Means For Spraying User Patents (Class 4/615)
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Patent number: 9314398Abstract: An emergency wash system configured to dispense a fluid is disclosed. The system comprises a receptacle and a dispenser assembly disposed at least partially over the receptacle. The dispenser assembly comprises a fluid inlet portion configured to extend in a substantially horizontal direction when in use and configured to be in fluid communication with a fluid supply. The dispenser assembly also comprises a first outlet portion defining at least one first discharge opening, a second outlet portion defining at least one second discharge opening, a first fluid riser extending upwardly and outwardly from the inlet portion towards the at least one first discharge opening and a second fluid riser extending upwardly and outwardly from the inlet the first fluid riser towards the at least one second discharge opening on a side of the fluid inlet portion opposite the first fluid riser.Type: GrantFiled: September 7, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignee: Bradley Fixtures CorporationInventors: Timothy E. Perrin, Theodore E. Dhein, Scott M. Kluck
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Patent number: 9168543Abstract: A rotary switch shower with a handheld component has a waterway connected to a water outlet eccentrically arranged on a first counterface of the connecting end of the handheld component. The handheld component includes: an outlet component with an essential body, at least two outlet terminals, and a plurality of independent cavities. The outlet terminals are assembled on the essential body and communicate with the independent cavities respectively. Every independent cavity is has a water inlet on the second counterface of the essential body. The water inlets are assigned along an arc whose center is at the rotation axis. The essential body can be rotatably assembled to the handheld component, and switching of the waterways is achieved by rotating the handheld component, so that a water inlet is chosen to communicate with the water outlet, and then a independent cavity is chosen to communicate with the waterway.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2010Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignees: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Haisong Peng, Renzhong Li, Bin Chen
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Patent number: 9095862Abstract: A shower assembly and system. The assembly may include a shower device including a device housing defining an inlet communicating with an inlet chamber, an outlet and a waterway communicating between the inlet chamber and the outlet, the device housing further defining a receptacle having a closed end and an open end, the inlet chamber being behind the closed end, the waterway extending along the receptacle from the closed end toward the open end; and a second device supportable in the receptacle. The outlet may define an outlet plane, and the second device may include a speaker with a speaker housing providing a speaker outlet, the speaker outlet being one of aligned with and positioned forwardly of the outlet plane when the speaker is supported in the receptacle. The assembly may further include a magnetic connecting structure operable to releasably connect the speaker and the shower device.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2014Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Kenneth Scott Hanna, Michael James Soetaert, Keith Scott Ruh, William Clement Kuru
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Patent number: 9095861Abstract: Because the height of humans will vary it is important to be able to adjust the height of the showerhead. At times it may also be useful to be able to have two people shower at the same time and be able to adjust the distance between the two showerhead to accommodate the distance between two people. It may also be useful for the showerhead to be portable and easily attached and reattached to the water supply for the shower.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Inventor: John Costello
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Patent number: 9032564Abstract: An integrated bathroom electronic system including a plurality of sensors to detect conditions within a bathroom and to provide signals indicative thereof to a controller. A plurality of distinct and exclusive modules or subsystems are illustratively provided for integration into the system. Such modules may include a quick hot water module, a roman tub module, a custom shower module, a hands free faucet module, and a tub shower module. In certain illustrative shower modules, a user interface includes a plurality of user defined presets, each preset including a shower setting stored in memory.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2013Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: Delta Faucet CompanyInventors: Ryan A. Reeder, Spencer L. Stohler, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Paul T. Zink, Robert W. Rodenbeck
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Patent number: 8997790Abstract: A touch switch outlet mechanism has a fixation unit and a switch unit. The fixation unit includes an inlet waterway connected to the water source, a water diversion cavity connected to the inlet waterway, N number of water diversion holes connected to the water diversion cavity and several outlet functions with same number as the water diversion holes and one to one corresponding to the water diversion holes, N is equal to or more than 2; The switch unit includes N?1 number of sealing balls and N touch buttons, the N touch buttons are separately disposed with a touch end inside the water diversion cavity and a controlled end controlled by the user, the touch ends of the N touch buttons corresponding to N water diversion holes and sliding connected to the fixation unit, the N?1 sealing balls can close N?1 of the N water diversion holes.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Libin Shen, Jianmin Chen, Bin Cao
