Abstract: A sanitary line connection is provided, which has a sleeve shape at least in a front-end region thereof and in which there is at least one sealing ring (7) clamped in a sealing way between the adjacent line section and the line connection. The line connection can be embodied, for example, as a sanitary outlet nozzle (1), with at least one retaining cam or similar retaining projection (9) projecting from the outer periphery of the sealing ring (7). The retaining projection (9) engages in an indentation or similar recess in the sleeve interior of the sleeve-shaped front-end region.

Abstract: A jet regulator (1) having a jet fractionating device (2) which distributes the incoming water flow into a plurality of individual jets is provided. The jet regulator (1) has at least one individual jet, from the individual jets formed by the fractionating device, which impacts on a node point (3) of a criss-crossing grid of bars (4, 5) of an outlet side downstream grid network (6). At least one node point (3) is configured as an inlet side recess of the grid network (6) and/or the jet regulator is an aerated jet regulator having a jet regulator housing (7) which includes at least one aeration opening (8) on a periphery of the housing thereof and at least one reflection projection (9) which is used to maintain the water jet at a distance from the aeration opening that is arranged on the inner periphery of the housing in the direction of flow below the at least one aeration opening (8). The jet regulator (1) provides an improved fractionating of the incoming individual jets.

Abstract: A plumbing outlet armature (2) with a liquid guide (3), which opens into a fitting outlet (4) in an area in which a plumbing functional unit (5) in the form of an insertion cartridge is provided. The outlet fitting is provided such that the clear open cross-section of the liquid guide (3) is adapted to the insertion cartridge (5) at least in the opening area of the fitting outlet (4), and the insertion cartridge (5) can be inserted into the fitting outlet (4) from the opening side and is removably held therein. The inventive outlet armature is characterized by the insertion cartridge being removably held in the fitting outlet (4) by a sleeve-shaped intermediate holder (6), which intermediate holder itself is removably held in the fitting outlet (4) by a screw or bayonet connection. The inventive outlet fitting (2) can be used with a jet regulator or with another plumbing functional unit (5) without any significant limitations of the structural clearance.

Abstract: The present invention includes a nozzle device and method for forming a composite fluid. The nozzle device generally comprises a nozzle portion connected to a main body. The main body includes an inner axial bore extending therethrough. An annular wall extends radially therefore and an annulus extends from an outer perimeter of the annular wall. The annulus and the annular wall define an annular chamber at least partially open to the atmosphere. A portal fluidly communicates the bore with the annular chamber. The nozzle portion includes a converging nose section also having an internal axial bore extending therethrough. An annular collar extends from the nose section and disposes at least partially within the annular chamber. A first tube for transporting a first fluid disposes within the axial bore of the main body and nose section, terminating at an exit port of the nozzle section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for pumping a liquid from a packaging, for the distribution thereof in a heated, foamed or emulsified form, comprising a sub-assembly for aspiration by venturi effect which can be connected to the tubing of a pressurized liquid flow generator. Said sub-assembly comprises a body with a liquid flow inlet duct, opening out in an aspiration chamber and at least one aspiration duct for the liquid contained in the packaging. The invention is characterized in that the aspiration sub-assembly comprises a nozzle and fixing and opening means, connecting the nozzle to the packaging and connecting the aspiration duct with the liquid inside the packaging. The invention is of application to the production of cappuccinos or other foamed drinks.

Abstract: A wave generator comprises a seat; a positioning ring a wave generating unit received in an upper side of the seat; the wave generating unit being formed by a flow-steady base and a flow-collecting mask; the flow-steady base having a central platform; an upper surface of the central platform having a plurality of projecting blocks which are annularly arranged; the spaces between projecting blocks being formed as flow channels; an inner wall of the wave generating unit being formed with a plurality of longitudinal slots for draining water; a positioning unit for positioning the flow-steady base and the flow-collecting mask precisely; a filtering web having a plurality of holes which formed as an umbrella shape; a positioning rod extending from a central lower side of the web; and a front end of the positioning rod being formed an enlarged tapered head.

Abstract: A functional plumbing unit embodied as an insertion cartridge (2) is provided that is to be inserted into a liquid conduit (3) of a discharging plumbing fixture (4) which includes a housing (5), a jet regulator, and an attachment screen (9) located at the inlet end. The housing (5) is formed in one piece with a perforated plate located at the discharge end as part of the jet regulator, and has an external thread (10) on an outer surface thereof, with the external thread being screwable into an internal thread (13) of the dischargint fixture (4). A ring seal (12) is located adjacent to the external thread (10) at the discharge end. The length of the housing (5) is dimensioned essentially for accommodating the external thread (10) and the adjacent ring seal (12).

