Bracket-type Support Patents (Class 239/283)
  • Patent number: 11883834
    Abstract: A handheld spray wand for showering, bathing, or the like. The spray wand including a fluid inlet and a nozzle portion in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The nozzle portion including a first nozzle array extending along a longitudinal direction of the nozzle portion and a second nozzle array positioned adjacent to the first nozzle array and extending along the longitudinal direction of the nozzle portion. Within the nozzle arrays, the nozzles may be staggered to define a staggered water pattern as water exits the nozzle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thurgood
  • Patent number: 11413632
    Abstract: A handheld spray wand for showering, bathing, or the like. The spray wand including a fluid inlet and a nozzle portion in fluid communication with the fluid inlet. The nozzle portion including a first nozzle array extending along a longitudinal direction of the nozzle portion and a second nozzle array positioned adjacent to the first nozzle array and extending along the longitudinal direction of the nozzle portion. Within the nozzle arrays, the nozzles are staggered to define a staggered water pattern as water exits the nozzle portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: WATER PIK, INC.
    Inventor: Jeffrey Thurgood
  • Patent number: 11377828
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a socket device comprising a fixing portion. The fixing portion comprises a socket portion, a water inflow passage, a first water outflow passage, a second water outflow passage, a first switching mechanism, a first water dividing passage, and a first control mechanism. The socket portion comprises a switch. The second water outflow passage, the first water outflow passage and the second water outflow passage are switched to be connected to the water inflow passage by the first switching mechanism. The switch is connected to the first switching mechanism to drive the first switching mechanism. The first control mechanism is configured to control the water inflow passage to be connected to the first water dividing passage or control the first water dividing passage to be opened or to be closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shilong Wu, Wenxing Chen, Fengde Lin
  • Patent number: 11365818
    Abstract: A shower control valve with a reasonable arrangement includes a main body, a control member and a holding member. The main body includes a water inlet channel and a water outlet channel. The control member is movably arranged at one end of the main body and used to control on-off between the water inlet channel and the water outlet channel. The holding member includes a connecting part fixedly connected to the other end of the main body, and a hooking part for hooking a shower head. The connecting part and the hooking part are staggered along the radial direction of the main body to form a give-way space, which prevents interference with other parts during the plugging and unplugging process of the shower, and provides a simple structure and strong practicability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: XIAMEN DELMEI SANITARY WARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changzheng Ni, Jingyun Wu, Yongqiang Yan
  • Patent number: 11118332
    Abstract: A handshower assembly includes a docking station with a first portion and a removable second portion. The docking station is configured to mount to a grab bar of a tub or shower and move relative to the grab bar for a user to position a handshower as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: Brasstech, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph Manga, Thomas P. Beh
  • Patent number: 10738443
    Abstract: A portable outdoor faucet is configured for attachment with a source of water via a hose. The faucet comprises a shower nob and a sprayer head, connected in relation to a main valve, which is operable to selectively direct fluid to the shower nob and the sprayer head. A hose attachment is connected in relation to the main valve. The hose attachment for attachment of a hose originating from a water source for directing water from the water source to the valve. A clamp assembly supports the main valve in relation to an environmental surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Faucet Away From Home, LLC
    Inventors: Earnest Lora Smith, Lonnie Smith
  • Patent number: 10694898
    Abstract: A sliding seat of a lifting rod includes a main body, a movable member, a friction block, an elastic member, and a knob having a handle. The friction block is fitted at one end of a through passage of the main body close to a receiving hole and abuts against a side wall of the lifting rod. The movable member is fitted at another end of the through passage. The elastic member is fitted between the movable member and the friction block. The knob is rotatably fitted on the main body to movably cooperate with the movable member. A push structure is provided between the knob and the movable member. It is convenient to adjust the position of the main body on the lifting rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignees: XIAMEN LOTA INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD., LOTA XIAMEN INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xuedong Wang, Jiangcheng Zhang, Xiaofei Guo
  • Patent number: 10618065