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Patent number: 8992450Abstract: A portable hydro massage device for submersion in a body of water containing a female user, i.e. a bathtub, provides a local massage to the labium region and a focused stimulant to the female user's clitoris thereby resulting in a superior sensation to the entire body promoting an overall euphoric state and calming effect. The apparatus employs a saddle shaped housing, where the buttocks are placed, and a saddle horn for controlling the stimulus. Disposed within the midsection of the saddle horn is a hydro jet with a driven flow from a circulating water pump that draws suction from the main body of water. The hydro jet is adjustable in pressure and a method is provided for aeration of the water discharged to allow for a rhythmic pulsation effect. The saddle horn may be held and the lower body positioned as needed to focus the discharged stream from the hydro jet to the desired point of the pelvic region.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2010Date of Patent: March 31, 2015Inventor: David Heilman
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Patent number: 8978175Abstract: The invention is directed to a shower assembly having an electronically controlled shower head that is controlled by a computerized control unit. The assembly can automatically bathe a user by following a program that dictates time of bathing, shower head position and motion, and the dispensing of bathing agents such as body wash or shampoo.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2012Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Inventor: Edgar L. Bronstein
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Patent number: 8979778Abstract: A hand held movable water treatment device for tightening and whitening facial and neck skin by directing multiple streams of pressurized hot and cold water onto selected parts of an individual's face and neck, including a generally circular support member having a flat surface on a first side thereof, a handle extending from a peripheral edge of the generally circular support member, a flexible hose having a first end and a second, and a tubular member concentrically disposed on the flat surface of the generally circular support member.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2011Date of Patent: March 17, 2015Inventor: Muna H. S. A. Faredoun
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Publication number: 20150000030Abstract: A hand washing apparatus configured to simultaneously wash both a left hand and a right hand includes an enclosure having an exterior surface and an interior space. The exterior surface having a front face and first and second side faces located on opposites sides of the front face. The enclosure includes a first opening in the first side face of the exterior surface for receiving a left hand for insertion into the interior space and a second opening in the second side face of the exterior surface for receiving a right hand for insertion into the interior space. There is a first digit support member located within the interior space having a surface for receiving and orienting a first subset of digits of the first and second hands in a predetermined position within the interior space and a second digit support member located within the interior space having a surface for receiving and orienting a second subset of digits of the first and second hands in a predetermined position within the interior space.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2014Publication date: January 1, 2015Inventors: Patrick Stine, Aaron G. Loomis, Paul C. Henninge
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Patent number: 8919709Abstract: A lifting rod device of shower has a lifting rod, a sucker mechanism and a locking mechanism. A penetrating hole penetrates the upper end part. The locking mechanism has a support seat connected to the lifting rod, a lower wedge block that can be connected in the support seat in a forward and backward sliding manner, an upper wedge block that can be connected in the support seat in an upward and downward sliding manner and a nut, a transversal threaded rod is fixedly arranged on the lower wedge block, the threaded rod can rotationally pass through the support seat; the nut is screwed to the threaded rod and connected out of the support seat in a relying manner, and the lower wedge block can be driven to move forward and backward by rotating the nut.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Shenghe Chen, Xijie Deng, Qingshuang Li
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Patent number: 8918925Abstract: A lifting rod assembly is connected to the support arm and has a body unit, a lifting rod and a friction piece. The body unit has a sleeving hole penetrating from front to back and a connecting hole penetrating the sleeving hole from inside to outside, the sleeving hole is sleeved out of the support arm; the thread of the upper end part of the lifting rod is mounted in the connecting hole of the body; and the friction piece is mounted in the upper end part of the lifting rod and adaptive to the support arm, the compressing level between the friction piece and the support arm can be controlled though the screwing level between the lifting rod and the connecting hole of the body unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2011Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Huasheng Peng, Hua Yao, Renzhong Li
