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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:
Oct. 15, 1985
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles E Whipple, Brewerton, NY (US);
Assignee:
Carrier Corporation, Syracuse, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165 77 ; 62285 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for forming heat exchanger assemblies with bendable tube sheet flanges is disclosed. A single tube sheet having a bending slot defined thereby and including a connecting portion for joining two portions of the tube sheet is disclosed. Separate coil cores are formed in each portion of the tube sheet such that the tube sheet may be bent to one configuration for allowing simultaneous soldering of the two coil cores in a side by side relationship. Thereafter, the tube sheet may be bent in an opposite direction to secure the ends of the coil cores together to help form an inverted V-shaped heat exchanger assembly.