Sealed joint between a basin and a cover plate
AssigneeValeo
InventorPatrick Cadars
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Abstract
A sealed joint between a basin (21) and a plate (43) as in the construction of a heat exchanger tank. The basin has a rim with an outwardly directed flange (23), and the plate has a rim including a U-shaped channel (42) to receive the flange together with a gasket (65). The gasket comprises at least a fillet which is suitable for being elastically deformed by being compressed between the flange and the channel to fill the space therebetween. The portion (100) of the fillet which faces the flanges is narrower than the portion (100') of the fillet which faces the channel by virtue of at least one setback (104) in the fillet between said portions thereof.
Claims14
A sealed joint between a basin and a plate, such as may be used in the construction of a heat exchanger tank, said basin having a rim with an outwardly directed flange, and said plate having a rim including a U-shaped channel to receive said flange together with a gasket, said gasket comprising at least a fillet suitable for being elastically deformed by being compressed between said flange and said channel to fill the space therebetween, the improvement wherein the portion of the fillet facing the flange is narrower than the portion of the fillet facing the channel by virtue of at least one set-back in the fillet between said portions thereof and said set-back is in the form of a ledge in the surface of the fillet, said ledge facing said basin flange.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.