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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael O Hickman, Guelph, CA;
Assignee:
GSW Inc., Fergus, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H / ; B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
126344 ; 264 465 ; 264 452 ; 126361 ; 126373 ;
Abstract
The method of the present invention is for foam insulating a water heater where the water heater has an outer shell and an inner tank with tank fittings, the outer shell having tank fitting openings and the inner tank and outer shell being separated by an insulation space. The method comprises locating foam flow barriers between the inner tank and the outer shell around the periphery of each of the tank fitting openings and then spraying foam forming material into the insulation space with the foam barriers preventing the foam from escaping outwardly through the tank fitting openings.