EP0580138A1 - Method for making an improved evaporator - Google Patents
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- EP0580138A1 EP0580138A1 EP93111668A EP93111668A EP0580138A1 EP 0580138 A1 EP0580138 A1 EP 0580138A1 EP 93111668 A EP93111668 A EP 93111668A EP 93111668 A EP93111668 A EP 93111668A EP 0580138 A1 EP0580138 A1 EP 0580138A1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
- B21D53/00—Making other particular articles
- B21D53/02—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers
- B21D53/04—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers of sheet metal
- B21D53/045—Making other particular articles heat exchangers or parts thereof, e.g. radiators, condensers fins, headers of sheet metal by inflating partially united plates
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B39/00—Evaporators; Condensers
- F25B39/02—Evaporators
- F25B39/022—Evaporators with plate-like or laminated elements
- F25B39/024—Evaporators with plate-like or laminated elements with elements constructed in the shape of a hollow panel
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
- F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
- F25B2400/00—General features or devices for refrigeration machines, plants or systems, combined heating and refrigeration systems or heat-pump systems, i.e. not limited to a particular subgroup of F25B
- F25B2400/05—Compression system with heat exchange between particular parts of the system
- F25B2400/052—Compression system with heat exchange between particular parts of the system between the capillary tube and another part of the refrigeration cycle
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- the invention relates to a method for fashioning a detail of an evaporator of the roll bond type for use in a refrigerating appliance, particularly of the domestic type, and to a refrigerating appliance equipped with an evaporator fashioned by employing this method.
- the invention is in particular applicable to a refrigerator of the static function type or the forced circulation type, with a single capillary or twin capillaries.
- a refrigerator of the static function type or the forced circulation type with a single capillary or twin capillaries.
- the following description will refer to the single-capillary type, it being understood, however, that the invention is similarly applicable to refrigerating appliances having more than one evaporator and a corresponding number of capillaries.
- the capillary and the return pipe are connected to the evaporator by means of a "union" using a length of pipe, preferably aluminum pipe, to be inserted into a suitable cavity formed between the two aluminum sheets of which the well-known "roll bond” evaporator is composed.
- the employ of the roll bond technique permits the manufacture of the refrigerant circuit to be greatly simplified, although there are certain shortcomings known to those skilled in the art and relating to the method employed for making and connecting the evaporator.
- the gravest inconvenience resulting from this technique is the possibility of the escape of gaseous refrigerant into the ambient atmosphere.
- connection of the return pipe to the return passage of the roll bond evaporator as well as the connection of the capillary to the are generally accomplished by the employ of well known procedures consisting in the compression from the outside of determined portions of the roll bond structure about the return pipe and the capillary at the locations of the return passage and the inlet pasage, respectively, of the roll bond evaporator.
- This compression-fitting process may be accompanied by soldering the return pipe to the roll bond structure at the point of entrance, or by the application of an adhesive having suitable characteristics to the surface of the capillary and that of the return pipe at the respective compression-fitting locations.
- the application of an adhesive to the surface of the return pipe to be inserted into the roll bond structure is not without problems caused for instance by the formation of bubbles in the thin adhesive coating or by the presence of adhesive-free areas resulting from the viscosity of the adhesive or from the adhesive being scraped off by mutual contact between complementary surfaces during the fitting process, which is usually a manual operation.
- the manual application of the adhesive may result in the presence of insufficient or excessive amount of adhesive on different surface areas, giving rise to faulty sealing.
- the method according to the invention is carried out in four distinct steps, the first one of which comprises the insertion of a return pipe 1, with a capillary 2 enclosed therein, into a passage 3 formed between the two sheet layers of a roll bond evaporator 4.
- the insertion of return pipe 1 into passage 3 has to be carried out in a manner ensuring that the two cylindrical elements are maintained substantially coaxial with one another, or at least with their respective surfaces out of contact with one another.
- the diameter of return pipe 1 is selected to be slightly smaller than that of passage 3, so that a space 12 of preferably about o.2 to o.5 is defined between the two respective surfaces.
