Means For Spraying User Patents (Class 4/615)
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Patent number: 8220084Abstract: A shower head securing device has a shower head, a casing and a securing device. The securing device has a base, a ball tube, a securing screw, a shaft, the plurality of elastic pieces, the plurality of engaging pieces, a securing member and an adjusting screw.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2009Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: Shong I Copper Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chin-Tang Chung
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Publication number: 20120174313Abstract: A portable foot shower as disclosed comprising a base member for supporting the user's feet and an operably interconnected swivel shower spray head for washing dirt and particulate from the user's feet through a plurality of slots in the base. The portable foot shower includes a water dispensing assembly with dual top push actuators operated by the toes of the user for controlling the starting, running, and stopping of water from a suitable source. The swivel spray shower head is interconnected with a water regulator assembly through which a water sources rate of flow is regulated.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2011Publication date: July 12, 2012Inventor: Gregory Vargo
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Patent number: 8205278Abstract: Apparatus for washing a body comprising a. a body membrane adapted to receive a body therein, the body membrane having a plurality of body portions, each body portion having: i. an exterior surface and an interior surface; ii. a water conduit for passage of water through the body membrane to the interior surface thereof; iii. an air conduit separate to the water conduit for passage of air through the body membrane to the interior surface thereof; and b. control means operable to control the passage of water and air independently through the water and air conduits respectively, the control means further operable to control the passage of water and air in each body portion independently. Also provided is a method of washing a body using said apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2008Date of Patent: June 26, 2012Inventors: Ronald G. Thomas, Anthony P. Beanlands
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Publication number: 20120151669Abstract: A shower system and a handshower system. The system may include an adjustable supply assembly fluidly connectable to the water supply pipe, the supply assembly including an adapter defining an axis and having an inlet coupleable to the pipe outlet, a supply member having a supply outlet and coupled in fluid communication with the adapter, the supply member being coupled to the adapter for movement along the axis to adjust a distance between the pipe outlet and the supply outlet, and a seal positioned and operable to provide a sealed connection between the adapter and the supply member in adjusted positions the supply member relative to the adapter. The handshower system may include an angled connector between a shower bar assembly and a handshower hose.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Inventor: John M. Wilson
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Patent number: 8201288Abstract: A booth for automatic spray application of multiple liquids onto a human subject may include an HVLP nozzle including a nozzle tip, an air inlet port connected to an air pathway, a linear slide operably connected to a motor and to the HVLP nozzle, a plurality of check valves, and a controller, where the controller is operably connected to the motor and configured to cause the motor to move the HVLP nozzle vertically along at least a portion of the linear slide thereby adjusting the vertical position of the nozzle tip, where the controller is further configured to control an air source for causing air to flow through the air pathway, and where the controller is further configured to control one or more liquid sources for causing the first liquid associated with the first liquid inlet port from the multiple liquid inlet ports to flow through the first liquid inlet port from the multiple liquid inlet ports and the second liquid associated with the second liquid inlet port from the multiple liquid inlet ports toType: GrantFiled: August 24, 2009Date of Patent: June 19, 2012Assignee: Sunless, Inc.Inventors: Scott R. Thomason, Nicholas J. Mastandrea
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Patent number: 8191185Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle, a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2008Date of Patent: June 5, 2012Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Patent number: 8185982Abstract: A bathing chair which has a water-spraying function for simultaneously effecting a shower discharge from each of a plurality of shower discharge ends and thus assist a person with severe disabilities while cleansing him or herself or while being assisted by a third person. The bathing chair including strategically located nozzles to wash critical body parts, a main control system with manual and electro-mechanical operated valves, two main flow paths with independent control systems, means for combining a soap product and water, a water temperature sensor, and a pump/reservoir system for water pressure adjustment.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 29, 2012Assignee: University of Puerto RicoInventors: Mauricio A Lizama, Gustavo E Frank-Ayala, Nestor M Martinez, Jose J Mayi, David Serrano
