Multi-circuit plate and header assembly

Claim 1

A TWO PIECE, PUSH-PULL UNIFORM FLOW REFRIGERANT HEADER ASSEMBLY, SAID REFRIGERANT HEADER ASSEMBLY INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST HEADER MEMBER, SAID FIRST HEADER MEMBER HAVING AN INTERNAL BORE OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM DIAMETER THROUGHOUT ITS ACTIVE LENGTH, STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTING THE FIRST HEADER MEMBER TO A REFRIGERANT CONDUIT, SAID FIRST HEADER BEING CIRCULAR IN EXTERNAL CONFIGURATION AND HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT, EXTERNAL DIAMETER, SAID FIRST HEADER MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF REFRIGERANT APERTURES THEREIN. SAID APERTURES BEING OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM SIZE AND BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LINEARLY ALIGNED ALONG A PATH WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID FIRST HEADER MEMBER, A SECOND HEADER MEMBER, SAID SECOND HEADER MEMBER HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT DIAMETER BORE THEREIN OF A SIZE SUFFICIENT TO BE SLIDABLY RECEIVED ON THE FIRST HEADER MEMBER, SAID SECOND HEADER MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES THEREIN OF A SIZE NO SMALLER THAN THE APERTURES IN THE FIRST HEADER MEMBER, REFIRGERANT SEALING STRUCTURE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECAND HEADER MEMBERS, THE APERTURES IN SAID SECOND HEADER MEMBERS BEING IN COMMUNICATION WITH REFRIGERANT COIL MEANS, CLOSURE MEANS FOR PREVENTING OUT-LEAKAGE OF REFRIGERANT FROM THE END OF THE HEADERS WHEN IN ASSEMBLED ENGAGEMENT, AND STRUCTURE FOR POSITIVELY ALIGNED AND GUIDING THE HEADER MEMBERS INTO ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP WITH THE APERTURES IN THE FIRST AND SECOND HEADER MEMBERS ALIGNED WITH ONE ANOTHER, SAID STRUCTURE INCLUDING, IN COMBINATION, A FIRST GUIDE MEMBER FIXED TO ONE OF THE HEADER MEMBERS AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE OTHER HEADER MEMBER WHEN THE HEADERS ARE IN ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP, A SECOND GUIDE MEMBER ASSEMBLABLE TO THE OTHE OF SAID HEADER MEMBERS AND EXTENDING TOWARD SAID ONE HEADER MEMBER WHEN THE HEADERS ARE IN ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP, FIRST AND SECOND RECEIVING MEMBERS, THE FIRST RECEIVING MEMBER BEING CARRIED BY THE SECOND HEADER MEMBER, AND THE SECOND RECEIVING MEMBER BEING ASSEMBLABLE WITH THE FIRST HEADER MEMBER, WHEREBY THE GUIDE MEMBERS AND RECEIVING MEMBERS MAY INTERPENETRATE ONLY IN THE POSITION IN WHICH THE APERTURES ARE ALIGNED WITH ONE ANOTHER AS THE HEADERS ARE MOVED INTO ASSEMBLED RELATIONSHIP.