Plate heat exchanger
AssigneeAlfa-Laval AB
InventorKarl B. V. Johansson
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Abstract
Each plate of the heat exchanger has the usual groove for receiving a gasket; but the latter is secured to the plate at fastening points spaced from each other and located outside the sealing area defined by the groove.
Claims8
In combination with a heat exchange plate having a pressed groove defining a sealing area, a gasket having a part adapted to seal in said groove, the gasket being adapted to seal against an adjacent heat exchange plate to define a heat exchange area of each plate, the gasket having fastening points spaced from each other and located outside the sealing area defined by said groove, and means for securing the gasket to the plate at said fastening points.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.