Abstract: A water saving device for use at or near a water outlet has a first water flow regulating element; a second water flow regulating element disposed downstream of the first regulating element; and a chamber formed between the first and second regulating elements. All of one or more water flow regulating parts of the second regulating element are made from substantially solid material.

Abstract: A flow regulator, comprising an enclosure which in turn comprises at least one screen designed to be crossed by the stream and is provided, at the input section, with a small net and with an underlying jet breaker plate provided with holes adapted to break up the stream, the holes provided in the jet breaker plate being distributed along closed geometrical figures centered on the plate, a barrier provided with ridges located at the hales being provided directly below the plate.

Abstract: A sprayer for attachment to the spout of a faucet. The sprayer comprises a coupling, a spray head through which fluid may be directed for expulsion and a neck portion. The coupling releasably secures the sprayer to the spout of a faucet. The neck portion connects the coupling to the spray head and includes a passageway permitting the flow of fluid from the spout of the faucet to the spray head. The neck portion is flexibly resilient and permits the spray head to be displaced from a rest position where it is generally aligned with the longitudinal axis of the sprayer to a deflected position where it is deflected from its rest position. The resiliency of the neck portion causes the spray head to be normally biased toward its rest position. The neck portion further includes a deflection limiter preventing the spray head from being deflected more than a pre-determined amount from the longitudinal axis of the sprayer.

Abstract: A dispenser for mixing and dispensing a liquid chemical concentrate from a container with a stream of diluting water. The dispenser includes two valve members which control in one instance the water flow and in another instance the amount of concentrate being siphoned into the water flow. The dispenser is of a simplified design yet can afford a variety of different chemical concentrations, as well as various flow rates of the water.

Abstract: An apparatus, system and method for suppression of fires are provided. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a housing is provided with a first opening (or set of openings), a second opening (or set of openings) and a flow path defined between the first and second openings. A fire-suppressing gas is produced, such as from a solid propellant composition, and is introduced into the flow path in such a way that a volume of ambient air is drawn from a location external to the housing, through the first opening and into the flow path. The volume of ambient air may be subjected to an oxygen-reducing process and mixed with the fire-suppressing gas to form a gas mixture. The gas mixture is discharged from the flow path through the second opening and into an associated environment for suppression of a fire located therein.

Abstract: An eductor for mixing liquids and solid particles includes a nozzle, an initial mixing chamber, a first diffuser, an intermediate mixing chamber and a second diffuser. The nozzle includes a semicircular nozzle outlet that is offset from a centrally-located first axis. Motive flow is accelerated through the nozzle through a first and second acceleration segment. Solid particles are added to the motive flow in the initial mixing chamber and directed to the first diffuser. Each diffuser includes an acceleration and a deceleration segment separated by an elliptically-shaped throat. The intermediate mixing chamber is located between the first and second diffusers.

Abstract: A nozzle has a front, a back, and at least one flat surface extending therebetween. A door is coupled to the intersection of the front and flat surface by a live hinge. Optionally, the door has a portal within which a screen is mounted. The exterior surface of the door is provided with one or more curved hooks and the flat surface is provided with corresponding number of mating slots with which the hook(s) engage(s). Preferably, the interior of the door is provided with one or more curved hooks and a corresponding number of mating slots are provided on the front of the nozzle on an edge opposite the live hinge. Preferably, the door is provided with a tab which extends outward beyond the periphery of the nozzle on the edge of the door opposite the live hinge.

Abstract: The present invention provides for a sleeve that screws into the same opening in a faucet that a typical aerator screws into. This sleeve replaces the aerator and includes a smaller aerator that is inserted within the sleeve. In this fashion, water aeration can still occur when aeration is desired. However, when a hose attachment is inserted into the sleeve, one of the hose attachment moves up and into the sleeve.

Abstract: A faucet aerator incorporating a flow compensator in order to allow higher flow rates of water at lower water pressures through the faucet aerator, including a faucet housing having an annular flow channel configured along a longitudinal axis through the faucet housing for the passing of water through the annular flow channel. The faucet housing includes a flow compensator sub-assembly connected to a spray sub-assembly for forming the faucet aerator.

