Turbulator with integral flow deflector tabs
US4727907A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 30, 1987 |
| Grant date | Mar 1, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 30, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF28D2021/0089
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A turbulator for insertion in a heat exchange pipe in the form of a flattened hollow cylindrical metal tube with adjacent flats offset by 90.degree. and separated by integral tubular transition portions of generally triangular plane configuration. An elongated tab is partially struck out of each flat forming a fluid passage hole leading from one side of the turbulator to the other side.
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