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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 20, 1988
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1987
Otto Z Vago, Burns, TN (US);
State Industries, Inc., Ashland City, TN (US);
Abstract
A water heater tank having a tank shell and a tank top and bottom member welded therein to provide a water tight space inside the shell. A cold water outlet is mounted in the lower portion of the tank. The tank top member has an upwardly extending flange welded to the tank shell. The flange has a deformed portion extending inwardly from the main body of the flange to provide a space between the shell and the deformed portion. The hot water outlet is mounted in the upper portion of the tank with at least a portion of the outlet extending into the space provided by the deformed portion of the flange. The axis of the hot water outlet is thereby positioned at approximately the same level as the face of the tank top member.