Abstract: A cap with a suction type spray head includes an air guiding chamber, an intake passage, an outgoing passage, a liquid sucking mouth and an air pressure balancing aperture for a container with a sprayer. The liquid in the container can be sucked out due to air pressure difference between the sucking mouth and the interior of the container. The outgoing passage at the outer end thereof is a spraying outlet, which face the liquid sucking mouth so that the liquid out of the liquid sucking mouth is atomized with the air sprayed from the spraying outlet.

Abstract: A foam producing nozzle for attachment to a spray nozzle which is readily attached and removed therefrom. The foam producing nozzle has air channels which do not lend themselves toward leaking. The dilution rate of the chemical concentrate is not affected by the foam producing nozzle.

Abstract: The present water conserving and cleaning apparatus' major components include an essentially straight handle of several feet in length, with a hand grip in the vicinity of a distal end and a water low control lever operably secured to a straight fixture removably secured to the hand grip. The handle is secured on the proximate end to a horizontal member in an inverted “T” configuration. A specific angle at which the handle is secured to the horizontal member is preferred for maximum comfort value for adults. The horizontal member includes a winged jet manifold fixably secured to the proximate end of the handle. The manifold includes a flow director which directs an air and water jet stream onto a surface to be cleaned. A rear wing, integral to the jet manifold, includes a two level cantilevered porch with specifically designed angles and heights to provide optimum air flow and a Venturi effect under the cleaning apparatus.

Abstract: A liquid sprayer includes a casing (1) having a flow-through channel composed of sequentially joined inlet portion (2) formed as a converging tube, a cylindrical portion (3) and an outlet portion (4) formed as a conical diffuser. A length of cylindrical portion (3) is not less than a radius thereof. A cone angle of the diffuser forming the outlet portion (4) of the flow-through channel is greater than a cone angle of the converging tube forming the inlet portion (2) of the same channel. Alternatively, the converging tube forming the inlet portion of the flow-through channel is made conoid-shaped. Implementation of the liquid sprayer allows steady-state fine-dispersed liquid flow to be generated at the minimal energy consumption.

Abstract: It is an object of the invention to provide an injection nozzle that efficiently foams foamed aerosol content, thereby improving adhering ability onto applying part. Furthermore, facilitating the oxidization of the foamed aerosol content and improving the effectiveness of the foamed aerosol content. It is also an object of the invention to provide an aerosol injection nozzle for injecting the foamed aerosol content that the clogging is prevented even when the foamed aerosol content have a high viscosity with a simple constitution and in low cost. An aerosol injection nozzle according to the invention includes a collision wall for foamed aerosol content to be collided and interfusing with air, disposed at an injection outlets. The collision wall is disposed within a retention chamber for temporary retaining the foamed aerosol content.

Abstract: A chemical sprayer system includes a three-way valve that includes an inlet port coupled to a fluid source, a first outlet port in fluid communication with a first elongated fluid passage, a second outlet port in fluid communication with a second elongated fluid passage, and a control. The control allows a user to place the three-way valve into one of a first ON state in which the first outlet port is in fluid communication with the inlet port, a second ON state in which the second outlet port is in fluid communication with the inlet port, and an OFF state in which substantially no fluid is allowed to exit the inlet port. The first elongated fluid passage terminates in a nozzle adapted for spraying foam. The second elongated fluid passage terminates in a nozzle adapted for spraying liquids.

Abstract: A water discharge switching device which is easily miniaturized, readily assembled, and manufactured at low cost and prevents leakage of water. The water discharge switching device includes a foaming water producing and discharging device having a water inlet (1c), an air/water mixing chamber facing the water inlet (1c) and capable of communicating with the water inlet (1c), an air suction port capable of communicating with the air/water mixing chamber, and a foaming water outlet. The switching device also includes a shower water discharging device having a shower water discharge port (2d) and capable of communicating with the water inlet (1c). The shower water discharging device is arranged around the air/water mixing chamber of the foaming water producing and discharging device.

Abstract: A spraying head assembly for a massaging tub includes a housing, a cover, a water outlet valve seat, a water outlet valve cover, a vortex rotor, a bushing, a nozzle, an impulse rotor, and a motor. Thus, the water is pressurized by rotation of the helical blades of the vortex rotor and the helical plates of the water outlet valve seat to produce a strong water beam that is injected outward from the nozzle, thereby enhancing the massaging effect.

