Waer distributor chamber for heat exchangers and partitions therefor

Claim 1

A FLUID DISTRIBUTION CHAMBER FOR HEAT EXCHANGERS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION, MEANS DEFINING A SUBSTANTIALLY BELL-SHAPED SMOOTH-SURFACED CAVITY HAVING A BOTTOM END WALL AND A SIDE WALL, AND AN OPEN UPPER END; SAID END WALL HAVING INLET AND OUTLET OPENINGS, INLET AND OUTLET NIPPLES RESPECTIVELY SECURED TO SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET OPENINGS, A COVER SEALING SAID OPEN END AND FORMED WITH TWO GROUPS OF APERTURES, SAID COVER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH INNER SURFACE PORTION; FLUID OUTLET CONDUITS SECURED IN ONE GROUP OF APERTURES OPPOSING SAID INLET NIPPLE; FLUID RETURN CONDUITS SECURED IN THE OTHER GROUPS OF APERTURES OPPOSING SAID OUTLET NIPPLE; A SUBSTANTIALLY PLANAR PARTITION FITTING LOOSELY WITHIN SAID CAVITY, AND EXTENDING VERTICALLY BETWEEN SAID END WALL AND SAID COVER, THE UPPER AND LOWER EDGES OF SAID PARTITION RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT SAID COVER AND SAID BOTTOM WALL, THE SIDE EDGES OF SAID PARTITION RESPECTIVELY ADJACENT SAID SIDE WALL OF SAID CAVITY, SAID PARTITION POSITIONED TO DIVIDE SAID CAVITY INTO INLET AND OUTLET CHAMBERS WITH SAID INLET NIPPLE OPENING AND THE OUTLET APERTURES ON ONE SIDE OF SAID PARTITION AND SAID OUTLET NIPPLE OPENING AND THE INLET APERTURES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID PARTITION, SEALING GASKET MEANS OF RESILIENT NON-METALLIC MATERIAL EXTENDING AROUND THE PERIPHERAL EDGES OF SAID PARTITION IN FLUID-TIGHT ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, SAID GASKET MEANS HAVING LEGS DIVERGING IN OPPOSED DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO THE PLANE OF SAID PARTITION AND IN RESILIENT FLUID-TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID END WALL, SAID COVER, AND SAID SIDE WALL; AND SPACERS EXTENDING BETWEEN OPPOSITE SURFACES OF SAID PARTITION AND SAID SIDE WALL; SAID LEGS BEING FORCED INTO FLUID-TIGHT ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID END WALL, COVER, AND SIDE WALL SUBSTANTIALLY SMOOTH SURFACE PORTIONS BY PRESSURE DIFFERENTIALS BETWEEN SAID CHAMBERS.