Patent ID: 6984170

Claim:
A cover plate device for a heat exchanger device or a vehicle heater heat exchanger device, comprising: a portion defining a receiving zone to be arranged at the heat exchanger device and to receive partial fluid streams leaving the heat exchanger device in a first direction of flow; a portion defining a mixing zone for mixing the partial fluid streams leaving the heat exchanger device in different areas and entering the receiving zone, the mixing zone comprising a first flow channel area providing a second direction of flow; and a portion defining a first delivery zone and a second delivery zone for delivering the fluid stream leaving the mixing zone, said first delivery zone comprising a second flow channel area and said second delivery zone comprising a third flow channel area, said third flow channel area join the first flow channel area and predetermining another direction of flow for the fluid stream entering said second of the delivery zones, said another direction of flow approximately corresponding to said second direction of flow.