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Patent number: 8894927Abstract: A shower sterilization system is provided. The system comprises shower apparatus including water supply means (2), a shower head (6) and shower conduit means (4) connecting the shower head to the water supply means. An applicator device (16) is located between the water supply means and the shower head for receiving a sterilization or biocidal composition in use and allowing said sterilization or biocidal composition to be delivered to one or more parts of said shower apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: Omnia-Klenz Ltd.Inventor: Stephen Finch
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Patent number: 8893320Abstract: The present invention is a display apparatus for affixation to a shower or bath water supply piping or incorporated within a shower, or bath or faucet head that has an authorization means for activating water flow. In a second embodiment, the present invention comprises a dispensing apparatus that has authorization means for activating and/or deactivating water flow. The display and dispensing apparatuses include a power generation, a microprocessor, water flow sensors, timing circuits and a display means and optional wireless communication technology and optional temperature sensors. The display means can be an analog or digital display or combination of display means. The authorization means can comprise a key pad located as soft keys on the display apparatus, a remote key pad, an identification or electronic card means, a bar code or RFTD means, or a biometric means.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2012Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Inventor: Michael Klicpera
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Patent number: 8876025Abstract: A showerhead operable to reduce water consumption configured to detect the presence of an individual within the spray pattern of water exiting the showerhead. The showerhead further includes a housing having an internal volume that is configured to receive and discharge water. A sensor is integrally mounted to the discharge surface of the housing and is operable to detect either the presence or absence of an individual within the spray pattern of water. A valve is disposed within the housing and is operable to control the water volume exiting the housing. The showerhead being operable to discharge substantially all of the water volume available thereto upon the detection of an individual within the spray pattern and further being operable to discharge a water volume that is less than the water volume available thereto to upon detection of an absence of an individual within the spray pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2009Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: MJ Enterprises LLCInventor: Mary Wheeler
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Patent number: 8876023Abstract: A showerhead (20) has a spray head (32) having a plurality of spray outlets (36, 38,42,44) on different faces is mounted for manual rotation about a single pivot axis both to select a spray outlet and to adjust the direction of the spray for the selected spray outlet. The showerhead can be configured so that flow of water is uninterrupted during changeover between spray modes. Alternative versions of the showerhead are disclosed in which the spray head is mounted for powered rotation, for example by a motor, allowing remote operation of the showerhead.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 4, 2014Assignee: Kohler Mira LimitedInventors: Kevin Taylor Peel, Jennifer Ellen Barnard, Simon Westgate, Alexander Fagg, Craig Edwin Baker, Peter Thomas Green
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Publication number: 20140259373Abstract: A portable shower apparatus includes a shower head, funnel adapter, mounted on an air evacuator tube, for use with a conventional fluid container. The shower head includes a shower face plate having a plurality of fluid dispensing holes; shower face plate is circumvented by a ring connector having internal threads. The funnel adapter includes two opposing openings having cylindrical connector pieces, a first cylindrical connector piece and a second cylindrical connector piece; first connector piece having a greater diameter than the second connector pieces. The shower head ring connector is threadably coupled to the first connector piece while a preexisting filled fluid container is coupled to the second connector piece. When the portable shower is inverted, fluid, preferably water, flows from the fluid container towards the user. Other embodiments are disclosed including a variety of transitional adapters to use with a variety of sizes of conventional fluid containers.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventor: James Shannon Peet
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Publication number: 20140250586Abstract: A water shower system has an overhead shower, a hand-held shower, a water distributing element connected to a source of water and also to the overhead shower and to the hand-held shower and having a valve located between the source of water and the overhead shower and the hand-held shower, and a switch located outside of the water distributing element and spaced from the water distributing element and the valve, operatable by a user and having a first position in which the valve provides a water supply to the hand-held shower so that water issues from the latter, and a second position in which the valve provides a water supply to the overhead shower so that water issues from the latter.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventors: Eli Zhadanov, Sam Zhadanov
