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US 6,250,377 B1Granted
Engine radiator having an air control hood
AssigneeDetroit Diesel Corporation
InventorAlbert W. Gyenese, Jr.
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Abstract
An engine radiator of the coolant downflow type can be equipped with an internal hood structure at the mouth of the radiator exit flow passage, to prevent air entrainment with the downflowing coolant.
Claims3
A radiator for an engine comprising:
- the radiator shell that includes an upper coolant tank, a lower coolant tank, and plural finned heat exchanged tubes extending from the upper tank to the lower tank;
- said radiator having a central vertical axis;
- said lower tank comprising a bottom wall and two upstanding side walls;
- a coolant exit passage means extending angularly downwardly from said tank bottom wall at an acute angle to said central vertical axis;
- said exit passage means being offset an appreciable distance from the radiator central axis;
- and a hood overlying said exit passage means within the lower tank, said hood equipped with a top wall spaced above the tank bottom wall, and a single side opening facing the radiator central axis, whereby air in the upper tank is prevented from having a linear path to said passage means.
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