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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Denso Corporation, Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 2/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 2/114 ;
Abstract
An evaporator includes a flat tube extending in a vertical direction and having a drain groove for guiding condensed water downward, at a middle portion thereof in an air flow direction. A corrugated fin joined to the tube is divided by a gap portion into an air upstream side first fin and an air downstream side second fin. The gap portion faces the drain groove of the tube. Accordingly, condensed water produced at the air upstream side first fin can be smoothly discharged from the evaporator through the drain groove.