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Publication number: 20140250587Abstract: The toilet and shower chair for the disabled is a medical appliance that enables a disabled person to perform toilet and shower functions safely without assistance from an escort. The chair has a frame that includes legs, armrests, a backrest portion, and a centrally positioned seating portion. A showerhead overlies the seating portion. Multiple spraying devices are arranged on the backrest portion for applying water and a water/soap mixture to a user's back. The legs of the chair are vertically adjustable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: ABDULREIDHA ABDULRASOUL ALSAFFAR
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Publication number: 20140209708Abstract: A horseshoe-shaped shower outlet assembly includes a main outlet body, a positioning valve, an adapter member, a changeover valve, two interlinking valves and a horseshoe-shaped shower head. The main outlet body in which there is a changeover space developed includes an inlet, a first outlet, a second outlet and a third positioning port; the positioning valve has one end securely connected to the third positioning port; the adapter member has one end coupled with the second outlet; the changeover valve is pivoted to and held in both the positioning valve and the third positioning port; the interlinking valves are situated at external ends of the positioning valve and the adapter member wherein one of the interlinking valves is actuated with the changeover valve synchronously; turned between predetermined angles under effect of external force, and taken as an interface by which a user can switch and control water flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2013Publication date: July 31, 2014Applicant: AGREAT SHOWER & SANITARY (XIAMEN) CO.,LTD.Inventor: PI-KUANG TSAI
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Publication number: 20140201903Abstract: The invention is directed to a remote controlled shower assembly having an electronically controlled shower head that is controlled by a computerized control unit as well as related methods of installation and use. The assembly can automatically bathe a user by following a program that dictates time of bathing, shower head position and motion, and the dispensing of bathing agents such as body wash or shampoo.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2013Publication date: July 24, 2014Inventor: Edgar Lehrer Bronstein
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Patent number: 8747374Abstract: An emergency eyewash unit includes a pair of water discharge ports oriented to produce a pair of upwardly directed, diverging water streams for inside-out flush flow of contaminants from a person's eyes. These eyewash streams can be combined with a plurality of smaller upwardly directed facewash streams for flushing contaminants from a person's face. The eyewash and/or facewash streams are produced by an eyewash body adapted for rotatable mounting onto a water supply conduit, with a locking clip normally preventing undesired rotational disassembly. The eyewash body may be used in combination with an overhead emergency shower which, in one preferred form, includes a shower spray head carrying multiple flow control and flow shaper elements to produce a substantially uniformly dispersed shower spray pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2013Date of Patent: June 10, 2014Assignee: Haws CorporationInventors: Victor C. Strandberg, Ian T. Roberts, Joshua D. Linn
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Patent number: 8684039Abstract: A shower assembly with supporting arm has: a water inlet connected to the supporting arm and to a descending pipe; a switching valve body fixed and connected to the end of the pipe through an outer water inlet and having an outer and a inner water outlet connected to a ascending inner tube in the pipe; and an upper branch pipe fixed to the location of the water inlet and connected to the inner tube, of which the end has one or at least one upper water outlet, wherein the switching valve body has a valve core inside, which makes the pipe connected to the outer and the inner water outlet respectively or simultaneously. The switching valve body that is at the end of the pipe controls the current export from the upper and the outer water outlet beneath the switching valve body.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Xiamen Lelin Sanitary Ware Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jiamao Cai
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Patent number: 8683624Abstract: A system for showering includes a showerhead and a water conveying device having two water conveying members turnable relative to one another about a turning axis and having openings for water entry and exit formed so that in an assembled position of the conveying members the openings of the conveying members extend transversely to the turning axis and are coaxial with one another.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Inventors: Eli Zhadanov, Sam Zhadanov
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Patent number: 8651399Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 18, 2014Assignee: Jiin Haur Industrial Co. Ltd.Inventor: Shih-Piao Wu
