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US 10,539,802 B2Granted
Reflective pilot light viewer
OwnerJerrold M. Orlowskiinventor
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Abstract
A reflective pilot light viewer is disclosed. The reflective pilot light viewer has an attachment flange securable to a water heater tank by fasteners. The reflective pilot light viewer also has a viewing segment joined to the attachment flange and extending from the access outer panel at an approximate forty-five degree to fifty degree angle, the viewing segment having an upper portion which is a reflective surface. An access outer panel having the reflective pilot light viewer and a water heater having the reflective pilot light viewer are also disclosed.
Claims14
A water heater access outer panel comprising:
- a panel body configured to cover an opening in and be affixed to a water tank of a water heater, the panel body having a viewing window which aligns with a pilot light when the access outer panel is positioned on the water tank;
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- a reflective pilot light viewer comprising a one-piece sheet of material forming:
- an attachment flange and a viewing segment which is integral and continuous with the attachment flange across an overall width of the sheet of material, wherein the viewing segment extends from the attachment flange at a fixed angle;
- wherein the attachment flange is attached to the panel body by fasteners below the viewing window and the viewing segment extends at the fixed angle of approximately forty-five to fifty degrees from the panel body, and wherein first and second fasteners extend through the attachment flange and into the access outer panel;
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- the viewing segment has an upper portion which is a fixed position reflective surface and is aligned with the viewing window at the fixed angle so as to reflect the pilot light.
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A water heater comprising:
- a water tank having a gas control, a thermostat control and thermocouple for controlling a gas-fired burner, and a pilot light to ignite the gas flowing into the burner;
- an access outer panel removable from a lower portion of the water tank, the access outer panel having a viewing window positioned horizontally adjacent to the pilot light;
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- a reflective pilot light viewer attached to the access outer panel proximate and below the viewing window, the reflective pilot light viewer comprising a one-piece sheet of material forming an attachment flange which is attached to the access outer panel by first and second fasteners which extend through the attachment flange and into the access outer panel, and a viewing segment which is integral and continuous with the attachment flange across an overall width of the sheet of material, wherein the viewing segment extends upwards from the attachment flange at a fixed angle, the fixed angle being an angle of approximately forty-five to fifty degrees from the panel body, and the viewing segment having an upper portion which is a fixed position reflective surface and is aligned with the viewing window at the fixed angle so as to reflect the pilot light upwards.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.