    Abstract: There is provided a connecting structure for a handheld shower and a wall base in this disclosure, which includes a shower provided with a first magnetic member and a wall base provided with a second magnetic member, all or a part of the first magnetic member magnetically mating with and attracting a corresponding second magnetic member in the wall base to position the shower on the wall base, and the shower being rotatable by a predetermined angle to drive a first magnetic member in the shower to form magnetic repulsion against the corresponding second magnetic member in the wall base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: FUJIAN XIHE SANITARY WARE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaofa Lin, Xiaoshan Lin, Qiqiao Liu, Haibo Hong, Caibo Gu
  • Patent number: 10413923
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing apparatus for applying liquid products to row crops. The liquid dispensing apparatus includes a plurality of drop assemblies supported by and laterally spaced along a boom structure and pivotal with respect thereto. Each of the drop assemblies includes dribble hoses for dribbling a liquid product onto the soil in a rhizosphere of adjacent crop rows. The drop assemblies may include a spray assembly for spraying the row crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: 360 Yield Center, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Ritland, Timothy Sauder, Lee Dahlhauser, James Hedges, Dan Muff
  • Patent number: 10046341
    Abstract: A shower system includes a top sprayer with at least two water types and a hand shower. The top sprayer is disposed with an inlet waterway to connect to the water source and first diversion waterways corresponding to the water types one by one; wherein the top sprayer is further disposed with a second diversion waterway, the hand shower is connected to the second diversion waterway by an external flexible pipe; the top sprayer is disposed with a switch mechanism, the switch mechanism is cooperated to the inlet waterway, the first diversion waterways and the second diversion waterway to switch the waterways, thus switching any diversion waterway to connect to the inlet waterway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yulin Wu, Wenbin Fan, Bin Cao, Huasong Zhou
  • Patent number: 10046342
    Abstract: A side spraying outlet device is assembled to a supporting arm fixed to the wall, wherein the outlet device includes a side spraying component. The side spraying component includes a fixed portion secured to the wall and at least a side spraying mechanism disposed in the fixed portion, the fixed portion is disposed with a first diversion waterway, the side spraying mechanism is connected to the first diversion waterway; the side spraying component is connected to the supporting arm by a first flexible pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Yulin Wu, Lei Wang, Huasong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9945563
    Abstract: A solid fuel heating apparatus (1) comprising a combustion chamber provided with a glass door (4) opening to the outside, an intake device (11) for the intake of outside combustion air into said chamber, an outlet duct for the burnt gases (2) and a sealed preheating enclosure for preheating the combustion air, conveying said air to the combustion chamber, connected at a first end to the intake device (11) and ending at a second end with a plurality of openings (9) releasing the air preheated by the preheating enclosure into the combustion chamber, characterized in that the preheating enclosure consists of a set of sealed heat exchanging pipes containing the combustion gases and the burnt gases (3, 8, 12, 15, 17, 18, 19), ending with the abovementioned openings (9), which are variable in size and are arranged in such a way as to modulate the flow of preheated air released into the chamber, enclosing the flame and combustion area in the natural conical shape of said chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Inventor: Rudy Cyris
  • Patent number: 9242259
    Abstract: An extendable shower head apparatus that includes a hollow support rod, the hollow support rod provides support to the extendable shower head apparatus, a connection piece that is movably connected to the hollow support rod and a shower head that includes a hollow stem. The apparatus also includes a plurality of wheel bearings that roll along the hollow support rod, a first hose extended through the wheel bearings and provides the water to the shower head, a tension pulley that supports movement of the first hose, a two hose connector attached to the second end of the first hose and a pipe that provides the water to the two hose connector used by a user, the pipe is connected to the two hose connector and the two hose connector connects the pipe to the second end of the first hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Inventor: Brian Jeronimus
  • Patent number: 9200651
    Abstract: A height adjustment assembly includes a joint having a through hole defined therethrough, a tube insertable through the through hole, at least one clamping plate with one distal end thereof pivotally connected to the joint to securely engage with an outer periphery of the tube and an adjustment handle movably connected to the joint and having at least one annular ear integrally formed with the adjustment handle to enclose a distal end of the joint so as to enclose therein a free end of the clamping plate, a block formed inside the at least one annular to securely engage with the free end of the clamping plate such that rotation of the adjustment handle forces the clamping plate away from engagement with the outer periphery of the tube to allow the tube to move relative to the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: XIAMEN RUNNER INDUSTRIAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chun-hui Lin
