Patent ID: 7032655

Claim:
A tube support device for a tube bundle having tubes arranged in rows with tube lanes separating the tube rows, the tube support device comprising: an elongated longitudinally extending strip having a pair of opposing faces and a plurality of successive transverse tube support rows located at successive longitudinal locations along the strip, wherein each tube support row having a plurality of raised, tube-engaging zones, wherein at least two of the plurality of raised, tube-engaging zones extend laterally outwards from one of the pair of opposing faces and at least one of the plurality of raised, tube-engaging zones extends laterally outwards from another one of the pair of opposing faces, wherein the plurality of raised, tube-engaging zones extend laterally outwards to engage with tubes in the tube bundle on opposite sides of a tube lane, wherein at least one tube in the tube bundle is engaged by at least one raised tube engaging zone of each of at least two tube support rows of the tube support device.