- return pipe 1 is inserted to a predetermined position 5 of its inner end, while a certain length of capillary 2 projecting from the end of return pipe 1 extends through a restriction 6 formed in a linear extension 7 of return pipe receiving passage 3.
- the second step comprises the compression of passage 3 about an end portion 8 of return pipe 1, and of restriction 6 about capillary 2, and is performed in the conventional manner.
- the third step of the process comprises the injection of a semi-fluid substance having sealing and adhesive properties into a further passage 9 obtained by suitably shaping the two sheet layers of the roll bond structure.
- possage 9 has an outwards opening port 10 at one end, and at the other, a port 11 opening into the narrow space 12 defined between passage 3 of the roll bond structure and the length of return pipe 1 inserted thereinto.
- port 11 opens into the bottom portion of space 12 as shown in the drawings.
- the pressure applied for the injection of the semi-fluid substance is effective to ensure that the substance progressively and completely fills space 12 so as to fully replace the air originally contained therein, the length of space 12 having been selected with a view to achieving a reliable sealing effect.
- a length of space 12 of at least 30 mm is sufficient to ensure such reliable sealing effect to guard against gas losses, even when space 12 is not completely filled by the injected substance. Even when the air has not been completely displaced from space 12, leaving a small air pocket adjacent the closed end thereof, the desired sealing of the connection will not be impaired.
- the hermetic sealing of the connection is substantially brought about by the injected adhesive substance forming an annular diaphragm between, and bonded to, the outer wall surface of return pipe 1 and the inner wall surface of passage 3, this diaphragm being impermeable to the passage of gas from one side thereof to the other.
- annular diaphragm having the above described sealing properties is ensured by the injection of the sealing substance through the port 11 located, as has been pointed out, closely adjacent the bottom of space 12.
- Preferred in any case is the employ of a monocomponent anaerobic polymerization substance, for instance TOPFIX NA 84 supplied by CECA company, which requires a certain time for setting at least to a degree permitting the evaporator to be subsequently handled as for mounting it in a refrigerating appliance, without thereby endangering the previously obtained seal.
- a monocomponent anaerobic polymerization substance for instance TOPFIX NA 84 supplied by CECA company
- this time interval is usually not available in an automatized manufacturing process with high production rates, it is advisable to provide a fourth step which consists in performing a heat treatment of the area previously supplied with the sealing substance, preferably by subjecting the respective area to induction heating for a very short time, for instance 10 to 20 seconds, by the employ of a technique generally known to those skilled in the art.
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Description
- The invention relates to a method for fashioning a detail of an evaporator of the roll bond type for use in a refrigerating appliance, particularly of the domestic type, and to a refrigerating appliance equipped with an evaporator fashioned by employing this method.
- The invention is in particular applicable to a refrigerator of the static function type or the forced circulation type, with a single capillary or twin capillaries. For the sake of simplicity, the following description will refer to the single-capillary type, it being understood, however, that the invention is similarly applicable to refrigerating appliances having more than one evaporator and a corresponding number of capillaries.
- In refrigerant circuits for domestic refrigerating appliances of a known type, the capillary and the return pipe are connected to the evaporator by means of a "union" using a length of pipe, preferably aluminum pipe, to be inserted into a suitable cavity formed between the two aluminum sheets of which the well-known "roll bond" evaporator is composed.
- As generally known, the employ of the roll bond technique permits the manufacture of the refrigerant circuit to be greatly simplified, although there are certain shortcomings known to those skilled in the art and relating to the method employed for making and connecting the evaporator.
- As a matter of fact, in known refrigerating appliances equipped with a roll bond evaporator, the return pipe is compression-fitted thereto by exclusively mechanical means. This fitting technique is unable, however, to guarantee hermetic sealing at pressures of more than about 5 kp/cm², so that under certain circumstances the high-pressure fluid tends to leak from the mechanic connection and to thereby escape from the refrigerant circuit.