  • Publication number: 20150144713
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an illumination system with an outer housing including a base, a central housing pivotably coupled to the base including a fluid inlet, and an upper housing including a fluid outlet. The inner housing defines a chamber and is coupled to the base, and includes a fluid aperture adjacent to the base, and a fluid aperture adjacent to the upper housing and a viewing aperture. The chamber houses an evaporator system not visible through the outer housing, and an illumination device. Some embodiments include a repellent system with a base including a fluid inlet pivotably coupled to a main housing enclosing an inner region, and including an upper portion with at least one fluid outlet. In some embodiments, an evaporator system within the inner region is not visible through the main housing. Some embodiments include an evaporator assembly that includes a lockable evaporator support to render the system non-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Karen Formico, Jeffery Emmerich
  • Publication number: 20150144712
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide an illumination system with an outer housing including a base, a central housing pivotably coupled to the base including a fluid inlet, and an upper housing including a fluid outlet. The inner housing defines a chamber and is coupled to the base, and includes a fluid aperture adjacent to the base, and a fluid aperture adjacent to the upper housing and a viewing aperture. The chamber houses an evaporator system not visible through the outer housing, and an illumination device. Some embodiments include a repellent system with a base including a fluid inlet pivotably coupled to a main housing enclosing an inner region, and including an upper portion with at least one fluid outlet. In some embodiments, an evaporator system within the inner region is not visible through the main housing. Some embodiments include an evaporator assembly that includes a lockable evaporator support to render the system non-refillable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Karen Formico, Jeffery Emmerich
  • Patent number: 8939385
    Abstract: A mounting system for a spray manifold having a plurality of spray modules arranged in a lateral array with support assemblies between adjacent modules. The mounting arrangement includes one or more mounting assemblies which each have a hub that is securable about one of the manifold support assemblies and a clamp comprising a pair of clamping arms that is securable about the hub by means of an appropriate fastener. The hub and clamping arms define complementary circular surfaces which permit the selected pivotal positioning of the hub and the spray manifold to which it is secured relative to the clamp and a machine mounting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Spraying Systems Co.
    Inventors: David Clark Huffman, Rick H. Knapp, Maurice Ovide Brisson
  • Patent number: 8876067
    Abstract: A fire sprinkler fitting support bracket (100) is disclosed for mounting fire sprinkler tee-fitting (30) to a building structural component (5). The bracket (100) includes a mounting portion (103), and a cradle portion (101) cantilevered from the mounting portion (103). The cradle portion (101) is configured to receive and support the fitting body (32) on a concave surface (190a, 190b) thereof. The fitting (30), which may be a tee fitting, elbow fitting, or the like, is detachable from the bracket (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Uponor Innovation AB
    Inventors: Christopher McAllister, Eric Skare, John Liebelt, Chris Sellner, Timothy Cota
  • Patent number: 8833718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sprinkler mounting device having a mounting bracket that includes a tightening member mounted on the front of a bracket body for opening and closing an open portion by a lever, so that the tightening member can firmly hold a reducer, to which a head is joined, once a worker shifts the lever back after inserting the reducer into the bracket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Kofulso Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-il Oh
  • Patent number: 8833479
    Abstract: A plurality of upstanding bracket assemblies, pipe assemblies, and fasteners are assembled into a plurality of modular fire suppression stations for use in the fire suppression system for a conveyor in an underground mine. Each station includes an upstanding bracket assembly, a fastener, a pipe assembly, and at least one sprinkler head. The fastener attaches the bracket assembly to the conveyor. The pipe assembly is supported by the bracket assembly. The pipe assembly receives water under pressure and directs the water to the sprinkler head. The sprinkler head directs the water onto the conveyor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Pillar Innovations, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Wayne Maust, Michael Scott Bishoff
  • Publication number: 20140246505
