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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2016
Noritz Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
NORITZ CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
According to the present invention, a heat exchanger comprises a fin having a plurality of through holes. The plurality of through holes include mutually adjacent first and second through holes disposed on a side closest to a heating gas's inlet side. The fin has a slit located between the first through hole and the second through hole and cut into the fin from an edge thereof located on the heating gas's inlet side to a side farther from the heating gas's inlet side than a reference line connecting a center of the first through hole and a center of the second through hole. Furthermore, the fin has at least one opening between the slit and the first and second through holes. The opening includes a first opening having a portion located on the side farther from the heating gas's inlet side than the reference line.