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Water heater

Granted 13 Nov 2018 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Noritz Corporation

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Inventors: Ryoichi Shono, Toshihiro Ishino · Examiner: Karen S Acker · AU 2922 · TC 2900

Application
29/582,823
filed 31 Oct 2016
Publication
Not published
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US D833589
granted 13 Nov 2018

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a…

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a water heater, in accordance with Embodiment 1 of the present design;

FIG. 2 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 8 - 8 of FIG. 2 thereof;

FIG. 9 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 9 - 9 of FIG. 2 thereof;

FIG. 10 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 10 - 10 of FIG. 2 thereof;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view of a water heater, in accordance with Embodiment 2 of the present design;

FIG. 12 is a front view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 18 - 18 of FIG. 12 thereof;

FIG. 19 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 19 - 19 of FIG. 12 thereof;

FIG. 20 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 20 - 20 of FIG. 12 thereof; and,

FIG. 21 is a cross sectional view in which the internal mechanism is not shown for the sake of clarity, taken along line 21 - 21 of FIG. 12 thereof.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the water heater that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D23/318

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Examiner
Karen S Acker
art unit 2922 · TC 2900
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