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EP0026558B1
EP0026558B1 EP19800302397 EP80302397A EP0026558B1 EP 0026558 B1 EP0026558 B1 EP 0026558B1 EP 19800302397 EP19800302397 EP 19800302397 EP 80302397 A EP80302397 A EP 80302397A EP 0026558 B1 EP0026558 B1 EP 0026558B1
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Mark F. Sommars
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28D—HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
    • F28D1/00—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators
    • F28D1/02—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid
    • F28D1/04—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits
    • F28D1/053—Heat-exchange apparatus having stationary conduit assemblies for one heat-exchange medium only, the media being in contact with different sides of the conduit wall, in which the other heat-exchange medium is a large body of fluid, e.g. domestic or motor car radiators with heat-exchange conduits immersed in the body of fluid with tubular conduits the conduits being straight
    • F28D1/05316—Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators
    • F28D1/05333—Assemblies of conduits connected to common headers, e.g. core type radiators with multiple rows of conduits or with multi-channel conduits
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F28—HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL
    • F28F—DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
    • F28F9/00—Casings; Header boxes; Auxiliary supports for elements; Auxiliary members within casings
    • F28F9/02—Header boxes; End plates
    • F28F9/0219—Arrangements for sealing end plates into casing or header box; Header box sub-elements
    • F28F9/0224—Header boxes formed by sealing end plates into covers