Abstract: An ejector having an ejector body integrally formed with a nozzle having inlet and outlet ends, a diffuser having inlet and outlet ends and a suction passage defining a suction port between the outlet end of the nozzle and the inlet end of the diffuser. The nozzle and diffuser define fluid passages having a rectangular cross section or a circular cross section in which the narrowest portion of the fluid passage of the nozzle defines a throat. The diffuser has a diverging portion which diverges to have a divergence angle of 5–10 degrees in case of a two dimensional ejector or 3.5–6.5 degrees in case of a three dimensional ejector.

Abstract: A tamper resistant aerating/laminarizing assembly includes a slotted, annular retainer piece that threads into the faucet spout or a separate spout extension so that it is recessed back from the opening and thereby hidden and difficult to operate without a special key that fits through the opening to engage the slots. The retainer supports a cartridge, containing flow modifying elements, from its downstream side, rather than from above, so that it is located almost entirely to one side of the cartridge and does not add to the overall diameter of the cartridge.

Abstract: New and in-use fire sprinkler systems can be sterilized by employing antimicrobial gases. The gases include steam, oxygen, and chlorine. Water added to the system after sterilization can be sterilized to prevent the reoccurrence of microbiological contamination.

Abstract: There is disclosed a fluidic spa tub nozzle having a fluidic oscillator with diverging sidewalls and a cooperating mode-change member for changing the mode from an oscillatory swept jet mode to a straight jet mode and positions thereinbetween. The fluidic oscillator has an inertance loop formed by groove plates secured to the top and bottom walls of the fluidic oscillator.

Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary fitting (5) including an external housing (2) that has at least one housing section (6, 7, 30), the housing section (6, 7, 30) having an insertion opening (10) on an inlet side. At least one functional unit can be inserted through said opening into the interior of the housing until it abuts an insertion stop (18, 19, 29). A housing clearance (20, 21, 22) for receiving the protruding part of the functional unit(s) that projects beyond the insertion stop is located upstream and/or downstream of the insertion stop (18, 19, 29) in the direction of insertion.

Abstract: The invention relates to a jet regulator (1), comprising a jet regulator housing (2), within the interior of which a jet regulation device (4) is provided. According to the invention, such a jet regulator (1) can be produced at low cost, by means of simple conventional production techniques with simultaneous anti-scaling effect on the jet regulation device (4), whereby the jet regulation device (4) comprises several insertable components (9, 10), which may be inserted in series in the jet regulator housing (2) in the direction of flow (Pf1). The insertable components (9, 10) comprise passage openings (11), which are unidirectionally defined and extend across the cross-section of the passage, and the passage openings (11) of adjacent insertable components (9, 10) are arranged offset to each other in the circumferential direction of the jet regulator housing (2), or in the direction of flow (Pf1) of the jet regulator (1).

Abstract: A water jet aerator (jet controller) for a water outlet of a sanitary fitting has a substantially cup-shaped, plastic housing in which is located a device for mixing air with water made from a stable dimensionally rigid thermoplastic. The housing has a housing base molded in one piece therewith and which is constructed as a jet stabilizing device and is provided with water outlets between jet limiting walls parallel to the flow direction and which at the water outlet end have an elastic plastic surface. In the invention the jet limiting walls, at least in the vicinity of the water outlet, are solidly constructed from the elastic plastic over their entire wall thickness and are molded in one piece with the housing.

Abstract: A device enables a user to selectively change the flow of water produced by a waterspout between aerated flow and non-aerated flow. The device is preferably implemented as an adapter that is threaded to or otherwise coupled to the end of a waterspout such as a kitchen or bathroom faucet waterspout or a bathtub waterspout. The device includes a closure mechanism that is operable by a user to permit or prevent aeration of water flowing through the adapter. The adapter may include a control ring that may be rotated by a user to selectively open and close bores for introducing air into the interior of the adapter. When the control ring is turned to an open position, air is introduced and an aerated water flow is produced. When the ring is turned to a closed position, air is not introduced and non-aerated or laminar flow is produced. A user is thereby enabled to select the desired type of flow.

Abstract: An atomizer includes a plenum having an open first end with a diameter greater than that of a second end of the plenum. An inlet defined in the second end of the plenum. The inlet communicates with an inner periphery of the plenum and connected to a water source. A sprayer is attached to the open first end for closing the plenum and has multiple through holes defined therein. An atomizing device is securely attached to the sprayer opposite to the plenum. The atomizing device includes multiple nozzles each co-axially aligning with a corresponding one of the multiple through holes. The nozzle includes a skirt extending from the atomizing device. Each nozzle has at least two awls laterally and radially extending from an inner periphery of each of the skirt to centrally define a passage that co-axially aligning with a corresponding one of the through hole.

