Appeal No. 2000-1332
Application No. 08/793,242
THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a heat exchanger and to a
method for producing same. The heat exchanger includes
at least one fluid box or header, a plurality of heat
exchange tubes in communication with the fluid box, and
at least one internal partition dividing the fluid box
into separate compartments. Claims 10 and 11 are
illustrative and read as follows:
10. A method for producing a heat exchanger having at
least one fluid box delimited by a tubular wall of
generally cylindrical shape having a substantially
uniform circular internal transverse section and having a
perimeter and a pair of end portions, said fluid box
being separated into compartments by at least one
intermediate transverse partition, having a generally
circular edge portion, said edge portion matching said
tubular wall circular internal transverse section for
sliding movement of said partition therewithin, each of
said fluid box compartments having a respective opening
formed therein, the heat exchanger further having a
plurality of parallel tubes, each tube communicating with
a compartment of the fluid box through said respective
opening formed in said fluid box in a region of the
perimeter of said tubular wall, comprising the steps of:
inserting each partition into the tubular wall
through an open end of said wall to locate the partition
in a desired position;
immobilizing each partition by deforming the tubular
wall to establish two regions of the perimeter of the
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