Patent ID: 8393385

Claim:
A heat exchanging device comprising: a first disk member having an inlet formed as a tubular member on a first side of the first disk member; a second disk member having an outlet formed as a tubular member on a first side of the second disk member, an outer periphery of the second sides of the first and second disk members engaging each other to form a disk unit, said disk unit having a chamber to facilitate flow of a heat exchange medium therein, at least one of the first and second disk members having on its second side first and second connecting members coupled to the other disk member and disposed on opposite sides of a line extending axially through the inlet and the outlet to define therebetween an inlet flow path on one side of the line and an outlet flow path on the opposite side of the line, the inlet flow path being in fluid communication with inlet, the outlet flow path being in fluid communication with the outlet, and each of the inlet and outlet flow paths being in fluid communication with the chamber; and a medium directing member disposed within the disk unit, the medium directing member, the first and second connecting members and the chamber being configured such that the heat exchange medium is directed to flow from the inlet, through the inlet flow path, through the chamber, through the outlet flow path, and into the outlet.