Abstract: The invention concerns a dental water pulse operating on a running water pipe system as it can be connected to a running water faucet spout (3) and an anti-splash aerator.

Abstract: A water jet ventilator or aerator is provided for a sanitary fitting such as a faucet. The water jet ventilator has a jacket defining a water inlet and a water outlet, jet splitting obstacles and structure for mixing the jets with air. The ventilator device splits the flowing water into jets, mixes the jets with air and combines the flow into a stream. In the vicinity of the water outlet, the ventilator components in contact with the water are subject to calcification. According to the invention these components are provided with soft and/or water repellent surfaces to reduce or eliminate calcification and to facilitate cleaning. The soft surfaces facilitate cleaning because adhering lime is easily be detached by slight manual deformation of the surfaces to which the lime has adhered.

Abstract: A tamper resistant aerating/laminarizing assembly includes a slotted, annular retainer piece that threads into the faucet spout or a separate spout extension so that it is recessed back from the opening and thereby hidden and difficult to operate without a special key that fits through the opening to engage the slots. The retainer supports a cartridge, containing flow modifying elements, from its downstream side, rather than from above, so that it is located almost entirely to one side of the cartridge and does not add to the overall diameter of the cartridge.

Abstract: Nozzle attached to the boom of agricultural sprayers each include an improved air eduction system and discharge slot eliminating the need to change the angle of the boom and nozzle to ensure a comprehensive spray pattern irrespective of boom height and improved penetration of the material sprayed into and under the crop canopy.

Abstract: A water aerator comprises an inlet for wash water, an outlet a bubbly stream, first means for mixing air with wash water disposed in a wash water passage extending between the inlet for wash water and the outlet for the bubbly stream, and second means for rectifying the wash water disposed downstream of the first means. The first means comprises a pressure reducing disk provided with a plurality of pores and blocking the wash water passage, air inlets disposed in a circumferential wall of the wash water passage downstream of the pressure reducing disk, and a tapered zone of the wash water passage with conically diminishing diameter located downstream of the pressure reducing disk. The second means comprises a rectifying zone of the wash water passage extending between the downstream end of the tapered zone and the outlet for the bubbly stream, and a honeycomb disposed in the rectifying zone. The pores in the pressure reducing disk are directed to a circumferential wall of the tapered zone.

Abstract: The invention relates to a jet regulator (1), comprising a jet regulator housing (2), within the interior of which a jet regulation device (4) is provided. According to the invention, such a jet regulator (1) can be produced at low cost, by means of simple conventional production techniques with simultaneous anti-scaling effect on the jet regulation device (4), whereby the jet regulation device (4) comprises several insertable components (9, 10), which may be inserted in series in the jet regulator housing (2) in the direction of flow (Pf1). The insertable components (9, 10) comprise passage openings (11), which are unidirectionally defined and extend across the cross-section of the passage, and the passage openings (11) of adjacent insertable components (9, 10) are arranged offset to each oter in the circumferential direction of the jet rehulator housing (2), or in the direction of flow (Pf1) of the jet regulator (1).

Abstract: A constant flow apparatus for adapting a fluid flow passing through a pipe at constant value comprises a tubular body to be mounted inside the pipe, an orifice disposed at the output end side of the tubular body, a movable needle with a flat tip portion positioned opposite the orifice, a spring supporting the needle with appropriate elastic force, and an elastic tubular sealing member having a circumferential bulging portion provided on the outside of the tubular body to cover the tubular body. The constant flow apparatus can be fixedly mounted in the pipe irrespective of the diameter of the pipe, and adapt the fluid flow passing through the pipe, preventing the needle from vibration.

Abstract: Nozzle attached to the boom of agricultural sprayers each include an improved air eduction system and discharge slot eliminating the need to change the angle of the boom and nozzle to ensure a comprehensive spray pattern irrespective of boom height and improved penetration of the material sprayed into and under the crop canopy.

Abstract: A water jet ventilator or aerator (1) for connection to a sanitary fitting is described, which has a sleeve-like jacket with a water inlet and a water outlet (16). By means of devices (7, 12) for splitting up and mixing the inflowing water with drawn in air a quiet, soft water jet can be produced. An inventive water ventilator of this type is characterized in that, in the vicinity of its water outlet (16), it has components (14) coming into contact with the water and which are provided with a soft and/or water repellent surface. As a result of the water-repellent surfaces calcification can be largely avoided. Soft surfaces facilitate cleaning, because adhering lime can easily be detached as a result of a slight manual surface deformation.

