Patent ID: 9616530
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: B21D,B23P,F28D,F28F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A heat exchanger tube inserting apparatus adapted to insert, in a process of assembling a heat exchanger including a number of fins and heat exchanger tubes passing through the number of fins, a heat exchanger tube into insertion holes formed in the fins, the heat exchanger tube inserting apparatus comprising: a roller conveyor section including a roller configured to advance the heat exchanger tube in an insertion direction to thereby insert the heat exchanger tube into the insertion holes of the fins and to a first position by rotation of the roller; a pushing section configured to push the heat exchanger tube, which has been moved to the first position by the roller conveyor section along the insertion direction, to a second position located further inside than the first position; and a main body frame supporting the roller conveyor section and the pushing section, the roller conveyor section and the pushing section being spaced from each other along a direction horizontally transverse to the insertion direction to allow simultaneous insertion of a tube into the first position and another tube into the second position, and the main body being movable parallel to the extending direction of the fins.