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a water delivery system comprising a rigid support, an adjustable extension attachably disposed on a base wherein a water supply tube is disposably attached to the rigid support and within the extension. The water supply tube is flexibly and variably positioned from ground level to any desired height. Any type of sprinkler, sprayer, or other kind of water distributor is attachably secured to the water supply tube to provide water to vegetation or containers inexpensively, efficiently, and esthetically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Marshall Neel
  • Patent number: 8740158
    Abstract: An adaptor is provided that is configured to receive a support assembly for mounting a flexible fire sprinkler fitting in a ceiling support structure formed of parallel, spaced beams. The adaptor includes first and second long sides configured to be secured to each beam of an adjacent pair of beams, and first and second short sides configured to be secured to the support assembly. One end of each long side is joined by the first short side, and an opposed end of each long side is joined by the second short side such that the first and second long sides are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the first and second short sides, whereby the adaptor is a generally elongated, hollow, rectangular structure. The adaptor permits the support assembly to be mounted in a suspended ceiling formed of hat channel or metal stud furring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Flexhead Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul S. F. Silcox, Peter M. MacDonald, Norman J. MacDonald, III
  • Patent number: 8651399
    Abstract: A structure to hang a showerhead includes a fixed base and a supporting unit, wherein the supporting unit has two clamping arms and two conjugating arms, and one side of the clamping arms has a wedging surface that has two conjugating recessed arcs with an inclined angle corresponding to a mounting surface of the fixed base, and the inclined angle of one recessed arc is smaller than the other recessed arc. A conjugating surface extends from one end of the wedging surface, and engages with the other conjugating surface of the other clamping arm. An engaging surface is formed on the other side of the clamping arm to engage with the conjugating arms. According to this structure, the angle of the showerhead can be adjusted based on different inclined angles of the conjugating recessed arcs to further achieve the goal of easily adjusting the angle of water output from the showerhead.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Jiin Haur Industrial Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu
  • Patent number: 8607888
    Abstract: A self-contained automatic fire extinguishing device that is located within a wall or ceiling and housed within the space between two studs or joists. This unit includes a tank or series of tanks attached via flexible pressurized joints, and held in place by an expanding bracket. This fire extinguisher maintains a constantly high pressure inside a shell of the fire extinguisher through out a shelf-life of the fire extinguisher and which can indicate the charge status of the tank via a visible indicator. A sensor is attached to the unit, which reacts to prolonged exposure to direct heat and which can extend a nozzle beyond the wall or ceiling into the living space when actuated. The self-contained automatic fire extinguishing device is hidden behind a decorative face plate which permits the passage of the sensing device and a tank fill status indicator and which actuates out of the path of the nozzle upon activation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Inventor: Michael Jay Nusbaum
  • Patent number: 8500079
    Abstract: Disclosed therein is a sprinkler mounting device having a mounting bracket that includes a tightening member mounted on the front of a bracket body for opening and closing an open portion by a lever, so that the tightening member can firmly hold a reducer, to which a head is joined, once a worker bends the lever back after inserting the reducer into the bracket body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Kofulso Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seung-il Oh
  • Patent number: 8382046
    Abstract: A riser lock unit is provided for quick and easy mounting onto an elevated sprinkler riser. The riser lock unit functions to retain or maintain the sprinkler riser in an elevated position, without normal spring-loaded retraction into an underlying sprinkler housing, to facilitate service and/or replacement of a sprinkler nozzle head mounted at the upper end of the riser. When desired, the riser lock unit is quickly and easily removed from the sprinkler riser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Inventors: Wayne H. Holland, Jr., Remo Ambrosini
  • Patent number: 8292201
    Abstract: The present invention is an adjustable shower saddle that connects a water supply to a shower. The saddle has: an anchor for attaching to the water supply, the anchor having an inner contour for attaching to the water supply and an outer contour that corresponds to a multi-dimensional range of motion that may be taken by the saddle, and a conduit for conducting fluid; a bracket that has an outlet, a second conduit attaching to the outlet and, an interior surface conforming to the shape of the outer contour of the anchor; and, a lock member having a third conduit for conducting fluid from the first conduit to the second conduit, wherein the lock member attaches the bracket to the anchor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Alsons Corporation
