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US 4,377,203 AGranted
Radiator equipped with a centrifugal fan
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Komatsu Seisakusho
InventorKikuo Ejima
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Abstract
A centrifugal fan is disposed within a chamber encircled in part by a radiator assembly with the centrifugal fan being effective for creating an air flow outwardly through radiator cores. The radiator assembly comprises a first tank, a second tank and a plurality of tube-like cores interconnecting the first and second tanks.
Claims9
A cooling arrangement for vehicle engines, comprising:
- a centrifugal fan mounted on a vehicle for rotation about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle;
- and
- a radiator assembly mounted on said vehicle around the periphery of said fan, said radiator assembly comprising:
- a first tank arranged at one end of said fan, said first tank having an annular inner face and a substantially rectangular outer face and having further formed therein a partition wall separating said first tank into a first and a second chamber, said first chamber being connected to an inlet pipe for engine coolant and said second chamber being connected to an outlet pipe for engine coolant;
- a second tank arranged at the other end of said fan, said second tank having an annular inner face and a substantially rectangular outer face;
- and
- a plurality of tubes interconnecting said first and second tanks, each of said tubes having a plurality of fins formed thereon.
4 more elements
A cooling arrangement for vehicle engines, comprising:
- a centrifugal fan mounted on a vehicle for rotation about an axis substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of said vehicle;
- and
- a radiator assembly mounted on said vehicle around the periphery of said fan, said radiator assembly comprising:
- a first tank arranged at one end of said fan, said first tank having an annular inner face and a substantially rectangular outer face and having further formed therein a partition wall separating said first tank into a first and a second chamber in such a manner that said first chamber is radially outwardly located and said second chamber is radially inwardly located;
- said first chamber being connected to a first pipe for engine coolant and said second chamber being connected to a second pipe for engine coolant;
- a second tank arranged at the other end of said fan,
- said second tank having an annular inner face and a substantially rectangular outer face;
- and
- a plurality of tubes interconnecting said first and second tanks, each of said tubes having a plurality of fins formed thereon.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.