Compact washing machine outlet box with forty-five degree drain
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1. A forwardly opening low profile washing machine outlet box, comprising:
- a back wall having an upper vertical section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping section;
a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly from a peripheral edge of said back wall;
first and second apertures in said upper section for mounting first and second valve shanks for connection to first and second water supply lines; and
an enlarged aperture in said lower wall section for connection to a drain line and for receiving a washing machine drain hose.
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A forwardly opening low profile washing machine outlet box configured so that it can be stamped as a unitary piece of sheet metal comprises a back wall having an upper vertical section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping section, a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly from a peripheral edge of the back wall, first and second apertures in the upper wall section for mounting first and second valve shanks for receiving first and second water supply lines, and an enlarged aperture in said lower wall section for connecting to a drain line and for receiving a washing machine drain hose.
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19 Claims
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1. A forwardly opening low profile washing machine outlet box, comprising:
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a back wall having an upper vertical section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping section; a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly from a peripheral edge of said back wall; first and second apertures in said upper section for mounting first and second valve shanks for connection to first and second water supply lines; and an enlarged aperture in said lower wall section for connection to a drain line and for receiving a washing machine drain hose. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A front opening low profile washing machine outlet box, comprising:
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a back wall having an upper vertical section, an intermediate downwardly extending backwardly sloping section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping section; a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly from a peripheral edge of said back wall; first and second apertures in said upper back wall section for mounting first and second valve shanks for receiving first and second water supply lines; and an enlarged aperture in said lower back wall section for receiving a drain line connection and for receiving a washing machine drain hose. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A front opening narrow profile washing machine outlet box formed as a unitary sheet metal structure, comprising:
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a back wall having an upper vertical section, an intermediate downwardly extending backwardly sloping section and a lower downwardly extending forwardly sloping wall section, said lower section sloping at an angle of about forty-five degrees; a forwardly extending peripheral wall integral with and extending forwardly from a peripheral edge of said back wall and formed with a rounded forwardmost edge; first and second apertures in said upper section for mounting first and second valve shanks for receiving first and second washing machine water supply lines; and an enlarged aperture in said lower wall section for receiving a drain line connection and for receiving a washing machine drain hose. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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