Bacteria preventive water holding tank construction for electric water heaters

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PATENT NO 10775051
APP PUB NO 20190128540A1
SERIAL NO

15732380

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A water holding tank for electric water heaters is described and particularly an improvement to the bottom end construction of the tank to prevent bacteria proliferation and the elimination of the cavitated circumferential area where sediments deposit to form a culture bed for bacteria to proliferate. Instead of modifying the shape of the bottom wall the improvement is a simple solution in that a filler material is set in at least a lowermost portion, and preferably a major portion, of the cavitated circumferential area to isolate that area from the interior of the water holding tank and form smooth flat surface areas which are planar to cause sediments to disperse and not form beds for bacteria to proliferate.

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A O SMITH ENTERPRISES LTD768 ERIE STREET STRATFORD ONTARIO N4Z 1AZ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Lesage, Claude Pointe-Claire, CA 57 304
Lesage, Jean-Claude Kirkland, CA 29 118

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