- The gravest inconvenience resulting from this technique is the possibility of the escape of gaseous refrigerant into the ambient atmosphere. This is because the connection of the return pipe to the return passage of the roll bond evaporator as well as the connection of the capillary to the are generally accomplished by the employ of well known procedures consisting in the compression from the outside of determined portions of the roll bond structure about the return pipe and the capillary at the locations of the return passage and the inlet pasage, respectively, of the roll bond evaporator.
- This compression-fitting process may be accompanied by soldering the return pipe to the roll bond structure at the point of entrance, or by the application of an adhesive having suitable characteristics to the surface of the capillary and that of the return pipe at the respective compression-fitting locations.
- The discussed shortcomings derive from the fact that the soldering operation is always a critical process with sometimes uncertain results, and in any case rather costly. For this reason the soldering method is whereever possible replaced by the application of adhesive at the compression-fitting locations.
- On the other hand, however, the application of an adhesive to the surface of the return pipe to be inserted into the roll bond structure is not without problems caused for instance by the formation of bubbles in the thin adhesive coating or by the presence of adhesive-free areas resulting from the viscosity of the adhesive or from the adhesive being scraped off by mutual contact between complementary surfaces during the fitting process, which is usually a manual operation. Finally, the manual application of the adhesive may result in the presence of insufficient or excessive amount of adhesive on different surface areas, giving rise to faulty sealing.
- The escape of the gaseous refrigerant cannot always be detected in the course of controls during the manufacturing process, particularly in the case of extremely small leaks. The full impact of the defect is thus noticed only after the refrigerating appliance has been put into use, requiring the manufacturer to carry out extremely onerous and laborious service operations, as well known by those skilled in the trade, without any remedy in sight.
- The construction and maintenance of refrigerating appliances of this type are thus rendered rather complicated by the described operations which do not, moreover, lend themselves to being readily automatized.
- It would therefore be desirable, and is in fact an object of the present invention, to provide a domestic refrigerating appliance in which the above discussed shortcomings are avoided without incurring construction complications or the necessity of novel technologies, so as to maintain low production costs.
- These and other objects are attained in a refrigerating appliance as defined in the appended claims.
- The invention will be more fully understood from the following description, given by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
- fig. 1
- is a diagrammatic illustration of a first step in the method according to the invention for sealingly connecting a return pipe to a roll bond evaporator,
- fig. 2
- shows a second step of said method, and
- fig. 3
- shows a third step of said method.
- The method according to the invention is carried out in four distinct steps, the first one of which comprises the insertion of a
return pipe 1, with a capillary 2 enclosed therein, into apassage 3 formed between the two sheet layers of aroll bond evaporator 4. The insertion ofreturn pipe 1 intopassage 3 has to be carried out in a manner ensuring that the two cylindrical elements are maintained substantially coaxial with one another, or at least with their respective surfaces out of contact with one another. - To this purpose the diameter of
return pipe 1 is selected to be slightly smaller than that ofpassage 3, so that aspace 12 of preferably about o.2 to o.5 is defined between the two respective surfaces. - As generally known,
return pipe 1 is inserted to a predetermined position 5 of its inner end, while a certain length of capillary 2 projecting from the end ofreturn pipe 1 extends through arestriction 6 formed in alinear extension 7 of returnpipe receiving passage 3. - This positioning has to be maintained throughout the three subsequent steps of the operation, but then the operations of inserting the components and fixing them in position can be readily and fully automatised by one skilled in the art.
