Abstract: A sanitary shower comprises a handle removably securable to the shower body, a head removably securable to the handle, and a flexible conduit for water supply that passes through the shower body and the handle and is secured to the head. The handle is elongated and has a longitudinal slot therethrough, of a width sufficient to receive the flexible conduit when the head is separated from the handle but the handle remains on the shower body. The head has an inlet and two outlets each communicating with a chamber within the head for dispensing water through the two outlets in two directions, and an obturating member in the head comprising a flap that swings about an axis perpendicular to those two directions and in one position closes one outlet and leaves the other outlet open, and in another position leaves the one outlet open and closes the other outlet against the flow of water from the inlet.

Abstract: A shower head that provides a series of spray effects. The shower head includes an inlet port to establish fluid communication with a source of water and at least two outlet ports to direct a spray with various effects to the user. A pushrod disposed in fluid communication between the inlet port and the outlet ports selectively opens the outlet ports to allow the user to continuously select any combination of spray effects, which may include a continuous stream or a pulsating jet. The pushrod is actuated by a rotating cam ring operated by the user. The cam moves the pushrod transversely across the inlet port and, under control of of the user, directs water from the inlet port to the outlet ports. The cam ring maintains the pushrod in the selected orientation.

Abstract: A water sprinkler is disclosed having a rotatable water driven nozzle member and a stationary spout for simultaneously discharging a twirling stream of water from the nozzle member and a pulsating stream from the spout. A chamber is provided within which a pulsating valve is rotatably mounted about its hollow stub shaft. The shaft is secured to the nozzle member for rotation therewith, and allows passage of water from a water inlet through the nozzle member. The stub shaft of the pulsating valve further has a laterally extending segmented plate for intermittently opening and closing the spout for allowing a pulsating stream of water to pass therethrough. The water sprinkler is further provided with one or more water outlets connectable to a hose or spray forming nozzle. A rotary valve is provided for selectively connecting the water inlet to a selected one of the chamber and water outlets. The outer housing of the water sprinkler is formed to simulate a colorful fire hydrant.

Abstract: Gas injection pipe for a sequential burner in gas variable-power boilers. An array of gas injectors which are located on the injection pipe may each be plugged by a corresponding valve which is mounted on the free end of a rigid blade transversely extending through an internal chamber of the injection pipe. A rotating shaft which is stepwise driven is provided at right angles to each blade with recesses which are angularly offset on the shaft. Each blade is provided with a stud which is located in a corresponding recess when the latter is in its upward position. The stud lifts up the blade when the shaft is rotated on purpose to open the valve.

Abstract: A massage-action shower head comprising a housing provided with a hot water entrance, a plurality of bores through which hot water is showered and a hole through which mixture of hot water and air is jetted, a first passage line formed in said housing and being capable of communicating the hot water entrance with the plural hot water showering bores, a second passage line formed in said housing and being capable of communicating the hot water entrance with the hot water jetting hole, an air introducing means provided in said housing to supply air from outside to said second passage line, and a changeover means provided under water for communicating said hot water entrance with at least one of the first and second passage lines.

Abstract: A dual shower head assembly for use in personal showers to allow two people to shower independently at the same time, one person to shower in a conventional manner or one person to shower with two separate sprays. The assembly includes an upper shower head, a lower shower head, a substantially "S"-shaped connecting conduit, a diverter valve assembly and an adjustable shut-off valve. The diverter valve assembly is adapted for threaded engagement with the water supply pipe protruding from the shower wall and defines a pair of water outlets, one of which communicates with and is pivotally connected to the lower end of the connecting conduit. The shut-off valve is carried by the diverter valve assembly and communicates with the other of the water outlets in the diverter valve for selectively allowing water flow therethrough. The lower shower head communicates with and is pivotally mounted on the shut-off valve, downstream of the diverter valve.

