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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2002
Yoshiharu Tokunaga, Yokohama, JP;
Tadashi Washizuka, Kawasaki, JP;
Shoichi Okisawa, Yokohama, JP;
Takio Ichimura, Avase, JP;
Motomu Ito, Yokohama, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A heat exchanging tube assembling apparatus is adapted to a heat exchanger having an outer casing in which is arranged a partition plate formed with holes through which heat exchanging tubes, each having a U-shape in outer appearance, are inserted from an open end side of the casing in a full automatic manner. The heat exchanging tube assembling apparatus includes a tube grasping device for grasping a plurality of U-shaped tubes in a group at a working position, a tube positioning device for positioning the grasped tubes to positions from which the U-shaped tubes are inserted into the holes formed to the partition plate, a tube taking-out device for sequentially taking out one by one the U-shaped tubes grasped by the tube grasping device, and a tube feed device for feeding the taken-out tubes toward the partition plate and inserting the tubes into the holes of the partition plate.
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