Claims
- 1. A condenser for use in an automobile air conditioner, which comprises:
- a pair of header pipes each consisting of a tank portion and an end plate;
- a plurality of parallel flat tubes extending between said header pipes for supporting coolant flows;
- said end plates being continuously outwardly curved and joined to said tank portions such that inside surfaces of opposite joint edges of said tank portions are overlapped on outside surfaces of opposite joint edges of said end plates, whereby said tank portions reinforce said end plates to
- said flat tubes being brazed to said header pipes such that opposite ends of each flat tube are brought so closely to said joint edges that there is only a minimum clearance that is able to prevent brazing material from entering said flat tube, whereby said tank portion is minimized.
- 2. The condenser of claim 1, wherein said header pipes have an oval cross-section.
- 3. The condenser of claim 1, wherein said end plate have a radius of curvature which is smaller than that of said tank portion.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
This is a continuation-in-part application of Ser. No. 481,933 filed Feb. 16, 1990, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,036,914.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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