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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1995
Carl E Schornhorst, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin B Wise, Connersville, IN (US);
Gerald J Selm, Connersville, IN (US);
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A tab for joining together a plurality of adjacent, contiguous plate menders of a plate tube heat exchanger is disclosed. The tab comprises a generally planar web interconnecting adjacent plates. The web includes a first edge having a plurality of recesses disposed at predetermined locations therealong and a second edge having a plurality of recesses disposed opposite the plurality of recesses along the first edge. The plurality of recesses define first and second bend zones which provide proper plate-to-plate contact when forming the plate tubes as well as proper fin height spacing between adjacent pairs of plate tubes.