Shell-and-tube type liquid chillers

Claim 1

A LIQUID CHILLER COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING SHELL HAVING LIQUID MANIFOLDS AT ITS ENDS, A PLURALITY OF VERTICALLY SPACED APART ROWS OF SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING, CLOSELY SPACED TUBES EXTENDING WITHIN SAID SHELL SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID SHELL, AND CONNECTING AT THEIR ENDS WITH THE SPACES WITHIN SAID MANIFOLDS, ONE OF SAID MANIFOLDS HAVING A LIQUID INLET, ONE OF SAID MANIFOLDS HAVING A LIQUID OUTLET, SAID SHELL HAVING A REFRIGERANT INLET IN ITS BOTTOM AND HAVING A REFRIGERANT GAS OUTLET IN ITS TOP, A FIRST, SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BAFFLE SHEET EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID SHELL WITH ITS EDGES IN CONTACT WITH THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SHELL BELOW THE LOWERMOST OF SAID ROWS OF TUBES, ONE OF SAID EDGES HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART, CONSTRICTED REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTION NOTCHES, AND A SECOND BAFFLE SHEET EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY VERTICALLY DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID FIRST SHEET TO THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID SHELL ADJACENT TO SAID REFRIGERANT INLET, SAID SECOND SHEET EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY THE LENGTH OF SAID SHELL AND HAVING LONGITUDINALLY SPACED APART, CONSTRICTED REFRIGERANT DISTRIBUTION NOTCHES IN ITS BOTTOM EDGE.