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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Larry P. Prater, Taylor, MI (US);
Richard P. Stoynoff, Woodhaven, MI (US);
Assignee:
Livernois Research & Development Co., Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23P 1/526 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for making a heat exchanger tube (,) for a heat exchanger (,) in which a continuous insert (,), having convolutes transverse to the length of the tube are located into a continuous shell as the shell is being formed. After placing the insert (,) into the partially open shell, the shell is closed and sealed as it passes through a bonding device (,) to seal the longitudinal edges of the shell to each other and the insert to the internal walls of the tube. The continuous shell with the inserted fin insert is subsequently sliced to produce individual cooling tubes.