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US 2024/0200878 A1Published application
Attachment means and heat transfer plate
AssigneeAlfa Laval Corporate AB
InventorJenny RASMUSSEN
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AssigneeAlfa Laval Corporate AB
InventorJenny RASMUSSEN
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To fasten a gasket to a heat transfer plate, an attachment device includes a connection member, a first finger, a second finger and a bridge. A first connection part of the connection member is arranged to engage with the gasket and a second connection part of the connection member engages with the bridge. A connection part of the first finger engages with the bridge and a connection part of the second finger engages with the bridge. The first and second fingers are arranged to extend from the bridge towards the gasket. The connection member extends between the first and second fingers. The connection member includes a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width. The second portion is arranged closer to the bridge than the first portion, and the second width is smaller than the first width.
An attachment device for fastening a gasket to a heat transfer plate, comprising a connection member, a first finger, a second finger and a bridge, a first connection part of the connection member being arranged to engage with the gasket, a second connection part of the connection member engaging with the bridge, a connection part of the first finger engaging with the bridge, a connection part of the second finger engaging with the bridge, the first and second fingers being arranged to extend from the bridge towards the gasket, and the connection member extending between the first and second fingers, the connection member comprising a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width, the second portion being arranged closer to the bridge than the first portion, and the second width being smaller than the first width.
A heat transfer plate comprising, on a first side thereof, a gasket groove extending along an edge of the heat transfer plate an edge portion of the heat transfer plate extending between the edge and the gasket groove and being corrugated so as to comprise alternately arranged ridges and valleys as seen from the first side of the heat transfer plate, the edge portion comprising a gasket fastening area arranged to engage with an attachment device for fastening a gasket in the gasket groove, the gasket fastening area comprising a first one of the valleys and first and second ones of the ridges, the first and second ridges being arranged on opposite sides of the first valley, the first valley comprising a first portion with a first width and a second portion with a second width, the second portion being arranged closer to the edge than the first portion, and the second width being smaller than the first width.
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