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US 12,000,622 B2Granted
Electric fluid flow heater with stabilisation brace
AssigneeKanthal AB
InventorsStefan Schatz, Markus Mann
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Abstract
An electric heater to heat a flow of a fluid having a jacket block comprising a plurality of longitudinal bores to allow the through-flow of a gas phase medium. An elongate heating element extends through each of the bores that together with the jacket block define a heating assembly to heat the gas. The heating assembly is positionally stabilised within the electric heater via at least one brace configured to inhibit undesirable independent axial and/or lateral movement of the heating assembly within the electric heater.
Claims19
An electric heater to heat a flow of a fluid, comprising:
- at least one axially elongate jacket element defining an axially elongate jacket block having first and second lengthwise ends;
- a plurality of longitudinal bores or channels extending internally through the jacket block and being open at each of the respective first and second lengthwise ends;
- at least one heating element extending axially through the bores or channels, the at least one heating element and the jacket block forming a heating assembly;
- a casing positioned to at least partially surround the heating assembly,
- wherein at least one brace is connected to or projecting from the casing to contact the jacket block to inhibit axial and/or lateral movement of the jacket block relative to the casing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.