    Inventors: Charles A. Patterson, Julian C. Giggs, Michael Miller, Victor Hoernig
  • Patent number: 8114202
    Abstract: A spray nozzle assembly and hub combination for operation in a boiler feedwater deaerator is disclosed, the combination including a tubular hub capable of being affixed to a wall of a deaerator tank and a spray nozzle assembly that is removably engageable with the hub, the nozzle assembly including a nozzle body, a twist lock for retaining the nozzle body relative to the hub when the nozzle body is in a fully engaged position, and a spreader moveably coupled to the nozzle body and biased by a spreader spring against opening, the spreader is capable of moving to an open position against the spreader spring bias in response to boiler feedwater pressure to form an annular opening about the spreader, thereby enabling feedwater flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Crane Environmental, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell G. Burke, Tao D. Nguyen, Joseph T. Strogus
  • Patent number: 7784746
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention there is disclosed a mounting assembly for a sprinkler reducer. The assembly includes a mounting bracket having a locking unit, a latitudinal support bar to which the mounting bracket is movably coupled, and a pair of longitudinal support units which are coupled to opposite ends of the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Victaulic Company
    Inventors: Charles Kafenshtok, Charles V. Oakes
  • Patent number: 7735787
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention there is disclosed a mounting assembly for a sprinkler reducer. The assembly includes a mounting bracket having a locking unit, a latitudinal support bar to which the mounting bracket is movably coupled, and a pair of longitudinal support units which are coupled to opposite ends of the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2010
    Assignee: Victaulic Company
    Inventors: Charles Kafenshtok, Charles Oaks
  • Patent number: 7654473
    Abstract: A watering system that has first and second upright supports, a plurality of bendable water conduits and substantially rigid water channels and a first spray head is disclosed. Each of the first and second upright supports have substantially laterally oriented brackets dimensioned to releasably hold objects having a first outer diameter, including the bendable water conduits and substantially rigid water channels. The substantially rigid water channels each have a central body and left and right hose barbs in fluid relationship to one another through the central body. The central body has an aperture dimensioned to receive and mechanically engage the insertion end of the first spray head. The first spray head has a spray jet with a first water flow rate. The system may further include second and third spray heads with second and third water flow rates each different from each other and the first water flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventor: Michael J. Hibberd
  • Publication number: 20090276953
    Abstract: A diverter assembly includes a main body, a valve device and a movable body. The main body is hollow and has a water inlet tube and two water outlet tubes. One of the two water outlet tubes is communicated through a hose to a shower nozzle. The valve device is disposed on the main body and has a valve capable of linearly moving back and forth for steplessly communicating the water inlet tube with either or both of the water outlet tubes. The movable body is pivotally disposed at one end of the main body, and has a hole for the shower nozzle to be inserted in. Thereby, the diverter assembly can steplessly adjust the valve position for controlling the water to flow out from either or both of the water outlet tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: GLOBE UNION INDUSTRIAL CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Mien Hsu, Chun-Hung Li
  • Publication number: 20090266913
    Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle. a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
  • Patent number: 7407140
    Abstract: An adjusting device for positioning shower head includes a holder movably connected to a rod and a clip for positioning a shower head is rotatably connected to the holder. A frame is connected to the holder and a clamp is movably located between the holder and the frame. The clamp has a clamp shoe which is in a first position to contact the rod or in a second position to be removed from the rod. The clamp has an insertion extending therefrom which extends through the frame and is connected with a lever unit. A spring is mounted on the insertion. The lever unit can pull the insertion to remove the clamp shoe away from the rod to allow the holder to be moved along the rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
  • Patent number: 7299510
    Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for attaching a shower head and a sprayer nozzle simultaneously. The housing includes an attaching device for attaching the sprayer nozzle to the housing. A controlling device may control the water to flow out through the outlet ports. The housing includes a casing having a chamber to receive a valve stem of the controlling device. The valve stem includes a passage for communicating the inlet with either or both of the outlet ports of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
  • Patent number: 7172138
