Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Heat exchanger
Patent
1994-03-14
1995-05-02
Cuda, Irene
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Heat exchanger
29890044, 29890043, B23P 1500
Patent
active
054108004
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for expanding the tubes in a heat exchanger of the plate fin and tube type. The expander is of the type that expands the tubes by driving an expansion "bullet," attached to and driven by an expander or bullet rod, through the tube. The expander rod in turn is driven by a ram. The expander has a rod support apparatus that prevents the expander rod from buckling under compressive stress. The axes of movement of the ram and the expander rod are offset with the ram imparting its force to the rod through a connector link. A rod support member has a passage to support the expander rod, a passage to allow the ram to pass through the support member and a slotted passage, to allow the connector link to pass through the support member, joining the rod support passage and the ram passage. The rod support apparatus restrains the expander rod from buckling while requiring no increase in the overall length of the tube expander.
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Carrier Corporation
Cuda Irene
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