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US 6,644,393 B2Granted
Cylindrical heat exchanger
AssigneeLaars, Inc.
InventorsJosh Roberts, Scott Rowe
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Abstract
A cylindrical heat exchanger member can be formed from multiple stacked ring shaped tubular members wherein an inlet and outlet of each ring shaped member terminate at a single header interface, thus permitting access to the inlet and outlet of each ring shaped member at a single location which enables rapid configuration of an combination of flow paths through the multiple ring shape members as well as simple and efficient cleaning of each ring shaped member.
Claims10
A heat exchanger member comprising:
- a. a plurality of ring shaped tubular members arranged to form a generally cylindrical shaped member, each of said plurality of ring shaped tubular members having a first end spaced apart from a second end thereof;
- b. a header communicating with each of said first and second ends of each of said plurality of ring shaped tubular members and;
- c. a cover plate removably attached to said header, said cover plate defining an enclosed region between said first and second ends when attached to said header, wherein said first and second ends are accessible externally with said cover plate removed;
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- d. said first and second ends oriented relative to said enclosed region such that direct line-of-sight access to said first and second ends is provided with said cover plate removed.
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A method of making a generally cylindrical heat exchanger member comprising:
- a. Forming a plurality of tubular members each having first and second ends into a plurality of ring shaped tubular members wherein said first and second ends are spaced apart;
- b. arranging said plurality of ring shaped tubular members to form a generally cylindrical shaped member;
- c. defining a region of said generally cylindrical shaped member wherein each of said spaced apart first and second ends of each of said plurality of ring shaped tubular members communicates with said region;
- d. making said region, and thus each of said spaced apart first and second ends, selectively accessible externally and
- e. orienting said first and second ends relative to said region such that direct line-of-sight access to said first and second ends is provided when said region is made externally accessible.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.