Abstract: A multi-gun control valve apparatus for use in controlling a high pressure fluid in a multiple dump-style gun fluid blast system, the apparatus including a valve cartridge assembly, with a pressure throttling member and an adjusting assembly. The apparatus maintains system pressure when any of the guns are dumping fluid rather than blasting. The adjusting assembly includes a spring-biased plunger to bias the valve closure member into a partially closed or throttling position when a gun is dumping, thereby causing a pressure drop across the closure member. The adjusting assembly is used to manually adjust the clearance between the valve closure member and valve seat while the system is under pressure. High fluid pressure in the fluid line between a dump-style fluid blast gun and the multi-gun control valve opposes the spring-biased plunger and opens the valve closure member to provide free flow through the device when a gun is blasting fluid.

Abstract: A novel four passage intake nozzle and valve structure is provided for use with a specially designed, novel water deflection member to provide a pop-up water spray nozzle. The novel intake nozzle and valve structure includes a hollow valve plug, having a lower cylindrical portion provided with four specified longitudinally-extending passages, and an upper cylindrical portion provided with four specified, longitudinally-extending passages the upper and lower passages surrounding a central core. The upper passages are connected to associated lower passages through an associated, smaller diameter aperture. Parts in the valve plug, communicate with an associated one of the four lower passages. An apertured disc, is rotatably movably connected to the valve plug, by means of a shaft disposed within the central, hollow core, the apertured disc having ports therein, the leading edges of the ports therein being adapted to index precisely with the leading edges of selected ports of the valve plug.

Abstract: A device for delivering washing liquid to two spraying nozzles spaced from each other at two areas of a pane being washed or two panes being washed comprises a pump with a rotor driven in two opposite directions and a delivery unit connected to the pump and having two pressure chambers with two outlets connected to the respective nozzles and each alternatively receiving the liquid from the pump. A limiter which separates the chambers from each other has two portions movable under pressure and each provided with a sealing diaphragm which closes the respective outlet. Two diaphragms can close both outlets when the pump is in non-operative position.

Abstract: A novel four passage intake nozzle and valve structure is provided for use with a specially designed, novel water deflection member to provide a pop-up water spray nozzle. The novel intake nozzle and valve structure includes a frusto-conical plug having an upper chamber and a lower portion provided with four specified longitudinally-extending passages surrounding a central core, each passage leading to an associated individual, unconnected, peripheral, longitudinally-extending passage of a four passage cylindrical conduit. Ports are arranged around the conical face of the frusto-conical plug and at at least two locations along its axial length, to communicate with the four specified passages passages. An apertured frusto-conical sleeve, is rotatably movably connected and is disposed about the frusto-conical valve plug, by means of a shaft disposed within the central, hollow core.

Abstract: This invention concerns a liquid distribution system consisting of modular elements fitted with two or more outlets. Each modular element (1) has an external jacket (2) through which one or more tubular ducts (3) pass, each receiving two opposed stopcocks or control valves (15) connecting or shutting off the branch pipes (4) from the internal ports (9, 10) through which the liquid flows, these inner ports (9, 10) being fitted with a projection (12) and recess (11) fitting for assembly of the various elements so as to form the distribution system, the branch pipes (4) being fitted with a spike base (27) to be inserted into the flower pot or into the flower bed, the system permitting the obtaining of a perfect and homogeneous distribution of the liquid at a minimum pressure, low costs, limited space requirements and easy installation.

Abstract: A water spraying nozzle of the present invention is constructed of a relatively small number of parts which can be easily assembled to produce the water spraying nozzle at a low cost, which nozzle is easy in handling to enable any user to smoothly operate it without any special training. In the water spraying nozzle of the present invention, the outer and intermediate sleeves employed in the conventional water spraying nozzle are replaced with a novel controlling sleeve comprising an inner and an outer sleeve portions enabling the user to operate the water spraying nozzle in a very simple manner.

