Device for locating a layer of tubes in an enclosure
AssigneeCreusot-Loire
InventorRene Bovagne
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Abstract
A layer of tubes is located in an enclosure using a device comprising a pair of parallel strips arranged one on each side of the layer of tubes in a plane transverse to the axes of the tubes, the strips being connected together by tongues which extend from a respective strip towards the other strip, the tongues being inclined to the strips and adjacent tongues of each strip being inclined in opposite directions.
Claims8
An assembly comprising a layer of tubes, said tubes being substantially parallel over at least part of their length and means for locating said tubes, said means comprising a pair of parallel strips arranged one on each side of the layer of tubes in a plane transverse to the axes of the tubes, means connecting said pair of strips together including a plurality of tube-locating tongues which extend from each of said strips towards the other of said strips, said tongues being inclined relative to said strips, adjacent tongues of each strip being inclined in opposite directions such that each tube is engaged by four tongues, said tongues of said strips being connected together to locate said tubes between said strips and connect said strips together.
A method of locating a plurality of layers of tubes in an enclosure comprising forming strips with tube locating tongues bent from said strips along the length of the strips, said tongues being bent in two superposed rows in each strip with the strips in one row being bent in one direction of inclination from the strip and the tongues in the other row being bent in the other direction of inclination from the strip, fixing one strip to the wall of the enclosure, positioning a first layer of tubes in spaces between adjacent tongues in the two rows, positioning a second strip with its tongues opposed to those of the first strip and positioned over the tubes, spot welding the two sets of tongues of the two strips, spot welding a third strip to said second strip, positioning the tubes of a second layer between the tongues of the third strip, positioning a fourth strip with its tongues over the tubes of the second layer, and spot-welding the tongues of the third and fourth strips, the above steps being repeated for third and subsequent layers of tubes.
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