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Textile or fabric and method of production

  • US 4,814,585 A
  • Filed: 02/13/1987
  • Issued: 03/21/1989
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/15/1985
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A surface heating textile material for heating floors of rooms and the like comprising:

  • a sheet of fabric having a first end portion, a second end portion, a first side portion, and a second side portion,an electrical heat-producing conductor wire embedded in the sheet of fabric,the conductor wire extending in a series of uninterrupted undulations from its first end portion located at the first end portion of the sheet of fabric to its second end portion located at the second end portion of the sheet of fabric,a first electrical contact lead at the first end portion of the conductor wire,a second electrical contact lead at the second end portion of the conductor wire, andfabric portions between each undulation of the conductor wire allowing for unimpeded cutting of the fabric without severing the conductor wire and disrupting the flow of electric current through the conductor wire from the first end portion of the conductor wire to the second end portion of the conductor wire creating a first subsection (32) of the fabric connected to a second subsection (30) of the fabric by the conductor wire (2), and allowing for the second subsection (30) of fabric to be angled and properly aligned with respect to the first subsection (32) of the fabric to conform with the contours with the room, as required.

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