Abstract: A fluid feeding device in which a battery, a DC motor and an electric pump are housed within a portable case. A fluid in a fluid container mounted on and communicated with the electric pump is discharged from a fluid discharge gun in a predetermined quantity or continuously. The fluid feeding device is compact in size and light in weight so that an operator can easily carry it in a wide range, whereby the fluid feeding device can be easily used at a high place or at a narrow place. The fluid feeding device is used, for instance, for feeding grease into mechanical bearings or the like.

Abstract: A multiple high pressure liquid nozzled gun system and flow controller therefor. The flow controller permits the connection of two guns and allows activation or de-activation of one gun without affecting the other gun. The flow controller has multiple internal channels which re-direct liquid flow upon activation or de-activation of a gun. The flow controller has high pressure channels through which liquid under high pressure flows to the gun nozzles and alternate channels through which liquid may flow when the guns are in a trigger-released or "dump" mode permitting liquid to flow through the controller, to the gun, and out of the gun's dump port.

Abstract: The fuel injection valve is constructed of a valve body and a single valve needle. The valve needle operates under the pressure of the fuel to move a first distance permitting injection of fuel through the bottom nozzle of the valve body into a combustion chamber and moves a greater distance to expose the remaining nozzles to inject additional fuel into the combustion chamber. The valve needle has a conical end face which sealingly engages a valve seat of the valve body disposed between the respective set of nozzles when in the closed position.

Abstract: Applicant's sprinkler head is molded with a large number (such as twelve or sixteen) of potential orifices and directing channels with the orifices all plugged or occluded with comparatively light barriers or plugs of the molded plastic material which are readily punctured and removed by the user. In this way the user may select among many possible watering patterns including not only the above described full, one-half, and one-fourth circles, but may also choose to punch one orifice, giving a thirty or twenty-two and one-half degree arc, then skip one or two plugs, then punch another plug or two. In this manner one or a number of orifices may remain blocked making it possible to, for example, water a thirty degree arc, skip sixty degrees, water another thirty of sixty degree arc, etc. Many such patterns become possible.

Abstract: A vehicle drying assembly (10) for air drying freshly washed vehicles which comprises a top blower (12) for downwardly discharging air above the vehicle for drying the top of the vehicle and a side blower (14) for discharging air transversely to the vehicle for drying the sides of the vehicle. A frame (16) through which the vehicles may be moved structurally supports the top blower (12) and the side blower (14). A fan (54) driven by a motor (56) supplies air under pressure to the top blower (12) and side blower (14). An air cylinder (20) and a rotation belt (21) selectively positions the side blower (14). The side blower (14) includes an outer rotatable tube (26) rotatable with respect to a fixed inner member (14) for alternatively discharging air through at least two openings (28).

Abstract: In a shower head (12) provided with hard-jet ports (84) and soft-jet ports (88), a partition wall between the distributor chambers (32, 82) communicating with these sets of ports is designed as an insert part (26) which can be inserted from the open end of the housing (14). The partition wall insert part has an integrally formed valve supporting section (38) with connection channels (42, 72, 74) to the feed port (44) and the two distributor chambers (32, 34) respectively and carries a linear slide change-over valve, whose valve seat (50) and valve slide (52) are made of a ceramic material.

Abstract: A sprinkler assembly with an arc adjustment plate that controls the sprinkler's spray pattern. The arc adjustment plate includes a multiplicity of removable slots. The pattern of removed slots controls the sprinkler's spray pattern. The sprinkler's head has a multiplicity of channels, distributed in a circular pattern around the sprinkler head, for spraying water. The slots of the arc adjustment plate are positioned at the inlets of these sprinkler channels. Therefore the unremoved slots in the arc adjustment plate block water from flowing through the corresponding sprinkler channels.

Abstract: A liquid spray nozzle especially designed to spray vaporizable liquid fire extinguishant onto an explosive fireball. A minor portion of the incoming liquid is used to develop transversely directed liquid pulses which act on the liquid mainstream to deflect the stream from one nozzle boundary wall to another boundary wall. The exit stream from the nozzle exhibits a transversely oscillating character for minimizing vacant spots in the spray pattern while achieving a relatively divergent spray cross section. The method of oscillating the mainstream uses a relatively small energy expenditure so that the mainstream has a relatively long spray penetration distance.