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Patent number: 8156579Abstract: A shower arrangement (10) includes a mixer valve assembly (110) and conduit means (120) for the supply of water to the assembly (110). The conduit means (120) includes a conduit casing (2) defining an interior (122), a hot water pipe (3) defining a passage (103) for hot water and a cold water pipe (4) defining a passage (104) for cold water, the hot and cold water pipes (3, 4) being located in the interior (122).Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2005Date of Patent: April 17, 2012Assignee: Applied Energy Products LimitedInventor: Andrew Boulton Renfrew
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Patent number: 8082610Abstract: A showerhead assembly includes a water adapter and a water flow diverter. The water adapter includes two rotatable frames having a first water outlet and a second water inlet respectively and a supporting frame, having a first water inlet communicating with the first water outlet and a second water outlet, rotatably coupled between the rotatable frames. The water flow diverter contains a first water opening communicating with the first water outlet, a second water opening communicating with the second water inlet, and a water exit. The water flow diverter is adapted for selectively controlling the water flow at one of the conditions including the water flowing out at the second water outlet only, the water flowing out at the water exit only, and the water flowing out at both the second water outlet and the water exit at the same time.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2007Date of Patent: December 27, 2011Inventors: Mang Hoi Kwan Henry, Mang Loi Shang
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Publication number: 20110297759Abstract: A device for dispensing an aerated jet of water comprises an outer casing (10), a dispenser plate (14) which closes said outer casing and in which a plurality of nozzles (16) for the outlet of the water is provided, and an intermediate plate (18) positioned in said casing so as to define a water inlet chamber (20) communicating with a water supply duct (21), and a water outlet chamber (24) communicating with the outlet nozzles (16) of the water. In the intermediate plate (18) there is provided an air-water mixing chamber (26) communicating with the water inlet chamber through a plurality of water inlet holes (28), with the outside environment through a number of air intake holes (30) and with the water outlet chamber through a plurality of aerated water (32) outlet holes.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2010Publication date: December 8, 2011Applicant: NIKLES TEC ITALIA S.R.L.Inventor: Alberto Morbio
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Patent number: 8048010Abstract: A massage nozzle is disclosed including a vortex chamber having a water intake section provided to form a vortical flow therein, a spouting port provided to spout the vortical flow to form a negative pressure region, a water-spray plate provided at a distal end of the spouting port, the water-spray plate having an opening at a center thereof and a plurality of water-spray holes around the opening. The water-spray plate allows a large area suction and smooth movement while moving in contact with the skin. Further a movable member having an opening may be provided with at least a part inserted into the vortex chamber. Some part of a first portion of the movable member has a larger outside dimension than the spouting port, allowing physical vibration of the movable member in addition to the suction massage effect.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2005Date of Patent: November 1, 2011Assignee: Toto, Ltd.Inventors: Takahiro Ohashi, Nobuhiro Shono, Koichi Toyoda, Tomoko Negishi
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Patent number: 8024822Abstract: An improved shower arm. The shower arm includes 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. The arm portion and the elbow portion form a continuous channel configured to fluidly connect the water supply with a shower head. A mechanism allowing a user to selectively pivot and lock the position of the arm portion relative to the elbow portion is provided. The locking mechanism may include one or more sets of splines or similar features, such that engagement of the sets of splines securely locks the relative position of the arm and elbow portions.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.Inventors: Aaron Damian Macan, Harold A. Luettgen
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Patent number: 8015632Abstract: A wall mounting for a shower is mounted such as to pivot about a horizontal axis at the end thereof against the wall (1). The arm (5) has a fork at the separation from the fixing end. A clamp holder is provided in the region of the front end thereof in which a shower head (8) can be introduced. The fixing between the shower head (8) and the mounting is made by a friction connection, whereby the housing of the shower head is embodied such that it cannot be recognized from the form thereof that said housing serves for fixing.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2003Date of Patent: September 13, 2011Assignee: Hansgrohe AGInventors: Andreas Haug, Fabian Kollmann, Tom Schoenherr