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  • This invention relates to heat exchanger assemblies incorporating a frame which supports one or more cores.
  • Heat exchangers and radiators and particularly the type of radiators used to cool internal combustion engines, either on a moving vehicle or on a fixed stationary frame, have usually been constructed as single integral units.
  • Such heat exchangers and radiators have also been constructed by mounting a plurality of cooling cores between a pair of spaced inlet and outlet tanks or by connecting the cooling cores together by hoses.
  • These cooling cores include tubes having fins radiating orthogonally therefrom and provide a means for conducting a fluid coolant from the circulating system of the engine so that it flows from the inlet tank, through the tubes, and into the outlet tank. Air flow, often created by a fan or movement of the vehicles, passes through the radiator to absorb heat from the radiating fins thereby reducing the temperature of the fluid coolant flowing through the tubes.
  • the heat absorbing air flow often carries debris which clogs and damages the cores.
  • Various attempts have been made to avoid such clogging and damage including arranging multiple core modules angularly in a core mounting frame with respect to air flow in slotted "V" shaped pairs so that the debris is deflected from one of the core faces and directed through the slots.
  • the cores are rotated after a period of use to expose an unclogged core face to the debris laden air flow.
  • radiator cores Recognising that vehicle frames vibrate and distort during operation, the radiator cores have in the past been resiliently mounted in some manner to prevent rupture and leakage of the radiator cores which might otherwise occur if the cores were rigidly attached to the frame or to the manifold.
  • a resilient mounting seal has been provided to limit vibration and seal against leakage.
  • it has been difficult to provide a suitable resilient mounting seal which could accommodate the locating means and provide a beneficial seal between the core and the multiple tube connections.
  • a heat exchanger assembly comprises a pair of frame members each having an aperture therein; a core extending between the frame members and having opposed end portions and a spout extending outwardly from each end portion and into the aperture of a respective one of the frame members; complementary locating means on one of the end portions and on the respective frame member for locating the core in a predetermined registration with the frame members; and resilient means resiliently supporting the core between, and sealing the core to, the frame members, the resilient means including a resilient pad positioned between the one end portion and the respective frame member, characterised in that the complementary means comprises an imperforate protuberance and an imperforate detent, and in that the resilient means has a portion resiliently interposed between the protuberance and detent.
  • the detent and the protuberance are preferably duplicated on opposite sides of the spout on the one end portion and on the respective frame member whereby the core may be located in registration with the frame in two positions between which it is notionally rotated through 180° about the axis of the spout.
  • a heat exchanger core mounting apparatus is designated 10, Figure 1, and comprises a core supporting frame which includes a pair of spaced apart inlet and outlet header plates 12,12a.
  • a main inlet tank 14 is secured to adjacent inlet plate 12 by bolts 15 and a main outlet tank 14a is secured to adjacent outlet plate 12a by bolts 15a.
  • a plurality of core modules including but not limited to 16,16a,16b, are mounted between plates 12,12a and are located in angular relationship with respect to an air flow as indicated by an arrow designated 18, see also Figure 6.
  • air flow passes across an upstream side 20 of plates 12,12a, through core modules 16,16a, 16b and ⁇ across a downstream side 22 of plates 12, 12a.
  • Means 24 are provided for locating core modules 16,16a,16b in predetermined registration with plates 12,12a.
  • predetermined . registration is meant that core modules are located generally in "V" shaped pairs (Fig. 6) so that one edge 26 of each core 16,16a,16b is adjacent upstream side 20 of plates 12,12a and another edge 28 of each core 16 is adjacent downstream side 22.
  • the upstream edges 26 of adjacent cores are in close enough proximity to resist flow therebetween.
  • the downstream edges of adjacent cores are in close proximity to permit air flow therebetween in such a manner that a slot 30 is formed of a sufficient size to permit the passage of debris therethrough.
  • the means 24 for locating preferably includes first and second locating members such as detents 32 formed in plates 12,12a and corresponding protuberances 34 formed on each core 16.
  • Means 36 are provided for sealingly and resiliently mounting each core 16,16a,166 with plates 12,12a.
  • One of such means 36 is between an inlet end 38 of core 16 and inlet plate 12 and another of such means 36 is between an outlet end 40 of core 16 and outlet plate 12a in a manner so as to accommodate locating means 24.
  • Plates 12,12a, Figures 1 and 6 include apertures 42 and also includes the plurality of first locating members or detents 32 adjacent upstream side 20 and adjacent downstream side 22.
  • a plurality of connector bars 13, which do not inhibit air flow, may be used to interconnect plates 12,12a.
  • Cores 16, 16a, 1 6b include a plurality of tubes 44 having a plurality of very closely spaced cooling fins 46 radiating orthogonally therefrom.
  • a core inlet tank 48 is at inlet end 38 of core 16 and a core outlet tank 50 is at outlet end 40 of core 16.
  • Tanks 48,50 each include spout 52 provided for extending into aperture 42 of plates 12,12a and also include at least one, and preferably a pair of, second locating members such as protuberances 34 spaced equidistantly from spout 52.
  • Spouts 52 of each core 16,16a 16b lie on a common axis which, in the form illustrated, is the vertical geometric centerline or longitudinal axis of the core.
  • each core 16, 16a,16b is pivotally mounted between plates 12,12a by virtue of spouts 52 being a pivotal axis.
  • Protuberances 34 are of a construction sufficient for engagement with detents 32. As best illustrated in Figures 1 and 6, a pair of protuberances 34 engage a pair of detents 32, one of the protuberances 34 and engaged detents 32 being adjacent upstream side 20 and another of the protuberances 34 and engaged detents 32 being adjacent downstream side 22 for securing any of the cores 16,16a,16b, or others, in the desired predetermined registration with plates 12,12a.
  • detents 32 are located in a' predetermined registration so that when engaged by a given pair of protuberances 34 on a given core 16,16a,16b, etc., edge 26 of core 16a, for example, is in flow resisting proximity with adjacent core 16b at upstream side'20 and edge 28 of core 16a is in flow permitting proximity with adjacent core 16 at downstream side 22 forming slot 30.
  • Protuberances 34 can engage either the upstream or downstream detents 32 when core 16 is rotated 180 degrees so that either edge 26,28 is adjacent upstream side 20 or downstream side 22 for exposing either one of the similar opposed faces 68 (only one of which is shown in Figure 1) of core 16.
  • Means 36 comprises inlet resilient mounting member 54 and an outlet resilient mounting member 56, each member including a single lip 58 for sealing between aperture 42 and spout 52 and peripheral resilient mounting strip 60.
  • Each member includes resilient locating detent pads 62 formed to accommodate protuberances 34 on one side 64 and to accommodate detents 32 on another side 66.
  • inlet resilient member 54 is between core inlet tank 48 and inlet plate 12
  • outlet resilient member is between core outlet tank 50 and outlet plate 12a.
  • Apertures 70 are formed through pads 62 to limit air entrapment between detents 32 and protuberances 34.
  • hot fluid is introduced into main inlet tank 14 and then flows downwardly through tubes 44 of core 16 and into the main outlet tank 14a.
  • the fluid is cooled in the core 16 in the usual manner.
  • the fins 46 on faces 68 of the core 16 which are receiving air flow are erroded or abraded due to sand particles and the like in the air flow it may become necessary to rotate the core 16 and into the main outlet tank 14a.
  • the entire assembly is then positioned back in place.
  • the resilient means 36 will not be rotated but will be left affixed to the core 16.
  • the present heat exchanger structure is useful for cooling internal combustion engines such as are used in vehicles and in stationary installations.
  • the possibility of leakage is minimized by providing only a single fluid communication between each core 16, its inlet plate 12 and its outlet plate 12a.

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EP19800302397 1979-09-27 1980-07-16 Heat exchanger assembly Expired EP0026558B1 (en)

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WOPCT/US79/00816 1979-09-27
PCT/US1979/000816 WO1981000907A1 (en) 1979-09-27 1979-09-27 Heat exchanger core mounting apparatus

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JP (1) JPS6116000B2 (pt)
BR (1) BR7909036A (pt)
CA (1) CA1122204A (pt)
DE (1) DE3062346D1 (pt)
HK (1) HK88584A (pt)
MX (1) MX157053A (pt)
MY (1) MY8500066A (pt)
WO (1) WO1981000907A1 (pt)

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JPS6116000B2 (pt) 1986-04-26
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MX157053A (es) 1988-10-24
EP0026558A1 (en) 1981-04-08
HK88584A (en) 1984-11-23
WO1981000907A1 (en) 1981-04-02
MY8500066A (en) 1985-12-31
JPS56501213A (pt) 1981-08-27

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