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US 3,989,104 AGranted
Condenser inserts
AssigneeBorg-Warner Corporation
InventorAlwin B. Newton
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Abstract
An improved insert for a vertical tube condenser comprising a trunk having a plurality of upward extending branches of different lengths formed to have a dense uniform pattern of pick-off points over the tube surface so as to effectively pick-off, by capillary action, the great part of the condensate and to maintain a relatively thin average thickness of condensate on the surface.
Claims3
In combination with a vertical condensing tube of the type where condensate is formed on the interior surface of the tube, the improved insert comprising:
- a trunk member, and
- a plurality of bristle-like branches attached to the trunk and having differing effective lengths so as to contact the interior surface of the tube in a dense essentially uniform array of pick-up points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.