SUPPORTING PARTITION Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: water supply of buildings and structures, in particular, construction of heating devices installed in the water supply line. SUBSTANCE: supporting partition for tubes of the device for water heating is made in the form of a metal plate, preferably with a shape of a circle with a sector, or segment, or concave arched or circular cutout, in which holes are made with bushes placed in them, expanded from two ends with formation of a flanging with an outside diameter exceeding the diameter of the hole accommodating the bush at least by the thickness of the bush wall. Metal not producing an electrochemical pair with the tube placed in the bush is used for the bush, and the hardness of the bush metal does not exceed the hardness of the tube metal, the flanging edge at least on one side of the plate is positioned in a spaced relation to the plate, the space being equal to 0.1 to 0.9 of the thickness of the bush wall. The invention is developed in the dependent claims. EFFECT: enhanced adaptability to manufacture, reliability, durability and efficiency of functioning in heating and heat- exchanging devices. 8 cl, 9 dwg