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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 1980
Filed:
Jan. 09, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ming S Shum, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165133 ; 165D / ; 62527 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to finned heat transfer tubes and to a method for impoving the heat transfer properties in boiling liquids of such tubes by plating the tubes in an electroplating bath containing conductive particles such as graphite powder to produce a porous plated surface. The tips of the fins are covered before plating with a non-conductive coating to prevent plating of the tips. The non-conductive coating can be dissolved away or mechanically removed after plating.