Device for tightly assembling a collector and a water box in heat exchanger
US4401157A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 14, 1980 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S165/905
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A connecting device for assembling a collector traversed by the tubes of a tube bundle in a heat exchanger with the housing for the liquid flowing in the tubes, comprising an elastomeric sheet on the collector face opposite to the housing, wherein said elastomeric sheet comprises a marginal bulging portion projecting inwardly of the housing and cooperating with the edge of a trough located in said housing so as to delimit a collecting chamber and an expansion chamber.
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