Outlet Formed Between Parts Mounted For Relative Movement Patents (Class 239/437)
  • Patent number: 6378790
    Abstract: A shower head comprising a hollow body connected at one end to a water source, and a face, plate connected at the other end of the hollow body. The face plate includes a plastic substrate having a plurality of circumferential openings and a central opening provided therein. The face plate further has a thermoplastic rubber layer formed on portions of the plastic substrate, including the walls of the plastic substrate circumferential openings. The thermoplastic rubber layer formed on the walls of the plastic substrate circumferential openings includes ridge portions extending away from and circumferentially around the plastic substrate circumferential openings. The shower head further comprises a plurality of plungers connected to a spider, wherein each plastic substrate circumferential opening receives a corresponding plunger and the ridge portions closely surround the plungers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: Speakman Company
    Inventors: Graham H. Paterson, Willard A. Denham
  • Patent number: 6357950
    Abstract: A cleaning brush with a variable sprinkling pattern, includes a brush seat, a brush cover having brush hairs, a first slide channel disposed on the brush seat, a first base seat disposed in the first slide channel, outer, middle and inner cylindrical bodies and a second slide channel disposed on the first base seat, a slide block, a rotary switch, a second base seat and a press button disposed on the rotary switch, a resilient member disposed between the second base seat and the press button, a tube body and a sprinkling head. The brush seat is formed with several teeth annularly arranged at intervals. The slide block is engaged with the press button. The second base seat is connected with the sprinkling head disposed on the brush seat. The press button drives the slide block to engage with or disengage from the teeth. The second base seat is disposed on the rotary switch for driving the sprinkling head to change the angle contained by the brush seat and the tube body and vary the sprinkling pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Inventor: Gordon Chih
  • Patent number: 6341737
    Abstract: A water nozzle which includes a rotary cover, a water distribution disk, a water discharging disk, and a water admission head. The rotary cover is provided with a plurality of water emission holes of varying shapes. The water emission holes are provided with a hollow water discharging pillar, a notch located at the front end of the discharging pillars, a rib wall located between two separated water discharging pillars. The water distribution disk is provided with a large water distribution hole, a small water distribution hole, and a plurality of intermediate water distribution holes corresponding to the water emission holes, and a water slot concentric with the large water distribution hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Inventor: Jung-Hsien Chang
  • Patent number: 6286767
    Abstract: A pistol nozzle is provided with a water outlet which is connected with a head seat which is in turn fastened with a water emission cover having a plurality of emission holes of various forms, meshes, and full flow holes. The water emission cover is provided therein with a water distribution disk which is provided with a plurality of through holes and guide holes. The water emission cover is provided with a plurality of ribs which are circularly arranged. The water distribution disk is provided with a plurality of round holes which are circularly arranged and are corresponding in location to the ribs. The round holes are in communication with the guide holes of the water distribution disk. The water distribution disk is joined with the inner wall of the water emission cover by a high frequency wave process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Inventor: Chao Hui-Chen
  • Patent number: 6224000
    Abstract: A sprinkler nozzle has a housing with an inlet discharge; a separator having multiple holes arranged in circle in the face, a central hole defined to correspond to a blind hole defined in a pole in the housing, a notch defined to have multiple ribs formed on the face defining the notch, a disk securely engaged with the separator and having multiple function holes defined to align with the corresponding holes of the separator, multiple orifices defined in the peripheral edge, an isolator securely added between the housing and the separator and having an inlet integrally formed and extending out to correspond to the inlet discharge of the housing, a sealing ring made of a resilient material and provided to correspond to the inlet, an outlet formed opposite to and in communication with the inlet and having an annular wall formed in the outlet, an O-ring received in the annular wall, at least one stop formed to correspond to each of the holes of the separator and having a recess defined to receive therein an O ri
