Heat exchangers

• US 3,118,498 A
• Filed: 08/19/1959
• Issued: 01/21/1964
• Est. Priority Date: 08/19/1959
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: John G. Bergdoll, Joseph R. Chamberlain, Sam P. Soling, Willard R. Zahn
• Original Assignee: John G. Bergdoll, Joseph R. Chamberlain, Sam P. Soling, Willard R. Zahn
• Inventors: Bergdoll, John G., Chamberlain, Joseph R., Soling, Sam P., Zahn, Willard R.
• Application Number:
  US03/834,801
• Time in Patent Office: 1,616 Days
• US Class Current: 165/166
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 7/08 the conduits being otherwise bent, e.g. in a serpentine or zig-zag F28D7/10 takes precedenceF28D7/0016 and F28D7/0033 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F28D 9/0012 the apparatus having an annular form
• CPC Class Codes: F28F 1/02 Tubular elements of cross-section which is non-circular F28F1/08, F28F1/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 165/451 including bent conduits

Claims

1. A HEAT-EXCHANGER COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF ARCUATE INTERNALLY CORED PANELS DEFINING CIRCUMFERENTIAL FLUID PASSAGEWAYS, SAID PANELS TAKING THE FORM OF SEMI-CIRCLES OF DIFFERENT RADII NESTED ONE WITHIN THE OTHER, A PLURALITY OF CORRUGATED FINS POSITIONED ONE EACH BETWEEN SAID PANELS AND BONDED THERETO PROVIDING AXIAL FLUID PASSAGES, A PLURALITY OF FLUID HEADERS HAVING AXIALLY DIRECTED FLUID PASSAGES ATTACHED TO SAID FREE ENDS OF SAID PANELS FOR DISTRIBUTING FLUID AXIALLY OF SAID PANELS FOR FLOW THERETHROUGH, THE LINEAR DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID PANELS BEING