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Patent number: 8621681Abstract: An improved shower arm having an elbow portion adapted to fluidly communicate with a shower head and an arm portion adapted to fluidly communicate with a water supply. The arm portion is pivotably coupled with the elbow portion about a long axis of the elbow portion, with the long axis of the elbow portion and a long axis of the arm portion forming an angle. Also, the shower arm includes a locking mechanism having one or more sets of splines to securely lock the relative position of the arm and elbow portions. The splines may be coupled and decoupled by a variety of mechanisms, including: hydraulic pressure generated by a restrictor plate; a spring forcing the sets of splines together; and a pair of magnets.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2011Date of Patent: January 7, 2014Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Damian Macan, Harold A. Luettgen
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Publication number: 20130312175Abstract: A body spray configured to be supported within a shower wall. The body spray includes an outer housing and an inner waterway supporting a sprayhead for axial movement relative to the outer housing. Water pressure against the inner waterway causes the sprayhead to move axially outwardly from a refracted position to an extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicant: MASCO CORPORATION OF INDIANAInventors: Todd Andrew Huffington, Garry Robin Marty, Paul Patton, Daniel Steven Genord
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Publication number: 20130305449Abstract: An equipment storage device has a container to enable a user to comfortably stand within the container. A reservoir for retaining fluid is coupled with the container. A fluid injection device is coupled with the reservoir. At least one retaining receptacle is positioned on a peripheral wall of the container.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2012Publication date: November 21, 2013Inventor: Kristian Allos
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Patent number: 8572771Abstract: A device for showering includes a water diverter connectable to a source of water, an overhead showerhead connected with the diverter and a hand-held showerhead connected with said diverter so that the diverter can direct water to the overhead showerhead or to the hand-held showerhead, and a rod-shaped element which is held by the diverter and is provided with a supporting member supporting the hand-held showerhead in a position of non-use.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Inventors: Eli Zhadanov, Sam Zhadanov
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Patent number: 8573256Abstract: A revolving switch device with a sleeve and an operating handle comprising: a body with two inlet holes, a first water passage and an installation hole connected between the upper inlet hole and said first water passage; a plug, sealed and mounted in the installation hole, is capable of revolving between a first and second position, said plug having an outer revolving surface with an arc groove, and the bottom of said plug is concave to form a second water passage, said outer revolving surface of said plug has a connecting hole, which having an inner end for connecting said second water passage and an outer end in the outer revolving surface. When the plug occupies the first position, said arc groove connects the upper inlet hole and first water passage. In the second position, the lower inlet connects to the outer end of the connecting hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2010Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech IndustriesInventors: Libin Shen, Tianyu Chen, Bin Chen, Huasong Zhou
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Publication number: 20130283516Abstract: A cleaning system according to the invention includes a scanning unit for determining body dimensions, for example, the girth measurements such as height and breadth of the person to be cleaned, at least two mouldings having a body-size opening, wherein the opening corresponds to a pose, that is, a body position of the person to be cleaned, a conveying unit that conveys the person to be cleaned through the mouldings, wherein at least one of the mouldings contains adjustable spray nozzles, the spacing of which from the person to be cleaned is adjusted corresponding to the body dimensions of the person to be cleaned determined by the scanning unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2011Publication date: October 31, 2013Inventor: Seira Fischer
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Patent number: 8566973Abstract: A pet wash kit enables a user to outfit a shower head for washing pets adjacent the shower head. The pet-washing kit and/or apparatus comprises a head-to-funnel interface device, a funnel structure, and a length of conduit. The interface device comprises conduit-engaging and head-engaging portions for respectively receiving adjacent portions of a shower head assembly. The funnel structure has a water inlet, a water outlet, and structure for engaging the interfacing device for removably attaching the funnel structure to the shower head assembly. The length of conduit is attachable to the water outlet and extendable therefrom. The funnel structure receives water from the shower head assembly, and the length of conduit directs water away from the funnel structure for enabling a user to selectively discharge water via an optionally nozzled end of the conduit for washing a pet.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Inventor: Peter G. Duczak
