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  4. /Y10S · Technical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  5. /Y10S 165/00 · Heat exchange
  6. /Y10S 165/163 · Including a means to form fluid film on heat transfer surface
  7. /Y10S 165/168 · Film formed on interior surface of container or pipe
  8. /Y10S 165/169 · Inside of vertical pipe
  9. /Y10S 165/17
Y10S 165/17

Distributor "cap" mounted in top end of pipe

Y10S165/17 (Distributor "cap" mounted in top end of pipe) appears on 7 US grants and 0 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. YGeneral tagging of new technological developments
  2. Y10Technical subjects covered by former uspc
  3. Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests
  4. Y10S 165/00Heat exchange
  5. Y10S 165/163Including a means to form fluid film on heat transfer surface
  6. Y10S 165/168Film formed on interior surface of container or pipe
  7. Y10S 165/169Inside of vertical pipe
  8. Y10S 165/17Distributor "cap" mounted in top end of pipe
Granted patents
7
Published applications
0
Assignees
4
Inventors
10
Latest grant
12 Jun 1990

Filings by year

Granted patentsPublished applications
Y10S 165/17: granted patents and published applications per publication year
YearGranted patentsPublished applications
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197919801981198219831984198519861987198819891990

By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Vertical falling film multi-tube heat exchanger12 Jun 1990US 4,932,468 AE. L. Nickell Co., Inc.
  • Tube-type heat exchanger and liquid distributor head therefor18 Jul 1989US 4,848,447 A
  • Heat exchanger with thin-film evaporator24 Jan 1989US 4,799,542 A
  • Falling film heat exchanger with film forming members25 Feb 1986US 4,572,287 AChicago Bridge & Iron Company
  • Falling film heat exchanger6 Aug 1985US 4,532,985 AChicago Bridge & Iron Company

No published applications in this class yet.

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Fluid distributor for condenser tubes32US 4,248,296 AResources Conservation, Inc. · 1981
  • Falling film heat exchanger with film forming members24US 4,572,287 AChicago Bridge & Iron Company · 1986
  • Falling film heat exchanger23US 4,532,985 AChicago Bridge & Iron Company · 1985
  • Heat exchanger with thin-film evaporator20US 4,799,542 A1989
  • Vertical falling film multi-tube heat exchanger16US 4,932,468 AE. L. Nickell Co., Inc. · 1990

Top assignees

Documents
  • CBChicago Bridge & Iron Company2
  • Commissariat A L' Energie Atomique1
  • ELE. L. Nickell Co., Inc.1
  • RCResources Conservation, Inc.1

Often classified with

  • F28DHeat-exchange apparatus, not provided for in another subclass, in which the heat-exchange7
  • B01DSeparation2
  • C02FTreatment of water, waste water, sewage, or sludge1
  • F28BSteam or vapour condensers1
  • F28FDetails of heat-exchange and heat-transfer apparatus, of general application1
  • Y02ATechnologies for adaptation to climate change1

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