Assembly for fastening a fitting to a manifold

摘要

An assembly for fastening a fitting to a hole in a tubular manifold having a hole. A plurality of refrigerant tubes extend into the manifold transversely to the hole. The assembly includes a fitting that extends along an axis and defines an opening to provide clearance for the refrigerant tubes extending into the manifold. The fitting also presents a pair of slots in spaced and parallel relationship with one another. The assembly further includes a semi-cylindrical shaped mounting plate including a bracket. The bracket presents a pair of legs which extend in spaced and parallel relationship with one another and engage the slots of the fitting to limit rotary movement of the fitting about the axis relative to the bracket before and during brazing of the fitting to the manifold to maintain a clearance between the lower section of the fitting and the refrigerant tubes.

主权项

1. An assembly for fastening a fitting to a hole in a manifold receiving refrigerant tubes extending into the manifold transverse the hole in the manifold, said assembly comprising:
a fitting extending along an axis and presenting at least a pair of slots spaced from one another, said fitting having a lower section defining an opening providing clearance for the refrigerant tubes extending into the manifold, and a bracket presenting at least a pair of legs extending in spaced relationship with one another for engaging said at least a pair of slots of said fitting to limit rotary movement of said fitting about said axis relative to said bracket before and during brazing of said fitting to the manifold for maintaining clearance between said lower section of said fitting and the refrigerant tubes, wherein said fitting further includes an intermediate section and an upper section, wherein said upper section of said fitting has an upper thickness and said intermediate section has an intermediate thickness wherein said upper thickness is greater than said intermediate thickness to present a shoulder separating said upper and intermediate sections, wherein a braze ring is disposed about said intermediate section and abuts said shoulder for brazing said fitting to the manifold around the hole therein.