With Support Or Flow Connector Patents (Class 165/178)
  • Device for mounting plastic non-rigid tubes in evaporators
    Patent number: 3974022
    Abstract: In evaporators for distillation or concentration of solutions, each tube nest consists of non-rigid plastic tubes through which vapor is circulated. Each tube is secured to the fixed structure of the evaporator at the vapor admission end of the tube by means of a standard fastening member and at the vapor discharge end by means of a sliding tubular expansion joint of small cross-sectional area compared with that of the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventor: Fernand Lauro
  • Tube and tube-plate assembly
    Patent number: 3972371
    Abstract: Tube ends are engaged in passage openings of tube plates and protrude above collars surrounding said passage openings. The larger sides of the tube ends are folded back and rolled about said collars. Part of the tube walls under said passage openings is enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1974
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1976
    Assignee: Societe Anonyme des Usines Chausson
    Inventor: Alain Edouard Plegat