Method of assembling a bundle of coils in a heat exchange device

Claim 1

A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A BUNDLE OF COILS IN SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY SPACED CONCENTRIC LAYERS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SECURING LONGITUDINALLY AT LEAST THREE COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO, AND ALONG THE LENGTH OF A DUMMY CORE AT SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM INTERVALS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SUCH DUMMY CORE, ONE PART OF THE SUPPORT MEMBERS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE DUMMY CORE SURFACE AND BEING SLOTTED AT INTERVALS ALONG ITS LENGTH TO RETAIN THE COILS; MOUNTING SAID CENTRAL DUMMY CORE BETWEEN ROTATABLE FIXTURES AT EACH END SO THAT THE CORE MAY BE ROTATED ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS; ROTATING THE CORE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WINDING TUBES AROUND SUCH CORE SO AS TO FORM A FIRST COIL LAYER WHILE FITTING THE WINDINGS THEREOF INTO THE SLOTS OF THE SUPPORT MEMBERS; ATTACHING ADDITIONAL COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO THE MEMBERS SECURED TO THE DUMMY CORE SO THAT THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ARE ADJACENTLY POSITIONED TO THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID FIRST COIL LAYER AND HOLD THE COIL WINDINGS IN SAID SLOTS; AND FURTHER ROTATING SAID CORE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WINDING ADDITIONAL TUBES AROUND SAID DUMMY CORE WHILE FITTING SUCH COIL WINDINGS INTO SLOTS OF SAID ADDITIONAL COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO FORM A LARGER DIAMETER SECOND COIL LAYER.

Claim 2

A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A BUNDLE OF COILS IN SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORMLY SPACED CONCENTRIC LAYERS COMPRISING THE STEPS OF SECURING LONGITUDINALLY AT LEAST THREE COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO, AND ALONG THE LENGTH OF A DUMMY CORE AT SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM INTERVALS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF SUCH DUMMY CORE, ONE PART OF THE SUPPORT MEMBERS EXTENDING RADIALLY FROM THE DUMMY CORE SURFACE AND BEING SLOTTED AT INTERVALS ALONG ITS LENGTH TO RETAIN THE COILS; MOUNTING SAID CENTRAL DUMMY CORE BETWEEN ROTATABLE FIXTURES AT EACH END SO THAT THE CORE MAY BE ROTATED ABOUT ITS LONGITUDINAL AXIS; ROTATING THE CORE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WINDING TUBES AROUND SUCH CORE SO AS TO FORM A FIRST COIL LAYER WHILE FITTING THE WINDINGS THEREOF INTO THE SLOTS OF THE SUPPORT MEMBERS; ATTACHING ADDITIONAL COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO THE MEMBERS SECURED TO THE DUMMY CORE SO THAT THE ADDITIONAL MEMBERS ARE ADJACENTLY POSITIONED TO THE OUTER SIDE OF SAID FIRST COIL LAYER AND HOLD THE COIL WINDINGS IN SAID SLOTS; AND FURTHER ROTATING SAID CORE AND SIMULTANEOUSLY WINDING ADDITIONAL TUBES AROUND SAID DUMMY CORE WHILE FITTING SUCH COIL WINDINGS INTO SLOTS OF SAID ADDITIONAL COIL SUPPORT MEMBERS TO FORM A LARGER DIAMETER SECOND COIL LAYER.