Global Patent Index - EP 0539638 B1

EP 0539638 B1 19970806 - Heat exchanger having tubes jointed by expanded sheet metal

Title (en)

Heat exchanger having tubes jointed by expanded sheet metal

Title (de)

Wärmeaustauscher mit Rohren, die durch Streckmetall verbunden sind

Title (fr)

Echangeur de chaleur à tubes reliés par des plaques de métal déployé

Publication

EP 0539638 B1 19970806 (FR)

Application

EP 91402881 A 19911028

Priority

FR 9013161 A 19901022

Abstract (en)

[origin: FR2668250A1] Heat exchanger comprising a plurality of substantially parallel tubes, which can be combined in rows and are intended for circulating a first fluid, characterised in that each tube of a row is joined to the two adjacent tubes of the same row by an expanded metal plate integral with or solidly attached to the two tubes which it joins, along a generatrix of the tube, and in that the plates joining the tubes are formed in a single piece from end to end of one and the same row of tubes, this piece being designed to form, by itself, at least a portion of the said tubes or to receive them in intimate contact, a second fluid circulating outside the tubes in a direction which is overall perpendicular to the expanded metal plates, through their orifices. These heat exchangers are advantageously usable for exchanges between a liquid circulating in the tubes and a gas (for example air) circulating in cross-currents outside the tubes. <IMAGE>

IPC 1-7

F28F 1/12; B21D 53/04

IPC 8 full level

F28F 1/12 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

F28F 1/04 (2013.01); F28F 1/12 (2013.01); F28F 1/22 (2013.01); F28F 2255/12 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

BE DE ES GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

FR 2668250 A1 19920424; FR 2668250 B1 19970110; EP 0539638 A1 19930505; EP 0539638 B1 19970806

DOCDB simple family (application)

FR 9013161 A 19901022; EP 91402881 A 19911028