Patents by Inventor Robert K. Rothenbucher

Robert K. Rothenbucher has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4624379
    Abstract: A lethal service header box for use in manufacturing an air cooled heat exchanger having a front and a back plate, a top and a bottom plate and a left and a right end plate, each of the six plates having a planar external surface and each having an internal surface configured such that the header box is assembled by welding together the six plates, all welding being accomplished exteriorly of the box and within a wedge shaped cross-sectional environment in which the inner terminus of each weld cross-section is at a narrow weld ledge of at least one of the plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1985
    Date of Patent: November 25, 1986
    Assignee: Smithco Engineering
    Inventor: Robert K. Rothenbucher
  • Patent number: 4262741
    Abstract: A means for supporting a heat exchanger formed of spaced apart headers with finned tubes extending therebetween, the headers being supported between parallel opposed structural members, the support means including brackets having horizontal portions on which each of the headers rests and clip affixed to the headers adjacent each bracket, each clip having a horizontal portion extending below and parallel the brackets, and stops adjacent the clips to limit the horizontal movement of the headers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Inventor: Robert K. Rothenbucher
  • Patent number: 3939906
    Abstract: An air cooled exchanger is provided with a plurality of individual wind screens which are disposed to prevent wind from entering the exchanger, without adversely affecting normal cooling air flow. The load of the wind screens is carried by the exchanger; in particular, the tube frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1973
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1976
    Assignee: The Lummus Company
    Inventor: Robert K. Rothenbucher
  • Patent number: D352550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: Compression Coolers, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert K. Rothenbucher