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Publication number: 20110147477Abstract: A fluid diversifying apparatus includes a fluid passage member having a fluid passage therewithin, and a fluid diversifying unit communicatively connected to the fluid passage for dispensing fluid with predetermined spray pattern. The fluid diversifying unit has a plurality of fluid selection inlets and a plurality of fluid dispensing portions communicatively connected to each of respective the fluid selection inlets for dispensing a spray pattern of the fluid through each of the dispensing portions, such that when one of the fluid selection inlet is selectively aligning with the fluid passage outlet, the fluid flow is guided to enter selected the fluid selection inlet to dispense fluid from respective the fluid dispensing portion, so as to selectively control the spray pattern from one of the fluid dispensing portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventor: Hoi Kwan Henry Mang
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Patent number: 7937784Abstract: A parent-child showerhead includes a wall-mounted showerhead, a hand-held showerhead, and a showerhead bracket. The wall-mounted showerhead is fixed on a conduit extending from a wall and connects to the hand-held showerhead via a hose. The showerhead bracket is provided for the hand-held showerhead to hang thereon. The wall-mounted showerhead has a water diverter disposed therein for controlling the spray water from the wall-mounted showerhead or the hand-held showerhead or from both of them. The water diverter has an adjusting knob for changing a direction of the water flow, and the adjusting knob is located on the wall-mounted showerhead at side close to a user, which is convenient for users to operate. The showerhead bracket is disposed at a lower position of the wall-mounted showerhead, and has a receptacle. The receptacle is in a pivoted state to adjust an angle and provide the hand-held showerhead to be engaged therein.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 10, 2011Assignee: Globe Union Industrial Corp.Inventor: Jia-Sen Qiu
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Patent number: 7918424Abstract: A suspending buckle mechanism of output water device, which connects to a supporting arm protruding out of a wall, includes a sucker mechanism, a suspending tube, a supporting hoop and an elastic buckle. The suspending tube has an upper part with a through fixing hole and a lower part fixed to the sucker mechanism. The supporting hoop includes: a connecting sleeve, on which an axial groove is internally and externally disposed, and two connecting sheets. Through holes are disposed in the connecting sheets. The connecting sheets are symmetrically fixed around the connecting sleeve. The elastic buckle is placed between the connecting sheets. The connecting sheets are inserted in the upper opening of the hanging tube in order to make the convex columns of the elastic buckle protrude out of the through hole and then inserted in the fixing hole, so that the connecting sleeve can clasp the supporting arm.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2010Date of Patent: April 5, 2011Assignees: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gangqiang Wu, Qingshuang Li, Bin Chen, Huasong Zhou
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Publication number: 20110061160Abstract: A sanitary washing device according to the invention is a sanitary washing device discharging supplied wash water toward a human body, including: a washing nozzle including a water discharge port configured to discharge the wash water toward the human body; and a pressurizing device configured to pressurize the wash water and discharge the wash water from the water discharge port, the sanitary washing device being configured to perform a first water discharge process having a first time span and a second water discharge process having a second time span, in the first water discharge process, the pressurizing device making pressure of wash water discharged later in the first time span higher than pressure of wash water discharged at beginning of the first water discharge process so that the wash water discharged later in the first time span overtakes and unites with the wash water discharged at beginning of the first water discharge process to form a first water drop at a predetermined position from the watType: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2010Publication date: March 17, 2011Applicant: TOTO LTD.Inventors: Masayuki Mochita, Minoru Sato, Akihiro Uemura, Hiroshi Hashimoto
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Patent number: 7900295Abstract: A shower handle water supply diverter system includes a water supply in fluid communication with a hose. A handle sprayer is in fluid communication with and extends from the hose. A water diverter is provided within the handle sprayer and is in fluid communication with the showerhead. The water diverter can be operated in three modes: handle sprayer only water expulsion, shower head only water expulsion, and simultaneous handle sprayer and shower head water expulsion. By placement of the first hose and second hose in proximity to provide thermal contact therebetween, stagnant water in one hose at ambient temperature exchanges heat with water flow at a particular temperature in a second hose to change stagnant water temperature towards the temperature of the water flow.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2006Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Inventor: Mordechai Lev
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Patent number: 7900293Abstract: A shower bathing apparatus includes: a concave seat; and a water discharger provided rearwardly and upwardly to the seat and configured to discharge water in a forward direction of the seat. A water discharge direction from the water discharger and positional relationship between the water discharger and the seat are adjusted so that at least part of the discharged water directly reaches the seat with no seat occupant seated on the seat.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Toto, Ltd.Inventors: Minoru Sato, Yutaka Aihara, Tomohisa Kato, Hiroyoshi Matsushita, Minami Okamoto