Abstract: A hand operated combination handle and control valve assembly applicable to each of three related cleaning devices. The valve, when attached to a standard pressurized water hose, controls the pressure flow as desired; such as off, pressure to a first outlet port, pressure to both the first and second outlet ports, and finally, pressure to only the second outlet port. A first scrubbing device consists of the handle/valve attached to a pair of water passage tubes assembled to receive pressurized water to impart rotational motion to a turbine operated, planetary gear reduction driven scrubbing brush and also to rinse the soap residue of the scrubbing operation. A second scrubbing device consists of the handle/valve attached directly to a housing which directs pressurized water to a nozzle to wet or rinse an object and also through an inclined orifice to impart rotational motion to a water turbine attached to a central shaft designed to receive a scrubbing brush, such as a bottle brush.

Abstract: A portable frost and snow removing appliance for use in removing ice and snow from the surfaces of vehicle windows includes an elongated housing having a pistol handgrip at one end and containing an electrically operated two-speed blower and a resistance heater arranged to produce a high speed jet of unheated air or a slower stream of heated air through a discharge nozzle shiftably mounted on the other end of the housing and movable between first and second positions. The housing includes a lateral air outlet in a side wall between the heater and nozzle. The nozzle includes as a unitary one-piece structure therewith valve members within the housing and nozzle and cooperatively associated with the housing other end and the lateral air outlet to inversely open and close the lateral outlet and housing other end in response to shifting of the nozzle to its first and second positions, respectively, to permit air to be selectively discharged from either the nozzle or lateral air outlet.

Abstract: An anti-siphon, selector valve for directing fluid into one of a plurality of lines. The valve includes a valve body having an input port and a plurality of output ports and a U-shaped conduit mounted on the valve body and selectively connectable between the input port and one of the output ports. The valve further includes an anti-siphon valve assembly mounted in the U-shaped conduit for venting the output port and the lines to which it is connected to the atmosphere.

Abstract: The improved decoking nozzle assembly described hereinafter includes both first and second stage decoking nozzles that can be selectively utilized. The nozzle assembly includes a hollow body having ports therein providing fluid flow to the first and second stage nozzles, a sliding valve mechanism inside the hollow body that includes apertures arranged to be selectively aligned with the ports and with the first or second stage nozzles, and a stop member that is engageable with the valve member to retain the valve member in the selected position.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in a shower stall to simulate a steam bath. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises a diverter valve adapted to be connected between a conventional shower head in the stall and the pipe carrying hot water thereto. A flexible conduit is connected to the diverter valve and includes nozzle means disposed at the free end thereof. The nozzle means includes an orifice producing an aerosol mist of a multitude of fine droplets of hot water in a well defined flat pattern. The nozzle means is mounted with respect to the walls to cause the spray pattern to impinge the wall at an angle and produce a cloud of fine hot water droplets simulating live steam. The nozzle is constructed to produce a large volume of water droplets from a small volume of hot water.In another embodiment the nozzle is permanently mounted within the stall via a pipe extending through the wall of the stall and in fluid communication with a hot water pipe of the building in which the stall shower is located.

Abstract: A high pressure fluid delivery system is disclosed in which two or more dump guns, each having a high pressure nozzle outlet and a low pressure dump outlet, may be connected to and operated from a single high pressure pump. Pressure responsive flow control apparatus is provided in the flow line between each gun and the pump to maintain a substantially constant load on the pump even though the dump guns are randomly operated. A motor control apparatus is also provided for controlling the speed of an engine driving the pump and this apparatus is connected to the pressure responsive control apparatus through a shuttle valve so that the engine idles when all of the guns are dumping, but automatically runs at a faster speed when one or more of the dump guns is actuated to provide a high pressure fluid blast.