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Sealing washer block connection

  • US 5,354,101 A
  • Filed: 09/13/1993
  • Issued: 10/11/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In an evaporator connection assembly for connection of an evaporator to a condenser and compressor, and said assembly having:

  • supply and return lines operatively connected to a condenser and compressor;

    evaporator lines for connection with the evaporator;

    connection means for receiving and sealingly interconnecting said evaporator lines and said supply and return lines; and

    said connection means comprising plate means for receiving said supply and return lines block means for receiving said evaporator lines, and securing means for securing said plate means against said block means for sealingly allowing communication of fluid between said evaporator lines and said supply and return lines the improvement comprising;

    said plate means including first and second sides, and having an aperture therethrough for fixedly receiving at least one of the supply and return lines and an opening to receive the other of the supply and return lines at said first side thereof, said plate means having raised faces circumferentially about said aperture and said opening on said second side;

    said block means having first and second surfaces, and a pair of passages therethrough for fixedly receiving said evaporator lines at said first surface, and providing a pair of planar seal seats extending about said passages at said second surface thereof wherein a gap is provided between said raised faces and said seal seats for allowing visual inspection of said sealing means therebetween; and

    sealing means providing first and second opposing parallel surfaces for sealing between said raised faces and said seal seats.

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