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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2011
Applicants:
Paul DE Larminat, Nantes, FR;
Luc Le Cointe, Nantes, FR;
Satheesh Kulankara, York, PA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Johnson Controls Technology Company, Holland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 39/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An evaporator for use in a refrigeration system includes a shell and a tube bundle, the tube bundle having a plurality of tubes extending substantially horizontally in the shell. A hood is disposed over and laterally surrounds substantially all of the plurality of tubes of the tube bundle. A distributor is positioned between the hood and the tube bundle. The hood is asymmetrically disposed within the evaporator.