(19)
(11) EP 1 439 365 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
02.11.2005 Bulletin 2005/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.07.2004 Bulletin 2004/30

(21) Application number: 03024821.5

(22) Date of filing: 31.10.2003
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: F28F 9/02
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK

(30) Priority: 15.01.2003 KR 2003002700

(71) Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Seoul (KR)

(72) Inventor:
  • Lee, Jang Seok
    Boopyeong-gu Incheon-si (KR)

(74) Representative: Schippan, Ralph 
COHAUSZ & FLORACK Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Bleichstrasse 14
40211 Düsseldorf
40211 Düsseldorf (DE)

   


(54) Heat exchanger


(57) Disclosed herein is a heat exchanger in which a header in the heat exchanger is made of a material of plastic so that a regulator plate to define a passage of pipe can be formed freely. Also, not only a passage between pipes but also a passage between fine tubes in the same pipe can be formed. Accordingly, formation of a passage to accomplish maximal heat exchange efficiency is possible.
In addition, the heat exchange performance is improved by forming a more number of fine tubes having a less small diameter, compared to the pipes of the material of aluminum, using the pipes of the material of plastic.
The heat exchanger according to the present invention constructed as above can accomplish the improvement of heat exchange performance by the maximum of 30% over the heat exchanger of the material of aluminum.






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