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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Philip J. Birbara, West Hartford, CT (US);
Arthur K. Colling, Monson, MA (US);
Inventors:
Philip J. Birbara, West Hartford, CT (US);
Arthur K. Colling, Monson, MA (US);
Assignee:
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation, Windsor Locks, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F28D 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A ultrasonic transducer is associated with a heat exchanger and is operable to vibrate a tube associated with the heat exchanger to break up accumulated solids which may have formed on an outer periphery of the tube. A gas flow passes over the tube to remove the pulverized solids.