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Patent number: 7877826Abstract: A plurality of nozzles are located on each side of a foot washing station on curved portions of spray members. At least some of the nozzles are located at a plurality of elevations and are downwardly directed to knock debris off the lower leg and foot of a user to thus wash the debris away. A foot platform supports the foot or feet of a user is preferably continuously sloped so that water does not accumulate at any portion of the foot platform. Additionally, an actuator is preferably actuated by the placement of the weight of the foot on the foot platform to begin the spraying of the foot or feet with water in a hands-free operation. Spray nozzle tips are screwed into orifices which then dispense water under pressure preferably in a spray pattern with highly atomized water pellets efficiently removing debris from the feet of a user.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2006Date of Patent: February 1, 2011Inventor: James D. Franklin
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Patent number: 7841027Abstract: According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, a partition system includes a flexible partition expandable along at least its length and its height, at least one support element associated with the partition, and a fluid delivery system associated with the partition and configured to deliver a fluid to a space adjacent to the partition.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2004Date of Patent: November 30, 2010Assignee: Immediate Response TechnologiesInventor: Chad Sample
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Patent number: 7818829Abstract: A jet for a shower cubicle which is suitable for being applied to a side wall of the shower cubicle is described as having an end body for supplying water to the shower cubicle having a through channel for the water. The jet also includes at least one supply duct to supply pressurised water to the through channel and out a nozzle having an ejection hole to produce a water spray inside the cubicle. for the water communicating with the through channel of the end body. The nozzle is removable from the end body, allowing it to be replaced when the end body is fixed to the wall of the cubicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Assignee: Ideal Standard International BVBAInventor: Alessandro Moretto
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Patent number: 7818828Abstract: A switching mechanism for a multi-function shower head is mounted inside of a shower head body and coordinates with a water pressure relief valve, including a curbing ring, a dividing disk, an under-driving gear set, an impeller, a transferring stand, a drawbar, a blocking and a top cap; with the transferring stand disposed on the top, and an outlet and a diagonal outlet at bottom of the shower head body; the top cap possesses a joint port; the drawbar is inserted into the tubing, and a restoring spring is set between said end cover and the outside end of the drawbar; a thimble is placed inside of the drawbar.Type: GrantFiled: September 13, 2005Date of Patent: October 26, 2010Inventor: Hua-Song Zhou
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Patent number: 7814585Abstract: A show head water pick apparatus includes a first pipe segment for attachment to a shower pipe protruding outwardly from shower stall wall and having a first pipe segment outward end; a switch valve having a switch valve intake end connected to the first pipe segment outward end, and having a shower head output branch to which a shower head is connected and a water pick output branch, and having a valve operation handle for delivering water flow alternately to the shower head and to the water pulsing and pick assembly; a water pulsing unit connected to the water pick output branch; a water pick tube having a tube first end and a tube second end, the tube first end being connected to the water pulsing unit; and a water pick secured to the tube second end.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2006Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Inventor: Bonnie E. Reich
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Patent number: 7814586Abstract: A base assembly has a major section with an open top, a minor section with a top panel and a cover plate with a down-turned flange. The cover plate is positioned over the major section. Springs between the cover plate and the major section hold the cover plate in an inoperative orientation above the major section and an operative orientation in contact with the major section. A J-shaped tube has a lower end operatively coupled with the minor section and extending upwardly from the top panel. The J-shaped tube has an upper end with a primary sprinkler head positioned over the major section. A water path includes an input coupling on the major section for receiving water from a hose. The water path includes an output coupling on the top panel for removably receiving the lower end of the J-shaped tube.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2009Date of Patent: October 19, 2010Inventor: Lila A. Samuels
