Horizontally Extending, Parallel Sections Disposed In Vertical Array (i.e. One Pipe Directly Above Another) Patents (Class 165/DIG175)

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With means suspended beneath pipe surface to guide liquid droplets (Class 165/DIG176)
  • Falling film evaporator with refrigerant distribution system
    Patent number: 5645124
    Abstract: A liquid refrigerant distributor for use within a heat exchanger having a body of heat exchange tubes. The distributor comprises a mesh screen and a liquid refrigerant sprayer. The liquid refrigerant sprayer is adapted to spray refrigerant on the mesh screen. The mesh screen being adapted to pass liquid and vaporous refrigerant but also to direct liquid refrigerant onto the heat exchange tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1997
    Assignee: American Standard Inc.
    Inventors: Jon P. Hartfield, Duane F. Sanborn