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US 10,208,979 B2Granted
Planar plate core and method of assembly
AssigneeAiria Leasing inc.
InventorsPeter Karl Grinbergs, William Kwan, Gerard Reiger
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Abstract
An apparatus includes a core configured for use in an energy exchanger. The core includes a plurality of stacked and spaced planar plate pairs including a top plate and a bottom plate to support fluid flow of a first fluid flow and a second fluid flow. A plurality of dimples is provided by instances of the plate pairs. The plurality of dimples are arranged to generate substantially counter current flow between the first fluid flow and the second fluid flow.
Claims3
A method of joining a plurality of planar plate pairs used in a core, the method comprising:
- folding edges of two planar plates together to produce a seam that operatively locks the two planar plates together to form a pair of planar plates;
- placing another pair of planar plates on top of the pair of planar plates;
- applying an adhesive by a glue gun between the seams of the pair of planar plates and the another pair of planar plates, the adhesive being a hot melt which when cooled forms a structure to act as a spacer between each pair of planar plates to retain the plurality of planar plate pairs together in a stacked and spaced arrangement;
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- repeating placing and applying the adhesive with additional pairs of planar plates to form the plurality of stacked and spaced planar plate pairs, where the hot melt is applied to consecutive pairs of planar plates so as to form a connected column of hot melt on the plurality of stacked and spaced planar plate pairs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.