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Heat exchanger

  • US 5,934,367 A
  • Filed: 11/20/1997
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A two-path flow laminated-type heat exchanger comprising:

  • a plurality of heat transfer tubes, each forming a U-shaped flow path;

    a plurality of fins attached to exterior surfaces of said heat transfer tubes; and

    a tank comprising three plates and having a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, said first chamber having an inlet orifice and being in fluid communication with said second chamber via mass-flow rate leveling means, said second chamber being in fluid communication with said heat transfer tubes, and said third chamber being in fluid communication with said heat transfer tubes and having an outlet orifice;

    said inlet orifice formed between an intermediate one of said plates and a first outer one of said plates and said outlet orifice formed between said intermediate plate and a second outer plate;

    wherein said mass-flow rate leveling means is formed in a plate which separates said first chamber from said second chamber and said third chamber.

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