    Abstract: A gun mount for a spray gun includes a rigid bracket that is installed on a rigid vertical support such as a gun mover. The bracket securely mounts the guns so as to reduce vibration and swaying during a spraying operation, even when the guns are being vertically moved by an oscillator. A position label or other suitable indicia is provided on the bracket so that the gun mount position can be recorded and thereby accurately repeated during subsequent installations. The bracket in one embodiment includes a series of vertical and horizontal mounting holes that permit a gun body to be installed at a desired vertical and horizontal orientation. A gun blow off arrangement is also provided for mounting associated pairs of air nozzles in position to blow powder from gun exterior surfaces. The associated pairs of air nozzles are mounted on a common bracket that can be selectively and slideably positioned on a channel support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Nordson Corporation
    Inventors: Brian D. Mather, Edward L. Jones, Jeffrey R. Shutic
  • Tap
    Patent number: 7090154
    Abstract: A tap has a flexible hose for delivering water and a support for the flexible hose. The support comprises a channel with an open mouth along its length. The flexible hose is removably mounted in the channel such that it is supported along at least the majority of its length and can be removed by lifting out of the mouth of the channel. When removed from its support the flexible hose extends the reach of the tap, and when mounted in the support it is kept in an orderly position where it does not interfere with e.g. washing and cooking. The tap can be wall or deck mounted. Preferably the channel is U-shaped and has a semi-circular cross section, which conforms to the shape of the hose. The hose may have a spray head at its distal end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2006
    Assignee: Hornbeam Ivy Limited
    Inventor: William Peter Herring
  • Patent number: 7017868
    Abstract: A fire sprinkler mount including a base (26), a bracket (46) and a rod (60) mounting the bracket (46) to the base (26). The base (26) includes a body (28) attachable to a beam (10) with two arms (38, 40) extending therefrom. Support holes (42, 44) extend through the arms (38, 40). The bracket (46) includes a plate (48) with a retaining hole (58) to receive a standard sprinkler fitting (16, 20). The rod (60) is able to rotate within the support holes (42, 44) and is threaded to a mounting hole (56) in the bracket (46) for vertical adjustment of the bracket (46) retaining the sprinkler fitting (16, 20). The base (26) also includes a support having a body (28) and attachment wings (30, 32). The body (28) can be in a displaced parallel plane to that of the attachment wings (30, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: Automatic Fire Control Incorporated
    Inventor: Kraig A. Kirschner
  • Patent number: 6808128
    Abstract: A retracting telescoping automatic fire sprinkler is disclosed. In a dry system, the sprinkler extends to its operating position under system pressure that is applied in response to a preaction signal. When system pressure is removed, as in after a test is completed, the sprinkler automatically retracts to its original position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2004
    Assignee: Anechoic Sprinkler, LP
    Inventors: Theodore P. Naugler, Eric Stucker, Robert C. Naugler, C. Daniel Swift
  • Patent number: 6783102
    Abstract: A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates spaced to receive a standard sprinkler fitting. A cradle is provided at one of the plates while a retaining hole is provided on the other. The screw is able to rotate within the support holes and is threaded to a mounting hole in the bracket for vertical adjustment of the bracket retaining the sprinkler fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2004
    Assignee: Automatic Fire Control, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kraig A. Kirschner
  • Patent number: 6755379
    Abstract: A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates spaced to receive a standard sprinkler fitting. A cradle is provided at one of the plates while a retaining hole is provided on the other. The screw is able to rotate within the support holes and is threaded to a mounting hole in the bracket for vertical adjustment of the bracket retaining the sprinkler fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2004
    Assignee: Automatic Fire Control, Incorporated
    Inventor: Kraig A. Kirschner
  • Patent number: 6651939
    Abstract: In a shower-head holder having a bracket (1) fixed on a wall or on a wall rod and a holder body (2) pivotal on a pin (10), the holder body (2) having at lest one friction face that bears under an adjustable spring force on at least one surface fixed rotationally on the bracket (1), it is proposed that the pin (10) be angularly fixed to the bracket (1), the holder body (2) engaging around the pin (10) with a sleeve (20) and being connected via a plate-type brake with the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Friedrich Grohe AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bernd Bischoff, Sascha Körfer, Stefan Salomon, Thomas Salomon
  • Patent number: 6594832
