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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 16, 1996
Carl Eckardt Schornhorst, Canton, MI (US);
Henry Mehraban, Northville, MI (US);
Gerald Joseph Selm, Connersville, IN (US);
Robert Raymond Luttermoser, Westland, MI (US);
Jerry Lee Sexton, Flat Rock, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, Inc., Dearborn, MI (US);
Livernois Research & Development Co., Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for selectively orienting consecutive fin strips relative to one another as a preliminary step in the manufacture of a heat exchanger includes a sensor for sensing the presence of each of a series of fin strips all having a common orientation relative to one another. The apparatus includes an orienting member which receives signals from the sensor as to the presence of each fin strip and rotates each consecutive fin strips in alternating clockwise and counter-clockwise directions to orient consecutive fin strips 180.degree. relative to each adjacent fin strip.