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Water heater top cap assembly

Granted 2 Apr 2019 · 2 office actions

Assignee: Rheem Manufacturing Company

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Inventors: Gregory Welk, Scott Cline, Timothy Rothwell, Timothy Scott +1 · Examiner: Kevin K Rudzinski · AU 2911 · TC 2900

Application
29/616,433
filed 6 Sep 2017
Publication
Not published
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US D844768
granted 2 Apr 2019

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of…

FIG. 1 is a front perspective view of the new design for a water heater top cap assembly;

FIG. 2 is a back perspective view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevation view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a back elevation view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a right side elevation view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a left side elevation view thereof; and

FIG. 9 is a front perspective view of the water heater top cap assembly installed on a water heater; and,

FIG. 10 is a back perspective view of the water heater top cap assembly installed on a water heater.

The broken lines shown represent portions of the water heater top cap assembly and environmental 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
D23/386

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Examiner
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