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US 4,410,004 AGranted
Laundry outlet box
AssigneeOatey Co.
InventorsDavid E. Kifer, Robert H. McGuire
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AssigneeOatey Co.
InventorsDavid E. Kifer, Robert H. McGuire
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A laundry outlet box comprises a box-like one-piece molded plastic housing having top, bottom and side walls circumscribing an axis of the box and a back wall and open front face normal to such axis. The bottom wall of the housing slopes downwardly toward the center to a drain opening and is provided at its underside with a tailpipe adaptor including coextensive radially spaced pipe-like extensions concentric with the drain opening, which extensions are adapted for selective coupling to drain pipes of different sizes. The housing is adapted to be recess mounted in a wall between vertical wall supports by interchangeable L-shape mounting brackets arranged in pairs on each side of the box with the laterally extending legs vertically spaced apart and adapted to have optionally secured therebetween electrical outlet boxes at one or both sides of the box. One leg of each bracket extends axially into a respective mounting loop on the side wall of the housing and is axially adjustably secured therein so that the box can be mounted in the wall in one of a plurality of axially adjusted positions. The outlet box further includes a face plate which may be axially adjustably attached by snap lock elements to the housing to cover the opening in the wall therefor or optionally by screws to the mounting brackets.
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports, comprising:
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports comprising:
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports, comprising:
A laundry outlet box capable of being selectively coupled to drain pipes of different diameters, comprising a box-like housing having a bottom wall with a drain opening therein and selective coupling means depending from said bottom wall at said drain opening for selectively coupling to said housing drain pipes of different diameters, said coupling means including two radially spaced, coextensive inner and outer pipe-like extensions each adapted to have coupled thereto respective ones of the different diameter drain pipes, said radially inner and outer extensions respectively having oppositely tapered outer and inner diameter surfaces for achieving interference fit with the inner and outer surfaces of the respective drain pipes.
A laundry outlet box adapted to be recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports comprising a box-like housing having top, bottom, side and rear walls, and a pair of vertically spaced brackets on each said side wall adapted to be attached at their distal ends to the wall support, and means for mounting and supporting an electrical outlet box between at least one pair of said brackets adjacent one side of said housing, said electrical outlet box being mounted on said one pair of said brackets.
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports comprising:
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports, comprising:
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted to a wall between laterally spaced wall supports, comprising:
A laundry outlet box having provision for locating a drain hose goose neck therein comprising a housing having an open front face and a bottom wall with a drain opening therein, and a face plate detachably secured to said housing surrounding said open front face, said face plate having four vertical side portions defining therebetween a central opening giving access to the interior of said housing through said open front face, the bottom vertical side portion of said face plate having at its upper edge an upwardly opening notch in alignment with said drain opening for locating a drain hose goose neck in said housing with its open end in said drain opening, said housing including tailpipe means for selectively coupling drain pipes of different diameters thereto, said tailpipe means including two radially spaced, coextensive inner and outer pipe-like extensions each adapted to have coupled thereto respective ones of the different diameter drain pipes, said radially inner and outer extensions respectively having oppositely tapered outer and inner diameter surfaces for achieving an interference fit with the inner and outer surfaces of the respective drain pipes, said tailpipe means being relatively compact and short in length whereby said goose neck extends downwardly beyond said tailpipe means.
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports, comprising:
A laundry outlet box capable of being recess mounted in a wall between laterally spaced wall supports, comprising:
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