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Thermostat housing

Granted 7 Apr 1998 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Honeywell Inc. · originally Honeywell International

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Inventors: Jolayne K. Ingebritson, Timothy J. Smith, James A. Odom · Examiner: Antoine Duval Davis · AU 293 · TC 2900

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US D393214
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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view as seen…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view as seen from the front, top and right end of a first embodiment of a thermostat housing in accordance with the applicants' design with a switch cover thereon in a closed position;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view as seen from the front, top and right end of a second embodiment of a thermostat housing in accordance with the applicants' design with the switch cover thereon in a closed position;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view as seen from the front, top and right end of a third embodiment of a thermostat housing in accordance with the applicants' design with the switch cover in a closed position;

FIG. 4 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 1 with the cover in a closed position;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 2 with the cover in a closed position;

FIG. 6 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 3 with the cover in a closed position;

FIG. 7 is a top plan view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 8 is a bottom plan view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 2;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view of the thermostat housing embodiments of FIGS. 2 and 3;

FIG. 11 is a top plan view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 3;

FIG. 12 is a right end elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2 with the cover in an open position;

FIG. 13 is a right end elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiments of FIGS. 1 and 2 with the cover in a closed position;

FIG. 14 is a right end elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 3 with the cover in a closed position;

FIG. 15 is a right end elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 3 with the cover in an open position;

FIG. 16 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 1 with the cover in an open position, and illustrating a first optional switch arrangement under the cover;

FIG. 17 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 1 with the cover in an open position, and illustrating a second optional switch arrangement under the cover;

FIG. 18 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 2 with the cover in an open position, and illustrating a first optional switch arrangement under the cover;

FIG. 19 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 2 with the cover in an open position, and illustrating a second optional switch arrangement in the area under the cover; and,

FIG. 20 is a front elevation view of the thermostat housing embodiment of FIG. 3 with the cover in an open position and illustrating the switch arrangement in the area under the cover.

The left end elevation views of the thermostat housing embodiments with the covers in closed and open positions are mirror images of the respective right end elevation views thereof. The rear views of the thermostat housing embodiments do not comprise any portion of the invention, and hence are not shown in the drawings.

The broken line showing is for illustrative purposes only and forms no part of the claimed design.

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