Water heater electrical enclosure insert/foam dam
US6917756B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 1, 2003 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF24H1/182
- WIPO fieldThermal processes and apparatus
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Electrical components projecting outwardly from the storage tank portion of an electric water heater are shielded from foam insulation material being injected into an insulation space between the tank and an outer jacket portion of the water heater by a hollow, open sided foam dam structure extending through a jacket opening and circumscribing the electrical components. Force exerting projections on the dam engage the interior side surface of the jacket and forcibly hold the inner side of the dam structure in sealing engagement with the tank. The projections also hold an outer side peripheral lip of the dam in a an outwardly and resiliently deflected orientation in which it is sealingly pressed inwardly against the outer side surface of the jacket around the periphery of the opening therein to prevent injected foam from being forced outwardly through the jacket opening.
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