(19)
(11) EP 0 179 646 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/39

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.04.1986 Bulletin 1986/18

(21) Application number: 85307595

(22) Date of filing: 21.10.1985
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

(30) Priority: 22.10.1984 IE 271184

(71) Applicant: Mooney, Brian F.
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(72) Inventor:
  • Mooney, Brian F.
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(54) Heat exchanger fin arrays


(57) Heat exchanger fin (12) arrays of uniform width are made and are subsequently divided lengthwise into arrays of smaller width. A pattern (11) of weaknesses is provided for facilitating lengthwise division. Before such division, the array may be attached to a uniform number of heat exchange elements (13) to form a heat exchanger sub-assembly of uniform size. Lengthwise division then produces smaller sub-assemblies. The invention allows flowline production of heat exchangers of a wide variety of different sizes and utilizing fin forming and welding apparatus at or near full capacity.






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