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Patent number: 8566974Abstract: An emergency eyewash unit includes a pair of water discharge ports oriented to produce a pair of upwardly directed, diverging water streams for inside-out flush flow of contaminants from a person's eyes. These eyewash streams can be combined with a plurality of smaller upwardly directed facewash streams for flushing contaminants from a person's face. The eyewash and/or facewash streams are produced by an eyewash body adapted for rotatable mounting onto a water supply conduit, with a locking clip normally preventing undesired rotational disassembly. The eyewash body may be used in combination with an overhead emergency shower which, in one preferred form, includes a shower spray head carrying multiple flow control and flow shaper elements to produce a substantially uniformly dispersed shower spray pattern.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2012Date of Patent: October 29, 2013Assignee: Haws CorporationInventors: Victor C. Strandberg, Ian T Roberts, Joshua D. Linn
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Publication number: 20130254985Abstract: A rotary switch shower with a handheld component has a waterway connected to a water outlet eccentrically arranged on a first counterface of the connecting end of the handheld component. The handheld component includes: an outlet component with an essential body, at least two outlet terminals, and a plurality of independent cavities. The outlet terminals are assembled on the essential body and communicate with the independent cavities respectively. Every independent cavity is has a water inlet on the second counterface of the essential body. The water inlets are assigned along an arc whose centre is at the rotation axis. The essential body can be rotatably assembled to the handheld component, and switching of the waterways is achieved by rotating the handheld component, so that a water inlet is chosen to communicate with the water outlet, and then a independent cavity is chosen to communicate with the waterway.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2010Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Haisong Peng, Renzhong Li, Bin Chen
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Publication number: 20130247294Abstract: A rocker switch shower has a handle, an outlet part, a control part and an operation part. The handle has a handheld part and a connect part. An inlet hole is arranged in the handheld part, and a mounting cavity communicated with the inlet hole is arranged in the connect part. The outlet part is mounted to the connect part and corresponding to the mounting cavity, being provided with a plurality of outlet functions. The control part is mounted in the mounting cavity and comprises a fixed plate and a movable plate, a plurality of water division holes are arranged in the fixed plate. The control part comprises a control shaft and a rocker, the control shaft is connected in the handle in a moving manner and with the movable plate in a transmitting manner, and the inner end of the rocker is connected to the control shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2011Publication date: September 26, 2013Inventors: Huasong Zhou, Hongliang Ma, Zhongcheng Jin, Boqing Lian
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Patent number: 8539619Abstract: Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to systems and/or methods that help clean persons having reduced mobility. The systems and/or methods of certain example embodiments help clean persons in areas that are difficult and sometimes even impossible to clean, thereby reducing the likelihood of infection, disease, development of antibiotic resistant diseases, etc. At least one showerhead is provided in such systems/methods. A chair, table, bench, or the like, has a seat and a back support. At least one bladder is connected to the seat and/or the back support of the chair, or on the table, bench, etc., with each said bladder having at least one opening. A hose connects a supply of cleansing fluid to the at least one bladder such that, in operation, the cleansing fluid is forced out of the at least one opening of each said bladder towards the person.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2009Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Technology Patents, LLCInventor: Aris Mardirossian
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Publication number: 20130239320Abstract: Provided is a water passage switching device capable of opening and closing valves by a very easy operation. The water passage switching device (10; 122) of the present invention capable of switching between at least three water spouting and stopping modes by opening and closing valves including: valve elements (26a, 26b, 26c; 142) configured to be moved between a valve-open position and a valve-closed position in response to the each water spouting and stopping mode; a pivotally movable tilting operation member (6; 112) directly operated by a user to switch between the each water spouting and stopping mode; and valve actuating rods (40a, 40b, 40c; 148) arranged around a pivot point of the tilting operation member, and each adapted to open and close a respective one of the plurality of valve elements based on a tilting movement in each direction of the tilting operation member.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Yutaka Aihara, Yasufumi Uemura, Masaya Tanabe, Tsuyoshi Miura, Sho Ishiyama, Tomohiro Kudo, Hideyuki Matsui, Daisuke Kazaoka