Abstract: The invention relates to a water jet aerator (jet controller) (1) for a water outlet of a sanitary fitting with a substantially cup-shaped, plastic housing (22), in which is located a device (4) for mixing air with water made from a dimensionally rigid thermoplastic, the housing (2) has a housing base (3) moulded in one piece therewith and which is constructed as a jet stabilizing device and is provided with water outlets (8) between jet limiting walls (9) parallel to the flow direction and which at the water outlet end have an elastic plastic surface. In the invention the jet limiting walls (9), at least in the vicinity of the water outlet, are solidly constructed from the elastic plastic over their entire wall thickness and are moulded in one piece with the housing (2).

Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary fitting (5) including an external housing (2) that has at least one housing section (6, 7, 30), the housing section (6, 7, 30) having an insertion opening (10) on an inlet side. At least one functional unit can be inserted through said opening into the interior of the housing until it abuts an insertion stop (18, 19, 29). A housing clearance (20, 21, 22) for receiving the protruding part of the functional unit(s) that projects beyond the insertion stop is located upstream and/or downstream of the insertion stop (18, 19, 29) in the direction of insertion.

Abstract: A water jet ventilator or aerator is provided for a sanitary fitting such as a faucet. The water jet ventilator has a jacket defining a water inlet and a water outlet, jet splitting obstacles and structure for mixing the jets with air. The ventilator device splits the flowing water into jets, mixes the jets with air and combines the flow into a stream. In the vicinity of the water outlet, the ventilator components in contact with the water are subject to calcification. According to the invention these components are provided with soft and/or water repellent surfaces to reduce or eliminate calcification and to facilitate cleaning. The soft surfaces facilitate cleaning because adhering lime is easily be detached by slight manual deformation of the surfaces to which the lime has adhered.

Abstract: A fluid mixer and distribution device which comprises an oscillation/mixing chamber having an upstream end, a downstream end, top and bottom walls, sidewalls which diverge from the upstream end and then converge towards the downstream end. A power nozzle, adapted to be coupled to a source of liquid under pressure, issues a main jet of carrier fluid (a liquid, for example) into the upstream end of the oscillation/mixing chamber. The oscillation/mixing chamber has a pair of control ports symmetrically contiguous to the side of the main jet of liquid, and an exit aperture at the downstream end of the oscillation/mixing chamber for the egress of the mixed fluids from the oscillation/mixing chamber to ambient or a point of utilization.

Abstract: An air entrainment spa nozzle having a jet of water which passes over an air entrainment port with the air entrainment port having a downstream structure which enhances the air entrainment. In one embodiment, the air enhancement structure is a ramp which extends in a downstream direction from the air entrainment port. In another embodiment, the air entrainment port projects or protrudes into the jet of water by a predetermined amount.

Abstract: A low pressure foaming nozzle assembly having a modular construction for permitting the ready interchange of nozzle tips. The foaming nozzle assembly may be constructed of two pieces, with a first configuration employing a flow body and an engaging nozzle tip and a second configuration employing a pair of mating halves, wherein each mating half includes a portion of a venturi, a throat and a nozzle tip. The assembly cooperatively engages a foaming liquid source such as a wand, and upon pressure on the foaming liquid source, a foam is generated.

Abstract: The showerhead (10) includes a main housing (12) that forms the central supply inlet (16), a supply passage section (20) for the central inlet and a peripheral deflector (22). A disc (26) is applied to the main housing (12). The Venturi passages (40) are made up between housing (14) and the disc (26). A showerhead (10) is intended to deliver an aerated stream of water that has passed through and has been aerated by Venturi passages 40. The Venturi passages (40) radially extend from the supply inlet (16) toward the periphery (22) of the head (14). An air intake passage (44) communicates with the ambient exterior and also communicates with the Venturi passage between its nozzle (50) and diffuser (52). The deflector (22) is arranged to divert the aerated stream of water coming out of the individual Venturi passages in order to deliver them in substantially axial direction perpendicular to the plane (29) of the showerhead.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly including a nozzle member, a cap member, a spinner and a foam tube. The cap member is rotationally mounted on the nozzle member and may be rotated from an “off-position” to a “foam-position” with continued rotation bringing the cap member to a “spray-position” and then to a second “foam-position” and then to the “off-position.” Rotation of the cap member drives foam tube from a retracted position to an extended position extending forward of the nozzle member when the cap member is in the “foam-position.” The spinner rotates to atomize liquid flowing through the assembly.