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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Applicant:
Mahle International Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Karl P. Kroetsch, Williamsville, NY (US);
Kenneth R. Handley, III, Lockport, NY (US);
Sourav Chowdhury, Lockport, NY (US);
Lawrence P. Scherer, Lockport, NY (US);
Scott B. Lipa, Snyder, NY (US);
David G. Schmidt, East Amherst, NY (US);
Assignee:
MAHLE International GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 13/22 (2006.01); F25D 21/14 (2006.01); F28F 17/00 (2006.01); F28D 1/053 (2006.01); F25B 39/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24F 13/222 (2013.01); F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F25D 21/14 (2013.01); F28D 1/05366 (2013.01); F28F 17/005 (2013.01); F24F 2013/227 (2013.01); F25D 2321/146 (2013.01);
Abstract
A condensate drainage enhancing device is provided for an evaporator. An integrally molded plastic part snap fits around the conventional lower manifold, with rails maintained in tight engagement with the front and rear edges of the refrigerant flow tubes. These interrupt the meniscus films of columns of retained water that would otherwise form and, which instead drains down ribs that depend from the rails.