(under subclass 700) Apparatus including means to bring together or secure parts of structure particularly adapted to transfer thermal energy or including means to detach such previously assembled (or disassembled) parts.
(1) Note. This subclass includes, but is not limited to: (a) Apparatus for inserting a tube into the corresponding hole of a fin. (b) Apparatus for compressing radiator sections together. (c) Apparatus for removing a heat exchanger from an assembly nest. (d) Apparatus for assembling refrigeration elements.
SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:
33+, for apparatus for performing combined operations in the assembly of a heat exchanger.
238, for apparatus for compressing other work parts in face to face relation.
244+, particularly subclasses 258+ for an apparatus for merely exerting a push or a pull.
890.03+, for the process of assembling a heat exchanger.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 72, Metal Deforming,
115+, and 317 for pipe or tube flaring.
126, Stoves and Furnaces, for a heat exchanger used in a
heating plant.
165, Heat Exchange,
76+, for a heat exchanger including assembly structure and appropriate subclasses for the heat exchanger, per se.
269, Work Holders, appropriate subclasses for a work holder, per se, used in the assembling of a heat exchanger.
