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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:
Feb. 04, 1986
Filed:
Jul. 05, 1984
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralph C Longsworth, Allentown, PA (US);
William A Steyert, Center Valley, PA (US);
Assignee:
Air Products and Chemicals, Inc., Allentown, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D / ; F28F / ; F28F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
165147 ; 6251 / ; 165169 ;
Abstract
A counter flow heat exchanger comprising a central low pressure return tube deformed intermediate its ends to enhance heat transfer capability wrapped by a high pressure tube to conduct fluid to an expansion device. Also disclosed are a method of increasing the heat transfer capacity of a tube bundle heat exchanger and a liquid helium temperature refrigerator or a reliquefier utilizing the heat exchanger.