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Publication number: 20130239321Abstract: An integrated bathroom electronic system including a plurality of sensors to detect conditions within a bathroom and to provide signals indicative thereof to a controller. A plurality of distinct and exclusive modules or subsystems are illustratively provided for integration into the system. Such modules may include a quick hot water module, a roman tub module, a custom shower module, a hands free faucet module, and a tub shower module. In certain illustrative shower modules, a user interface includes a plurality of user defined presets, each preset including a shower setting stored in memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2013Publication date: September 19, 2013Applicant: MASCO CORPORATION OF INDIANAInventors: Ryan A. Reeder, Spencer L. Stohler, Andrew B. Mendenhall, Paul T. Zink, Robert W. Rodenbeck
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Patent number: 8534325Abstract: The invention relates to a ventilation device for ventilating shower streams that is configured as an insert, and that may be utilized in a connection of a sanitary fitting, particularly in the connection of a shower head housing. The insert contains at least one water throughput channel connected to a ventilation channel such that air is suctioned in through the ventilation channel when a flow passes through the water throughput channel, ventilating the water stream. The insert may have a receptacle for a flow restrictor. A backflow preventer may be provided in order to prevent water leakage from the exterior end of the ventilation channel.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Hansgrohe SEInventors: Fabian Melle, Ulrich Kinle
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Patent number: 8533875Abstract: Shower fixing seat with LCD has a fixing seat fixed on the front end of its main body. The rear end of the main body is a water inlet connected with a water supply pipe. The lower end of the main body is a water outlet connected with the flexible pipe of the shower head. A hydroelectric device and a thermistance are disposed in the main body. A display module connected with one side of the main body has a circuit board and an LCD screen which are electrically connected to the hydroelectric device and the thermistance. When water flows into the main body, the hydroelectric device supplies power for the display module, and the thermistance transmits the temperature information to the display module so that the temperature is shown on the LCD screen. The shower fixing seat shows the shower outflow temperature.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2009Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hua Yao, Xianguo Zou
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Publication number: 20130232684Abstract: A shower device and a faceplate assembly for a shower device. The faceplate assembly may include a faceplate having a front surface and a rear surface, a plurality of apertures being defined between the front surface and the rear surface, the faceplate being at least partially formed of a transparent material proximate the front surface, and an opaque material located proximate the rear surface. A pattern may be formed from facets, adjacent facets meeting at an intersection, at least one of the plurality of apertures being positioned at an intersection. A shower device may include a nozzle plate having a surface and including a plurality of nozzles for discharging water, at least one of the plurality of nozzles having a barb; and a faceplate snap-fit to the nozzle plate by the barb.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 12, 2013Applicant: KOHLER CO.Inventors: Jeffrey A. Schumacher, Kenneth S. Hanna, Gregory de Swarte, Leila M. Rubin
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Publication number: 20130219613Abstract: A shower attachment acts as a shield to block a child from the encompassing high pressure water spraying from an ordinary shower head. The shower attachment also acts as a kiddie shower that imitates the spraying action of an ordinary bathroom showerhead. The shield portion can include a funnel shape that allows the blocked water from the shower head to flow down through the shower attachment and then exit in a spraying fashion that is less frightening to children. The shower attachment includes a clamping mechanism to attach to a conventional shower arm, a funnel-shaped shield and shower, and extender bars interconnecting the clamping mechanism with the funnel-shaped shield and shower. The extender bars can be rotated to position the funnel-shaped shield and shower in front of the shower head to catch water being expelled therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2013Publication date: August 29, 2013Inventor: Anthony Jason Ojea
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Publication number: 20130160201Abstract: A shower apparatus comprises a head, a base end portion, and a multi-spherical bendable joint pipe disposed between the head and the base end portion, the pipe comprising a plurality of spherical joints provided consecutively. Each joint has a male or female spherical surface for rotationally fitting with adjacent joints each other. The spraying direction of shower water is freely changeable by adjusting the direction of the head through a flection of the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe. The shower apparatus allows a jet direction of shower water to be changed widely three-dimensionally compared with a conventional shower apparatus, and thus the present invention provides a user-friendly shower apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2012Publication date: June 27, 2013Inventors: Takayasu Okubo, Minao Tanioka, Hirohiko Sato