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Patent number: 7793365Abstract: Disclosed is a water discharge device (1) provided with a device body (2) and a connector (4) and adapted to be attached to a feedwater pipe (6). The water discharge device comprises fixing means (8) for fixing the device body to the connector at a given installation position. The connector has a feedwater-pipe-joining portion (4a) adapted to be joined to the feedwater pipe, and a connector-side engaging thread portion (4b), and the device body has a body-side engaging thread portion (14) positioned in such a manner as to be engaged with the connector-side engaging thread portion once during an operation of attaching the device body to the connector, and located beyond the connector-side engaging thread portion after the device body is fixed at the installation position. The water discharge device of the present invention can reliably prevent falling-off of the device body.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2007Date of Patent: September 14, 2010Assignee: Toto LtdInventors: Shoji Miura, Emiko Sumimoto
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Patent number: 7774871Abstract: A personal hygiene cleansing device is disclosed which attaches to the wall of a shower or bath stall and to the water supply at a shower head in the stall. The device is adjustable to meet the height and other personal requirements of the user. Two generally vertically oriented, rubber coated bars are adjusted to a proper height and spacing for a user. When the height and the spacing between the two vertical bars is correct, pushing a users' buttocks against the vertical bars causes the cheeks of the buttocks to be spread exposing the area to a vertical fan shape water spray from a spray head that is part of the device. The rubber piping on the generally vertical bars prevent the bars from slipping along the skin of the buttocks to maintain maximum spreading of the cheeks of the buttocks. Spray water with or without soap exits the elongated spray head to cleanse or rinse the rectal or genital area.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Inventor: Peter Arsenault
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Patent number: 7765627Abstract: A sanitary ware with an annular mount has a body, an inlet pipe and an annular mount. The inlet pipe is mounted inside the body. The annular mount is mounted through the body for hanging the sanitary ware. A structure of the annular mount is simple to prevent leaking and could be used in any sanitary ware. Therefore, the sanitary ware with annular mount can be hung anywhere by the annular mount.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2008Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Sheng Tai Brassware Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chia-Chen Pan
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Patent number: 7766291Abstract: A slide bar assembly is provided having slide bar supporting a bracket assembly that is suitable to retain a handheld showerhead. A brake assembly releasably couples the bracket assembly to the slide bar via a user-actuated trigger in order allow the user to adjust the height of the showerhead by pressing the trigger. The slide bar assembly further includes a wall mounting assembly that is configured to connect the slide bar to the shower wall.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: Kohler Co.Inventors: Niels J. Eilmus, Randy S. Graskamp, John M. Wilson
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Patent number: 7757963Abstract: The handle of a hand shower accommodates a remote control which is triggered by once-only pressure on a key or another deformable element. The remote control contains a piezoelectric radio switch which is accommodated as a closed-off component in the handle. This switch acts on a receiver which is mounted on a wall connection bend and which is connected to a valve in the wall connection bend. The valve can be switched on and switched off with the aid of the remote control in the handle of the hand shower. In the switched-off state, the shower hose is not under pressure.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2007Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Assignee: Hansgrohe AGInventors: Michael Kiolbassa, Jan Heisterhagen, Guenter Glunk
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Patent number: 7721363Abstract: A slide rail has a mounting shaft and a sliding mount. The sliding mount is movably mounted around the mounting shaft and has a clamp, a handle, a clamp jaw, a holding bracket and a spring. The clamp is mounted around the mounting shaft. The handle is rotatably connected to the clamp and has a lock bar and a grip. The clamp jaw is mounted around and abuts the mounting shaft in the clamp and has a convex surface. The holding bracket is connected to the clamp to hold a showerhead, a soap dish or the like and has a positioning ring. The spring is mounted in the clamp between the clamp jaw and the positioning ring to push the convex surface of the clamp jaw to engage an engaging recess of the lock bar.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2008Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Sheng Tai Brassware Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ting-Yao Huang
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Publication number: 20100122410Abstract: The invention concerns a portable device (10) for cleaning and massaging the skin, comprising means (18, 22) for being fixed on a person's body part, means (26) for being connected to fluid supply means (28), and means (20, 30, 32) for circulating fluid connected to the connecting means (26) and designed to extend around and/or along the person's body part, said circulating means (20, 30, 32) comprising orifices (34, 36) or nozzles (38) for spraying fluid on said person's body part.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2005Publication date: May 20, 2010Inventor: Hervè Gourdin
