. These hanger brackets are integral plate like formation having forwardly extending portions which serve to support radiation generally designated 16 in the form of fin tubing or the like. Additionally the forwardly extending portions of these brackets 15 have nose portions as at 16' and 16" which serve to receive :a finish or cover plate 17 in snapping relationship therewith. The rear wall 11 provided at spaced locations with a number of generally vertically oriented apertures 18, 18' through which a pan head screw may pass and engage an L-shaped lower pan 20, which has an integral vertical wall portion 21 anda foot or base portion 22.

For purposes of illustration, there is shown in FIG. 2 a portion of a normal frame type building structure which includes vertical studs or framing 25, a subfloor 26, a finished fioor 27 and a fire stop 28. In buildings which are being erected, that is now construction, it is the practice to install radiation of the baseboard type in the building before any finish work is done. That is to say, the baseboard radiation will be installed when the house is completely framed at which point the subfloor will be in place. Depending upon the type of finish floor to be placed in the building, it is necessary for the heating contractor to install the baseboard radiation a certain 3,289,751 Patented Dec. 6, 1966 distance above the subfloor. For example, for a wood finish floor the distance above the subfloor will be A of an inch while for ceramic tile the distance will be 1% inches. Certain other variations are also common in the building trade and apply to such other materials as asphalt and/or vinyl tile flooring including linoleum or the like, Where the distances are much less.

It will be readily apparent, therefore, that to install baseboard radiation in an unfinished or new construction building, will mean that the heating contractor will have to space his baseboard radiation a certain distance above the subfioor so that the finish floor may be placed thereon and effectively be placed under the inwardly turned lip of the rear vertical wall, which occurs as at 30 (see FIG. 2). To achieve these distances, it requires that spacer blocks or other means be used to maintain accurate spacing at which point the radiation pan or vertical wall structure may be anchored to the framing or studs by screws, nails or other suitable fastening means. At this point in construction when outside walls have radiation installed it is necessary for the carpenter crew to come around and close olf the space below the baseboard radiation so that fire stops such as shown at 28 in FIG. 2 may be placed between each of the joists and terminating at the foundation or sill upon which the joists lie. This is done first by providing blocking plates 29 between the joists under the subfloor and then firring underneath the baseboard radiation. After the fire stop is in place and the concrete set, the firring must then be removed. As can be readily recognized, this is a time consuming project. The instant invention, however, eliminates the need for the firring operation as the pan 20 provides a complete close off of the area beneath the main vertical wall 11 of the baseboard radiation, which pan rests upon the subfloor and extends vertically a sufiicient distance behind the vertical wall 11 so as to completely close off the area. This further provides a tight seal between the lower edge of the baseboard radiation and the subfioor to completely prevent any creation of drafts being fiormed from the interior room of the building up through the area between the outer wall and the inner wall, that is the area between the frames or studs: of the building. This is a situation that often creates itself particularly when finished floors do not tightly engage the lower edge of the baseboard radiation at the lip 30 or after the finished floor has shrunk from its original position thus leaving an area exposed that leads directly into the wall area between the studs.

In many constructional jobs, particularly in old buildings or in entrance hallways of commercial buildings, the floor is angled to the level horizontal for either drainage in a commercial entry or in an old building this angle situation is created by sagging framing of the building, thus making it difficult to install baseboard radiation to such an old structure. With use of the instant invention, the support pain 26 is made in a number of sections along a length of baseboard radiation as shown in FIG. 3 so that individual adjustment of each section can readily be had. It has been found practical to make the individual lengths on the order of approximately two feet and in this way all types of irregularities can be easily accommodated. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, a concrete and/or terrazo type of floor 40 has been illustrated which extends at an angle to the horizontal a decreasing height being found at'the right of the drawing sheet. Accommodating this angular variation, the pans 20, 20', 20 may be readily cocked relative to the main vertical wall of the radiation. 'lo accommodate the large tangles, it is merely necessary to punch another hole for the self tapping screw 19 in the portion 21 of the pan thus showing the ease with which the invention may be used in practice.

Iclaim:

1. In a baseboard nadiator employing radiation means, a housing for the radiation means including a vertical Wall section, means for attaching said radiation means to said wall section, pan means extending below said wall section, said pan means having a foot portion adapted to engage a subfioor of a building, said pan means being detachably secured to said Wall portion of said baseboard radiation.

2. A combination was in claim 1 wherein said pan means comprises a plurality of sections, each section having a unitary vertical Wall abutting the adjacent Wall in edgeto-edge relationship.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS Murray et a1. 165-55 Kern 52--288 Arnold 16555 Haag et a1. 52-287 Nelson 16555 X Knoll et a1. 16555 X 10 ROBERT A. OLEARY, Primal Examiner.

A. DAVIS, Assistant Examiner.

Claims (1)

1. IN A BASEBOARD RADIATOR EMPLOYING RADIATION MEANS, A HOUSING FOR THE RADIATION MEANS INCLUDING A VERTICAL WALL SECTION, MEANS FOR ATTACHING SAID RADIATION MEANS TO SAID WALL SECTION, PAN MEANS EXTENDING BELOW SAID WALL SECTION, SAID PAN MEANS HAVING A FOOT PORTION ADAPTED TO ENGAGE A SUBFLOOR OF A BUILDING, SAID PAN MEANS BEING DETACHABLY SECURED TO SAID WALL PORTION OF SAID BASEBOARD RADIATION.

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