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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Barry Neild Jackson, Woodbury, MN (US);
Gary W. Gauer, Cottage Grove, MN (US);
Ronald Iannelli, Burnsville, MN (US);
Assignee:
Water Heater Innovations, Inc., Eagan, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/20 ; H05B 3/78 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F24H 1/20 ; H05B 3/78 ;
Abstract
A vessel of substantially uniform curvilinear shape comprising at least one area of a different curvilinear shape that is adapted to closely conform to and engage a number of commonly contoured curvilinear segments on a housing member constructed and arranged to receive an outer covering panel in close fitting relation therewith is disclosed. In addition a method of manufacturing a vessel which comprises at least one area of a different curvilinear shape is also disclosed.