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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2001
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Franciscus Roffelsen, Helmond, NL;
Assignee:
Spiro Research B.V., , NL;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F28F 1/100 ;
Abstract
A heat exchanger tube is composed of a metal outer tube having an inner profile and a metal inner tube having an outer profile, wherein the profiles are in an undercut engagement with each other so that the inner and outer tubes are in rigid abutment and at least one longitudinal channel, formed between the outer tube and the inner tube is provided for leak detection and the heat exchanger tube may be manufactured by designing the profile so that the inner and outer tubes may be screwed or slid into one another to provide a rigidly abutting configuration.