- The second step comprises the compression of
passage 3 about anend portion 8 ofreturn pipe 1, and ofrestriction 6 about capillary 2, and is performed in the conventional manner. - The third step of the process comprises the injection of a semi-fluid substance having sealing and adhesive properties into a
further passage 9 obtained by suitably shaping the two sheet layers of the roll bond structure. As clearly shown in the drawings,possage 9 has an outwardsopening port 10 at one end, and at the other, aport 11 opening into thenarrow space 12 defined betweenpassage 3 of the roll bond structure and the length ofreturn pipe 1 inserted thereinto. - It is important that
port 11 opens into the bottom portion ofspace 12 as shown in the drawings. - The pressure applied for the injection of the semi-fluid substance is effective to ensure that the substance progressively and completely fills
space 12 so as to fully replace the air originally contained therein, the length ofspace 12 having been selected with a view to achieving a reliable sealing effect. - It has thus been found that a length of
space 12 of at least 30 mm is sufficient to ensure such reliable sealing effect to guard against gas losses, even whenspace 12 is not completely filled by the injected substance. Even when the air has not been completely displaced fromspace 12, leaving a small air pocket adjacent the closed end thereof, the desired sealing of the connection will not be impaired. - As a matter of fact, the hermetic sealing of the connection is substantially brought about by the injected adhesive substance forming an annular diaphragm between, and bonded to, the outer wall surface of
return pipe 1 and the inner wall surface ofpassage 3, this diaphragm being impermeable to the passage of gas from one side thereof to the other. - The formation of an annular diaphragm having the above described sealing properties is ensured by the injection of the sealing substance through the
port 11 located, as has been pointed out, closely adjacent the bottom ofspace 12. - It is preferable to employ a substance of the anaerobic polimerization type and of very low viscosity, and thus capable of penetrating even the smallest gaps of
space 12 by capillary action. - Preferred in any case is the employ of a monocomponent anaerobic polymerization substance, for instance TOPFIX NA 84 supplied by CECA company, which requires a certain time for setting at least to a degree permitting the evaporator to be subsequently handled as for mounting it in a refrigerating appliance, without thereby endangering the previously obtained seal.
- Since this time interval is usually not available in an automatized manufacturing process with high production rates, it is advisable to provide a fourth step which consists in performing a heat treatment of the area previously supplied with the sealing substance, preferably by subjecting the respective area to induction heating for a very short time, for
instance 10 to 20 seconds, by the employ of a technique generally known to those skilled in the art. - At the end of this short period, the return pipe is perfectly sealed to the roll bond structure, so that the evaporator is ready for further processing.
- The preceding description has been given on the assumption that the
capillary 2 is contained within thereturn pipe 1. The teaching of the invention still holds valid, however, when thecapillary 2 is to be connected to the evaporator independently of the return pipe. - The described method is thus conducive to obtaining the following advantages:
- a) Rapid establishment of the connection between the return pipe and the evaporator without the need for sealing gaskets or other auxiliary parts, and without the necessity of a soldering step,
- b) Simplified processing of the roll bond structure,
- c) Simplification and flexibility of the manufacturing process (to be carried out in separate steps capable of automatization),
- d) Overall economy of the manufacturing process.
- e) Above all, the quality of the connection is greatly improved as regards the obtention of a reliable seal, particularly with a view to not readily detectable slow leaks.
- It is of course possible to design refrigerating appliances with modifications of what has been described above within the purvieew of the present invention.
Claims (9)
- A method for making an evaporator of the roll bond type, particularly for use in domestic refrigerating appliances, with a frist step comprising the insertion of a return pipe into a retrun passage formed between the two bonded sheet layers of the roll bond evaporator, a second step comprising the compression of said return passage about an end portion of said return pipe so as to form a narrow substantially annular space, preferably of a length of at least 20 mm, between the inner wall of said return passage and the outer face of said return pipe inserted therein, characterized by the provision of a third step comprising the injection of a semi-fluid substance having sealing and adhesive properties into a further passage (9) obtained by suitably shaping the two sheet layers of the roll bond structure, said further passage (9) having at one of its ends a port (11) opening into said space (12), so that and until said substance progressively fills all or part of the volume of said space.
- A method according to claim 1, characterized in that said port (11) opens into said space (12) substantially adjacent the bottom thereof.
- A method according to claim 2, characterized in that said sealing substance is of the anaerobic polymerization type.
- A method according to claim 3, characterized in that subsequent to the filling of said space (12), the corresponding area of the roll bond structure is subjected to a heat treatment, preferably by induction heating, for the polymerization of said sealing substance.
