Modine Manufacturing Company

Michael P Devine

Jeroen Valensa

Gregg D Olson

Brian Merklein

Zachary T Ouradnik

Robert J DeGroot

Roy J Ingold

Daniel J Bosch

Timothy Carlson

Eric Boticki

John D Real

A housing for transporting a generally cylindrical canister configured to store at least one of a pressurized gas and a pressurized liquid. The housing includes a first housing section and a second housing section that is movable with respect to the first housing section from a first operating condition to a second operating condition. A heat transfer element is coupled to at least one of the first and the second housing sections to define at least a portion of a boundary of a generally cylindrical volume. The canister is generally fixed from movement with respect to the first and the second housing sections when the second housing section is in the first operating condition, and the canister is movable with respect to the first and the second housing sections and configured to be removed from the generally cylindrical volume when the second housing section is in the second operating condition.

Cylindrical canister housing with integral heat transfer

Difficulties in obtaining consistent bonds of high quality between side pieces and tubular headers ( ), ( ) in heat exchangers are avoided in a side piece ( ) that extends between the headers ( ), ( ) and which has circular recesses ( ) at each end ( ), ( ). The recesses ( ) define resilient fingers ( ), ( ) which may separate to receive the ends of the headers ( ), ( ) and frictionally grasp the same, eliminating the need for fixturing at this location and assuring a strong consistent gripping of the headers ( ), ( ), by the end piece ( ) to assure consistent bonds of high quality.

Side piece for heat exchangers

Improper assembly and/or dissociation due to improper handling of a tank 10 to header plate 14 joint in a heat exchanger is avoided through the use of a retaining strip 50 having fingers 54 receivable in slots 36 in an upstanding flange 26 surrounding a sealing surface 28 on the header plate 14. The fingers 54 are provided with hook-like formations 60, 62, 64 which lodge behind a surface 44 of the flange 26.

Tank retaining strip for heat exchangers

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Kenosha, WI, United States of America

Michael P Devine