Anchor plate for fastening inlet and outlet branches of an evaporator

An anchor plate for simultaneously fastening an inlet branch and an outlet branch of an evaporator of an air conditioning installation to an expansion chamber of the same installation, where the two said branches are substantially horizontal and arranged one above the other, with each said branch having a bead for engagement by the anchor plate thereon in order to compress a sealing element between the bead and a receiving surface of the expansion chamber, the anchor plate comprising an elongated plate having means for engaging gripping means adapted to secure the anchor plate to the expansion chamber whereby to cause the former to be urged towards the expansion chamber, the said plate having two slots extending through its thickness and being open at respective opposite ends of the plate, with each said slot being configured so as to receive a respective one of the said branches, wherein each said slot has a semi-circular base portion adapted to the circumference of the corresponding said branch, with at least a first said slot defining an aperture extending between the corresponding end of the plate and the semi-circular base portion of the same slot, the said aperture having parallel edges which are substantially tangential to the base portion, with the said edges being inclined with respect to a plane containing the geometrical centre of the two semi-circular base portions.