Global Patent Index - EP 3438596 B1

EP 3438596 B1 20200408 - IMPROVED FLUID DISTRIBUTOR

Title (en)

IMPROVED FLUID DISTRIBUTOR

Title (de)

VERBESSERTER FLUIDVERTEILER

Title (fr)

DISTRIBUTEUR DE FLUIDE AMÉLIORÉ

Publication

EP 3438596 B1 20200408 (EN)

Application

EP 17184287 A 20170801

Priority

EP 17184287 A 20170801

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3438596A1] A fluid distributor assembly, in particular for a refrigerant fluid, for use in a heat exchanger comprising: - a head unit coupled to a tube plate and comprising an inlet configured to receive the fluid fed into the exchanger; - a plate-shaped lamination unit comprising one or more openings to allow the inlet fluid to pass therethrough, wherein the head unit is provided with a seat adapted to receive said lamination unit in such a way that the fluid sequentially crosses a first collecting chamber and a second mixing chamber, and wherein direction means provided with an impact surface is configured so as to direct the fluid outflowing from the lamination unit along a substantially orthogonal direction with respect to a fluid inlet direction into apertures of the tube plate.

IPC 8 full level

F28F 9/02 (2006.01); F25B 39/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

F25B 39/028 (2013.01 - EP); F28F 9/026 (2013.01 - EP US); F25B 2500/18 (2013.01 - EP)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3438596 A1 20190206; EP 3438596 B1 20200408; WO 2019025963 A1 20190207

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 17184287 A 20170801; IB 2018055719 W 20180731