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2001
    Inventor: Tzu-Meng Wang
  • Patent number: 6164566
    Abstract: A pistol-type water sprayer having an outer disk body, a pulsating member, an inner disk body, a water distributing disk, and a nozzle seat. The pulsating member, the inner disk body and the water distributing disk are mounted over a tubular member extending rearwardly of the outer disk body. The outer disk body is provided with a plurality of pulsating water outlets, inner water outlets, outer water outlets and outer water blocking members. The nozzle seat is provided with a water tube capable of being in alignment with the various water outlets to enable the nozzle to project water in various ways.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2000
    Inventor: Chao Hui-Chen
  • Patent number: 6129293
    Abstract: A rotary nozzle head has a rotor nozzle (50) through which flow can take place, two radially adjustable sheet metal deflector plates (30, 32) and a nozzle bearing (42), the axial position of which is adjustable. An axially adjustable functional element carrier (20) is formed at its downstream end as an actuation housing (22) and has the nozzle bearing (42) at the upstream end thereof. In addition, the functional element carrier (20) supports the sheet metal deflector plates (30, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Inventor: Anton Jager
  • Patent number: 6126090
    Abstract: A trigger actuated pump sprayer has a nozzle cap rotatable on the sprayer nozzle into one of four on and off positions. The cap is of a rectangular section having opposing pairs of flat walls which are grasped by the operator to facilitate cap rotation.Ridges or flutes are provided along the adjoining edges of the walls to avoid slippage of the hand from the nozzle during rotation in either direction about its central axis. The nozzle is positively set in each of its on and off positions by a snap detent/cavity engagement between the pump body and the cap, or a protuberance/notch engagement between the cap and the pump body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Calmar Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Wadsworth, William L. Driskell, Joseph K. Dodd
  • Patent number: 6116524
    Abstract: A brush and water spray system comprising, a primary head having a flat exterior section with apertures therethrough for dispensing water, a tubular interior section in a cylindrical configuration adapted to be coupled to a shower outlet tube for receiving water to be dispensed and a generally hemispherical intermediate section with a housing therewithin and a connector at the interiormost end of the inner section couplable to the shower outlet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventor: Thelma Janette Zapalac
  • Patent number: 6038782
    Abstract: In one embodiment a blow dryer includes a barrel having an opening. A deflector, having an aperture, positioned within or substantially within the barrel. The hand-held blow dryer can be utilized in at least a first or open mode in which air flow is directed through the barrel opening of the barrel, and a final or fully deflecting mode. Thus, in the fully deflecting mode most of the air is deflected by the deflector so as to diffuse the airflow. Additionally, the shape of the deflector allows the airflow to be maintained while the deflector is in any position, thus, allowing the airflow to flow past the heating coils in the barrel so that potential overheating of the blow dryer is reduced. In another embodiment, a gap is provided between two flaps which comprise the deflector so as to achieve the same result. In still another embodiment, rings are provided around the circumference of a barrel having holes in the barrel. The rings diffuse the air emanating out of the holes and also guide the hair for styling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Vital Hair Tools, LLC
    Inventor: Natale Schepisi
  • Patent number: 5957387
    Abstract: Nozzle (10) for showers with a sprayer (30) comprising a mixing chamber (51) in which is placed a soluble toilet product in tablet form (80), replaceable, said chamber being connected to said nozzle (10) by a pair of threads on the sides which, on rotating said sprayer (30) in one direction or the other, cause the chamber to move axially between a washing position when water passes through said mixing chamber (51) and dissolves the toilet product (80), and a rinsing position when the water passes through an annular chamber (32) that surrounds said mixing chamber (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventors: Giovanni Porta, Paolo Luca Porta
  • Patent number: 5918811