- A method according to claim 5, characterized in that said induction heating step is carried out for an interval of about 10 to 20 seconds.
- A method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that said return pipe (1) is retained at a fixed position within said passage (3) during the subsequent three steps of the process.
- A method according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the insertion of said return pipe (1) into said passage (3) is carried out so as to avoid any contact between the two components.
- A method according to claim 7, characterized in that said space (12) has a width of between o.2 and o.5 mm.
- A refrigerating appliance provided with at least one evaporator, characterized by being made with the employ of the method according to any of the preceding claims.
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ITPN920058A IT1259220B (en) | 1992-07-23 | 1992-07-23 | PROCEDURE FOR MAKING PERFECTED EVAPORATORS |
ITPN920058 | 1992-07-23 |
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EP0580138A1 true EP0580138A1 (en) | 1994-01-26 |
EP0580138B1 EP0580138B1 (en) | 1996-02-28 |
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GB796229A (en) * | 1954-10-22 | 1958-06-11 | Olin Mathieson | Sheet-like articles having internal passageway systems therein |
FR1452010A (en) * | 1965-02-18 | 1966-09-09 | Rubanox Soc | Improvements in the production of junctions for heat exchangers |
DE1250845B (en) * | 1967-09-28 | Wieland-Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Ulm/Donau | Connection for single-pipe connections of refrigeration machine evaporators | |
GB1130038A (en) * | 1965-12-16 | 1968-10-09 | R & G Schmoele Metallwerke K G | Refrigerating equipment for refrigerator cabinets or the like |
GB1146632A (en) * | 1965-08-24 | 1969-03-26 | Olin Mathieson | Passageway forming in panels |
DE1904245A1 (en) * | 1969-01-29 | 1970-08-06 | Ver Deutsche Metallwerke Ag | Attachment method for capillary tube - in refrigerator elements |
DE2001021A1 (en) * | 1970-01-10 | 1971-09-02 | Ver Deutsche Metallwerke Ag | Connection point for refrigerant pipelines |
DE2027874A1 (en) * | 1970-06-06 | 1971-12-16 | Buderus Eisenwerk | Method of manufacturing a panel heater |
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- 1992-07-23 IT ITPN920058A patent/IT1259220B/en active IP Right Grant
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- 1993-07-21 DE DE69301635T patent/DE69301635T2/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1993-07-21 EP EP93111668A patent/EP0580138B1/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1993-07-21 ES ES93111668T patent/ES2087620T3/en not_active Expired - Lifetime
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DE1250845B (en) * | 1967-09-28 | Wieland-Werke Aktiengesellschaft, Ulm/Donau | Connection for single-pipe connections of refrigeration machine evaporators | |
GB796229A (en) * | 1954-10-22 | 1958-06-11 | Olin Mathieson | Sheet-like articles having internal passageway systems therein |
FR1452010A (en) * | 1965-02-18 | 1966-09-09 | Rubanox Soc | Improvements in the production of junctions for heat exchangers |
GB1146632A (en) * | 1965-08-24 | 1969-03-26 | Olin Mathieson | Passageway forming in panels |
GB1130038A (en) * | 1965-12-16 | 1968-10-09 | R & G Schmoele Metallwerke K G | Refrigerating equipment for refrigerator cabinets or the like |
DE1904245A1 (en) * | 1969-01-29 | 1970-08-06 | Ver Deutsche Metallwerke Ag | Attachment method for capillary tube - in refrigerator elements |
DE2001021A1 (en) * | 1970-01-10 | 1971-09-02 | Ver Deutsche Metallwerke Ag | Connection point for refrigerant pipelines |
DE2027874A1 (en) * | 1970-06-06 | 1971-12-16 | Buderus Eisenwerk | Method of manufacturing a panel heater |
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IT1259220B (en) | 1996-03-11 |
DE69301635D1 (en) | 1996-04-04 |
ES2087620T3 (en) | 1996-07-16 |
DE69301635T2 (en) | 1996-08-22 |
ITPN920058A0 (en) | 1992-07-23 |
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