Patent · US Expired

Gasket for plate heat exchanger

US4872506A · kind A · utility

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9Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateMar 21, 1988
Grant dateOct 10, 1989
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF28F3/10
  • WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gasket for a plate heat exchanger has a strip of metal fastened to one heat exchanger plate and bridging at least 50% but not the entire distance between that plate and an adjacent plate, and a layer of a material of lesser hardness than the metal attached to the metal strip and bridging the remaining distance between the plates.

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