    Abstract: A water discharge device in the form of a showerhead is disclosed having multiple features including a rotating shutoff valve incorporated in the body of the device. Variable discharge patterns are achieved by rotation of a handle on the side of the device. These patterns include a vibrating spray, a columnar spray pattern and cone shaped spray pattern. All patterns are achieved at low flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Assignee: Speakman Company
    Inventors: Willard A. Denham, Christopher G. Miedzius
  • Patent number: 5889275
    Abstract: A versatile water sprayer is provided. The sprayer includes a tubular handle connecting one end to a water source and the other end to an universal adapter which is composed of a plurality of coarse surfaced hollow joints and connected at the other end with an atomizer which either has a plurality of different sized water passages at a forward surface or a plurality of tangential nozzles in lateral periphery. So that this sprayer is characterized in that the water can be sprayed forward in selective mount or adjustably sprayed laterally over a large area such as a garden or green pastures. The universal adapter is flexible to be bent toward multi-directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Inventor: Shui-Shang Chen
  • Patent number: 5884847
    Abstract: Multiple nozzle spray head apparatus includes a base element and a nozzle selector plate rotatably secured to the base element. Different nozzle tips may be secured to the nozzle selector plate for delivering different quantities of spray. The nozzle selector plate includes a blank portion which represents or defines an off position for the apparatus. The nozzle selector plate may be rotated as desired to align a delivery port on the base element with a desired nozzle tip. Different embodiments of nozzle selector plates are disclosed. The base element may be secured to a quick disconnect unit for ease of replacement. The base element may include a groove which matingly engages locking elements on the quick disconnect unit, if desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1999
    Inventor: Gilman O. Christopher
  • Patent number: 5882409
    Abstract: A coating device has a coating head for applying a coating strip of a flowable coating material on a workpiece surface and having an application nozzle and a suction nozzle located near one another, a holder, a movement unit through which the coating head is supported on the holder to be moveable in at least one direction, at least one sensor unit which sensors a position of the workpiece and adjusts the coating head, the movement unit for moving the coating head being oriented so that it presses the coating head at least in one direction against the workpiece, the sensor unit being formed as a mechanical contact sensor bringable in an engagement with the workpiece and fixedly connected with the coating head to have a limited movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1999
    Assignee: Josef Schiele oHG
    Inventor: Gerhard Stahl
  • Patent number: 5865375
    Abstract: A shower head device has a main body, a threaded portion disposed on a lower end of the main body, a shower face disposed on an upper end of the main body, and a lateral recess formed on a lateral of the main body. A flat plate is adhered on the lateral recess. A plurality of sucking discs are disposed on the flat plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1999
    Inventor: Min-Hui Hsu
  • Patent number: 5799879
    Abstract: In a device to produce a fluid jet (14), especially to apply glue (12) and/or a soft fluid (13) onto a web with a nozzle head (5) which bears a nozzle (6) provided with a discharge port (34) arranged at one end of a conduit (33) loaded with the fluid (12, 13), control of the fluid jet cross-section is achieved in a simple and low-cost, in that an elastic element (18) is provided for in the area of the discharge port (34), which features a through opening (17) communicating with the conduit (33) and which (18) is mounted between two compression elements (19, 20) which can shift in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Grafotec Kotterer GmbH
    Inventors: Josef Ottl, Werner Kettl
  • Patent number: 5772121
    Abstract: An improved sprinkler head for use on a sprinkler gun in connection to garden hose having a sprinkling cap, a bottom board and a base is removably secured to a sprinkler gun. The bottom board having a number of holes defined on the periphery of a circle is secured to the sprinkling cap by ultrasonic welding art. The sprinkling cap has a number of discharge openings defined in correspondence to the holes of the bottom board. The base having a discharge outlet, and the sprinkling cap along with the bottom board are fixed together by a screw. The discharge openings of the sprinkling cap have a tubular extension respectively and the extensions are bridged by a continual wall so as to define a closed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Yuan Mei Corp.
