Fire tube heater

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8844472
APP PUB NO 20110146594A1
SERIAL NO

12644164

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A fire tube heater apparatus includes a shell, with a tube bundle received in the shell and a burner section communicated with the tube bundle. The tubes in the tube bundle have circular inlet and outlet end portions with a flattened, serpentine intermediate portion. The intermediate portion has a width greater than the inlet outside diameter and a tube thickness transverse to the width less than the inlet outside diameter.

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LOCHINVAR LLC300 MADDOX SIMPSON PARKWAY LEBANON TN 37090

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Iske, Brian J Murfreesboro, US 9 106
Rolph, Neil W Lebanon, US 6 34
Smelcer, Jim C Hermitage, US 9 98

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