Serpentine fin heat exchanger
AssigneeModine Manufacturing Company
InventorsRobert C. Verhaeghe, Homer D. Huggins
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Abstract
A method of assembling a heat exchanger having spaced fluid flow tubes and a normally flexible serpentine fin in each of the spaces between adjacent tubes in which the normally flexible fin is first assembled in a rigid, easy to handle unit by first attaching a heat conducting, elongated, rigid member to each set of serpentine crests on opposite sides of the fin to produce the relatively inflexible assembly in which the serpentine fin is held by the rigid members against bending followed by inserting each assembly between adjacent tubes and securing the assembly to the tubes. The disclosure also includes the heat exchanger assembled in this manner.
Claims11
A heat exchanger, comprising:
- spaced tubes for a first heat exchange fluid;
- a rigid assembly comprising a serpentine fin of thin and flexible heat conducting metal having opposite sets of crests attached in heat exchange contact with an adjacent pair of said tubes and extending across the space between said tubes for contact with a second heat exchange fluid;
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- an elongated, heat conducting, rigid member in addition to said tubes attached to each said set of crests.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.