    Inventor: King-Yuan Wang
  • Patent number: 5765760
    Abstract: An easy-to-assemble shower head having two variations of water discharge is characterized in that water is selectively discharged via 3 paired discharge pores on an intermittent discharge cap in a volume variable manner for effecting massaging purpose due to the use of an intermittent discharge wheel or is sprinkled at a wide angle via multiple ditches defined on a water dispensing ring member and the intermittent discharge cap as long as an adjusting member is selectivley rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1998
    Assignee: Will Daih Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Lu-Wen Kuo
  • Patent number: 5196667
    Abstract: A device for making or undoing welds between a component with several galvanic connections and a support is particularly suited for surface mounting. In order to direct a stream of hot gas or infrared radiation accurately onto the connections of the component and corresponding weld surfaces, a mask is provided which has openings that exactly match the configuration of the weld surface. Preferably, in the case of hot-air operation, a light source is arranged behind the mask in such a way that the predetermined pattern is reproduced exactly on the substrate in the form of points of light for positioning purposes. In one embodiment, the mask comprises two pairs of horizontally adjustable shields, the two pairs of shields being arranged at an angle of 90 degrees, the shields being made of a material of low thermal conductivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Inventor: Peter Gammelin
  • Patent number: 5058806
    Abstract: A pop-up, rotating stream sprinkler device includes an outer housing having a first longitudinal axis, an inlet end adapted for connection to a source of liquid under pressure, a first inner housing telescopically mounted within the outer housing for movement between retracted and extended positions, and having a second longitudinal axis coincident with the first longitudinal axis, and an outlet end provided with a first arcuate slot adapted to discharge a stream of liquid under pressure. A non-rotatable shaft supports at one end thereof a substantially hollow distributor for rotation thereon downstream of the outlet. The other end of the shaft is fixedly mounted in the first inner housing, and the hollow distributor includes an interior chamber enclosing a brake assembly for retarding the rotation of the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1991
    Assignee: Nelson Irrigation Corporation
    Inventor: Robert L. Rupar
  • Patent number: 4497442
    Abstract: A foam-applying nozzle assembly (N) having adjustable flow rates for applying a foam made up from a supply of a foam-forming liquid composition (F) and a flowing liquid stream (W) includes an inner barrel (I) having an axial bore (10) for communicating the liquid stream (W) from a hose. Eductor means (E) with the inner barrel (I) extracts the foam-forming liquid composition (F) from the supply of the foam-forming composition. The eductor means (E) inducts the extracted foam-forming liquid composition (F) into a first portion (W1) of the liquid stream (W) flowing through the eductor means (E). The eductor (E) has a discharge opening (22o) in proximity to the outlet (10m) of the inner barrel (I) for mixing the foam-forming composition (F) with the liquid stream (W) from the inner barrel (I) in proximity to the discharge of the liquid stream, whereby a foam is created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1983
    Date of Patent: February 5, 1985
    Assignee: Cause Consequence Analysis, Inc.
    Inventor: Leslie P. Williams
  • Patent number: 4312139
    Abstract: A material web drier containing a device for controlling the gas flow of a drying medium as a function of the actual state of the wet material web which is to be dried, comprising nozzle casings or surfaces containing blow-out or discharge openings arranged in cooperating relationship with respect to the material web. The discharge openings are directed towards the material web and serve for blowing-out the drying medium onto the web. For the purpose of dosing the gas flow or stream effluxing at the nozzle casings or surfaces, there are provided opening and closing elements which free the discharge openings or partially or completely close the same, as desired, whereby it is possible to vary the impingement of the material web by the drying medium selectively at discrete locations or regions thereof, both in the lengthwise and transverse directions of such material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1982
    Assignee: Escher Wyss GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Preisler, Karl Bilek, Reinhard Pinter, Rudolf Greimel, Milada Weinmann, Herbert Holik, Guntram Feurstein
  • Patent number: 4221338
    Abstract: A spray and aerator faucet appliance is provided by a construction wherein the selection of water discharge is effected by merely rotating the water discharge head portion of the appliance until the desired water discharge from the appliance appears. Selectivity is achieved by providing two abutting internal parts, each with a flow passageway located eccentric of the axis of the appliance, with seal means for the eccentric flow passageway provided between the abutting parts, for permitting selection either of flow only through the eccentric flow passageways when aligned, or no flow through the eccentric passageways when not aligned, thereby permitting discharge of flow through an alternate flow path. Each of the two abutting internal parts is locked internally of the appliance to one of the two portions of the appliance between which relative rotation is effected by rotating the discharge head. All parts of the appliance, except for the seals and screens, are inexpensively executed in plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1980
    Inventors: Sidney J. Shames, Harold Shames
  • Patent number: 3936002
    Abstract: An adjustable spray tip or nozzle is provided for a spray gun and like devices which are adapted to hydraulically atomize and spray liquids such as paint, said spray tip including means for adjusting the fan spray issuing therefrom. The adjusting means in the spray tip includes a valve for controlling the fluid passing through the spray opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1974
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1976
    Inventor: John D. Geberth, Jr.