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Expansion tank and water box device for heat exchanger, such as a radiator of a motor vehicle

US4289507A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 1979
Grant dateSep 15, 1981
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Expiry dateJun 13, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F21/067
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An expansion tank and water box device for a heat exchanger with a nest of parallel tubes, such as a radiator of a motor vehicle, in which the water box housed inside the expansion tank is maintained by the assembly of the tank with the hollowed plate through which extend the ends of the tubes. Ribs are interposed between the water box and the expansion tank. Said ribs depend, for instance, from the expansion tank.

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