Reinforcement for dish plate heat exchangers
AssigneeDana Canada Corporation
InventorsPascal Bradu, Xiaoyang Rong, Thomas Chan
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Abstract
A reinforcing element for a heat exchanger of the type having nested dish plates with inclined, peripheral, overlapping walls, where at least one of the nested dish plates is attached to a mounting plate, the mounting plate extending beyond the outer periphery of the walls of the nested dish plates. The reinforcing element has a base flange attached to the mounting plate extending beyond the outer periphery of the walls of the nested dish plates. The reinforcing element also has a peripheral flange located in parallel, overlapping engagement with the inclined peripheral wall of the at least one dish plate attached to the mounting plate.
Claims13
A reinforcing element for a dish plate heat exchanger, the heat exchanger having a mounting plate and a plurality of nested dish plates mounted thereon, the dish plates having inclined, peripheral, overlapping walls, the mounting plate being positioned underneath and extending beyond the outer periphery of the walls of the nested dish plates, wherein the reinforcing element comprises:
- an outwardly extending base flange adapted to be attached to at least a portion of the mounting plate that extends beyond the outer periphery of the walls of the nested dish plates, the base flange adapted to be positioned on the mounting plate proximal to and also adapted to generally surround a lowermost one of the plurality of nested dish plates;
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- a peripheral flange extending generally upwardly from the base flange, the peripheral flange being adapted to be in parallel, overlapping contact with the inclined peripheral wall of at least the lowermost dish plate attached to the mounting plate, and
- wherein the reinforcing element having an opening permitting a bottom wall of the lowermost dish plate to directly contact the mounting plate.
A dish plate heat exchanger comprising:
- a mounting plate;
- a plurality of nested dish plates mounted on the mounting plate, the dish plates having inclined, peripheral, overlapping walls, the mounting plate being positioned underneath the plurality of nested dish plates and extending beyond the outer periphery of the walls of the nested dish plates;
- a reinforcing element having an outwardly extending base flange attached to at least a portion of the mounting plate that extends beyond the outer periphery of the walls of the nested dish plates, the base flange being positioned on the mounting plate, proximal to and generally surrounding the plurality of nested dish plates;
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- the reinforcing element also having a peripheral flange extending generally upwardly from the base flange, the peripheral flange being attached in parallel, overlapping engagement with the inclined peripheral wall of at least the lowermost dish plate attached to the mounting plate, and
- wherein the reinforcing element having an opening permitting a bottom wall of the lowermost dish plate to directly contact the mounting plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.