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5,379,832
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References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
2,613,513 10/1952 Shields .
2,668,420 2/1954 Hammell .
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BACKGROUND ART
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lating about the coils of tubing within the shell cavity. 30.
In order to minimize the volume within the shell, a
central tubular insert may be provided which falls
within the helical coil. This is particularly useful in
refrigeration systems and heat pumps so that the quan
tity of refrigerant may be minimized. Example of a shell 35
and coil heat exchanger having an inner shell to mini
mize shell cavity volume is shown in U.S. Pat. No.
2,668,692 and companion U.S. Pat. No. 2,668,420. In
spite of the inner shell, a significant disadvantage of the
shell heat exchangers are the large volume of the shell
cavity relative to the volume of the liquid within the
coiled tubing.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
and shell inner and outer walls is sized such that the first
liquid refrigerant.
The principal advantage of the invention is that the
heat exchanger has a low enough shell volume so that it
works very efficiently in a reverse flow heat pump
having a heating and cooling cycle. Another advantage
of the invention is that the fluid within the shell flows in
CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION
PATENT NO. : 5,379,832
DATED
: January 10, 1995
INVENTOR(S) : Jack C. Dampsey
It is certified that error appears in the above-indentified patent and that said Letters Patent is hereby
corrected as shown below:
BRUCE LEHMAN
Attesting Officer