    Abstract: A shower nozzle hanger system including a shower nozzle unit having a shower nozzle containing a thin metal plate disposed therein and a shower nozzle hanger unit having a permanent magnet plate secured thereon and a pair of lateral flanges for the shower nozzle unit whereby after using the shower nozzle unit, the shower nozzle unit can be easily and effectively engaged and disengaged wit the shower nozzle hanger unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Inventor: Jung Young Yang
  • Patent number: 6550079
    Abstract: A shower has an elongated C-section holder tube having a laterally open full-length slot open at both ends, a bracket securing the holder tube to the wall, and a shower head. The head has a guide part snugly engageable in and slidable along the holder tube, a narrow neck projecting laterally from the guide part out of the tube through the slot thereof, and a spray part provided with spray holes and mounted on the neck outside the tube. A hose has an inner end connected to the guide part and communicating therethrough with the spray part and an outer end connectable to a source of water under pressure for spraying water from the holes of the spray part. The head is slidable along the holder tube with the hose extending from the guide part inside the holder tube and out of the open end of the holder tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Friedrich Grohe AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Eckhard Gransow, Hans Lobermeier, Bernd Bischoff, Hans-Peter Strelow, Sascha Körfer, Holger Ellerbrock, Andreas Kirchhoff, Thomas Raadts, Joachim Störk, Hans-Jürgen Linde, Uwe Neumann, Andreas Rehklau
  • Patent number: 6537455
    Abstract: A combination hand held shower head and water filter assembly for removing chlorine and other substances from hot shower water. This assembly includes an elongated filter housing with an elongated shower head pivotably secured thereto by an extended swivel and ball arrangement. The elongated, filter housing holds filter media therein and the combination device may be alternatively held in a holding bracket by shaped ends of either the elongated filter housing or the elongated shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: David K. Farley
  • Patent number: 6508410
    Abstract: A mounting member (A) is carried beneath a closure member at the top of a liquid container positioning a receiving member (B) in opposed cantilevered relation thereby providing a lateral passageway (C) for accommodating a liquid dispensing tube so that a sprayer may be carried in upright position in the receiving member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Package Supply & Equipment Co., Inc.
    Inventors: James G. Thomas, Jr., Harold S. Phipps
  • Patent number: 6453486
    Abstract: A detachable bracket. The bracket includes a body having an elongate slot open to the internal end and the surface, an engagement member inserted into the slot, the engagement member having a concave surface facing the slot, a threaded member releasably secured onto the slot, and a pivot member at the outer end of the body. The pivot member includes a longitudinal groove perpendicular to the slot. In assembly, mount a sliding post to body from the internal end of the slot, insert the engagement member into the slot to engage the concave surface with the post, secure the threaded member onto the slot, and hand a shower head on the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: Moon Signal MFGS Association
    Inventor: Wen-Hsiang Chen
  • Patent number: 6378912
    Abstract: A system and method for installing plumbing spouts, such as shower heads and tub spouts, includes providing a stub out which protrudes out of a wall at shower height. A specialized adapter is then slid onto the protruding stub out until the adapter abuts the wall. The adapter is internally threaded with an integral ferrule, and may also be equipped with a one-way gripper ring and an O-ring to sealingly secure the spout to the stub out. The stub out, if closed, is then cut off outside the adapter and a standard shower arm or nipple for a tub spout is threaded into the adapter. A threaded end of the shower arm or nipple engages the ferrule and compresses it against the stub out creating a seal therebetween. When installing a shower head, an escutcheon plate is adapted to be slid over the shower arm to engage peripheral fingers of the adapter to secure the escutcheon in place. A shower head is then threaded onto the shower arm to complete the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Sioux Chief Manufacturing Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Duane R. Condon, Frank D. Julian, Joseph P. Ismert
  • Patent number: RE40562
    Abstract: A retracting telescoping automatic fire sprinkler is disclosed. In a dry system, the sprinkler extends to its operating position under system pressure that is applied in response to a preaction signal. When system pressure is removed, as in after a test is completed, the sprinkler automatically retracts to its original position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Inventors: Theodore P. Naugler, Eric P. Stucker, Robert C. Naugler, C. Daniel Swift
  • Patent number: RE45399
    Abstract: In an embodiment of the present invention there is disclosed a mounting assembly for a sprinkler reducer. The assembly includes a mounting bracket having a locking unit, a latitudinal support bar to which the mounting bracket is movably coupled, and a pair of longitudinal support units which are coupled to opposite ends of the support bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Victaulic Company
    Inventors: Charles Kafenshtok, Charles V. Oakes