Multiple Tube Bank Flattened Tube Finned Heat Exchanger
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Abstract
A multiple tube bank heat exchanger includes a first tube bank (100) including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship and a second tube bank (200) including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship. The second tube bank (200) is disposed behind the first tube bank (100) with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank. A continuous folded plate fin extends between the first and second flattened tube segments of both of said first tube bank and said second tube bank.
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32 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A heat exchanger comprising:
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a first tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship; a second tube bank including at least a first and a second flattened tube segments extending longitudinally in spaced parallel relationship, said second tube bank disposed downstream with respect to airflow over said first tube bank with a leading edge of the second tube bank spaced from a trailing edge of the first tube bank; and a continuous folded plate fin extending between the first and second flattened tube segments of both of said first tube bank and said second tube bank; wherein the air flow passes first transversely across the flattened tube segments of said first tube bank and then passes transversely across the flattened tube segments of said second tube bank, and the refrigerant flows first through the flattened heat exchange tube segments of said second tube bank and then through the flattened heat exchange tube segments of said first tube bank. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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