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Patent number: 8458826Abstract: A washing device (10) for dispensing water in the sanitary field, in particular in a shower or a sink, including an outlet (1) for spraying fluids with a lower throughput rate, as well as a delivery device (6) for increasing the fluid pressure before the spraying. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the washing device (10) includes a heating device (5) for heating the water. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the atomisation is accomplished by way of a fluid jet (21) hitting an obstacle (21; 34) with a high relative speed. Thereby, the obstacle may be a moved or stationary solid body (34) or at least one further fluid jet (21). Preferably, the spraying is accomplished by way of the outlet (1) including at least one nozzle set (2) with at least two nozzles (3), for producing impacting fluid jets (21) and for atomising the fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2006Date of Patent: June 11, 2013Assignee: Creaholic S.A.Inventors: Elmar Mock, Andre Klopfenstein, Laurent Torriani
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Patent number: 8448270Abstract: A movable support seat for a shower head includes a holding member to receive a removable shower head; a moving member moving vertically along a post and being used to receive the holding member; the moving member having a body disposed to the post, at least one movable retaining paw axially fixed to the body, a resilient element installed to a predetermined position of the retaining paw to actuate the paw portion to elastically engage with a peripheral outer surface of the post and to position the moving member to the post such that when a pressing portion of the retaining paw is pressed, first or second abutting wall of the retaining paw disengages from the post so that the moving member is adjusted freely on the post.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2010Date of Patent: May 28, 2013Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corp.Inventor: Chao-Ta Yang
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Patent number: 8407825Abstract: A shower nozzle having a brush includes a driving unit and a brush body. The driving unit is used to get power for driving the brush body. The driving unit includes a motor, bevel gears and a gear disc. The shower nozzle is compact in size and provides a brushing function when taking a bath.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2009Date of Patent: April 2, 2013Inventor: Shen-Mu Kao
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Patent number: 8347425Abstract: The invention is directed to a shower attachment capable of affixing to a standard residential or commercial shower enclosure. The shower attachment uses existing plumbing to supply pressurized water to a water intake, which in turn feeds a vertical assembly. The vertical assembly includes a stabilizing rod having a top end and corresponding back end. A pivot arm having a first portion and corresponding second portion connects to the stabilizing rod. A detachable shower wand is positioned at the second portion of the pivot arm, which is capable of receiving pressurized water from the water intake. In addition, a horizontal assembly connects to the bottom end of the shower attachment to secure the device to the shower enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Inventor: Edgar L. Bronstein
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Publication number: 20120266376Abstract: A hand shower including a handle with a first waterway including an inlet portion and an outlet portion, the inlet portion configured to be fluidly coupled to a water supply. A shower head includes a second waterway having an inlet portion and an outlet portion. The inlet portion of the second waterway is fluidly coupled to the outlet portion of the first waterway, and the outlet portion of the second waterway includes a plurality of outlets configured to deliver water. The shower head is supported for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the handle between a first position and a second position angularly spaced from the first position.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 9, 2012Publication date: October 25, 2012Inventors: Garry R. Marty, Timothy J. Sailors, JR., Stephen C. Nichols
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Patent number: 8292201Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 16, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Alsons CorporationInventors: Charles A. Patterson, Julian C. Giggs, Michael Miller, Victor Hoernig
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Publication number: 20120233768Abstract: A hand shower has outer housing including a first housing part and a second housing part, is disposed in the interior of the outer housing. The first housing part is produced by dual-component injection molding and has a support formed from a hard component. Alongside the switching device, this support is provided with a passage. A soft component, injected onto the outer side of the support covers the passage in a membrane-like manner. The membrane region of the soft component is elastically deformable to allow the switching device to be operated from the surroundings.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 13, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: KWC AGInventor: Thomas KULL