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Publication number: 20100122409Abstract: A showerhead with a rotationally adjustable handle includes a handle unit, a water outlet head unit, and a water inlet control unit. The handle unit has a hollow structure therein and has a first, a second, and a third communicating pipe penetrating therethrough. The water outlet head unit has a cover cap and an outlet valve assembly. The cover cap is connected to a first end of the handle unit and provided with an accommodating space for accommodating the outlet valve assembly. The outlet valve assembly is connected to one ends of the first, the second, and the third communicating pipe. The water inlet control unit is connected to a second end of the handle unit and is rotated to control a water inlet state among a plurality of stages, such that a water flow is guided into any one or a combination of any two of the communicating pipes.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2008Publication date: May 20, 2010Applicant: GLOBE UNION INDUSTRIAL CORP.Inventor: Jiasen QIU
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Patent number: 7707664Abstract: A bathroom cleansing apparatus for use by individuals when taking a shower. The bathroom cleansing apparatus is an improved showerhead which is attached to a length of flex hose. The flex hose itself is not normally visible when the shower head is not in use, but rather, is attached to a spool that is axially mounted behind a shower wall. The flex hose winds around the spool a few times before being attached to an incoming water line. The spool itself is attached to a torsion spring, which will cause the apparatus to slowly pull any extra length of flex hose not being used back onto the spool for later use.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2006Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Inventor: James P. Flynn
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Patent number: 7694359Abstract: A pull-chain shower valve is interposed between a pipe stub and a shower head of a typical shower and allows a user to turn the water on and off at the shower head assembly without the need to use the main valve controls of the shower. The device uses a ball valve that articulates between an open position wherein water flows out of the shower head and a closed position wherein water does not flow out of the shower head. A standard pull-chain assembly is used to articulate the ball valve between its open position and its closed position. A pull-chain of the pull-chain assembly is pulled in order to advance the ball valve to its next position. Each sufficient pull of the pull-chain advances the ball valve exactly 90 degrees. If the pull-chain is not pulled sufficiently, the ball valve resets to its prior position. A reset mechanism is provided for the pull-chain.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2006Date of Patent: April 13, 2010Inventor: Leaton Hall
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Patent number: 7657949Abstract: A device for showering and the like has a body having a front wall, a peripheral wall and an open rear side with an edge configured to abut against a wall, hose means associated with the body for supplying water for taking a shower, a throughgoing receptacle formed in the body, so that the body is formed as an element surrounding the receptacle, which receptacle allows a user through the receptacle to access existing water control means in assembled condition, means for connecting the hose means to a source of water, and to existing water controlled means, the body having at least a portion which is formed as a hollow element having a U-shaped cross-section with a rear edge configured to abut against a wall so as to form hollow channels for the hose means.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Inventors: Sam Zhadanov, Eli Zhadanov
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Patent number: 7657948Abstract: A shower device includes a hollow frame having a coupler for engaging with a wall-mounted shower supply pipe and having two tubes attached to two end portions, a housing having a chamber formed by an outer peripheral wall and having two openings for rotatably receiving the tubes, a cover engaged with the housing and having two protrusions engaged with the openings of the housing and for anchoring the cover to the housing, a casing disposed in the housing and having two ports, and two distributors each having a pipe rotatably engaged into the tube and a mouth engaged with the port of the casing for supplying the water from the tubes into the chamber of the casing and then flowing out through the cover.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: February 9, 2010Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20090308951Abstract: A washing device [1000] is described which is uniquely adapted for use by elderly, handicapped, or other users which use one hand for support and have only one hand free to operate the device. Since the washing device [1000] is operated with one hand it allows the user one hand or both hands free to scrub, clean and bathe animals and humans. The washing device [1000] includes a supply line [1010] with a cleaning fluid under pressure. The supply line [1010] directs the fluid to a fluid valve [1210] which is controlled by a first clicking mechanism 1231 which toggles the valve between an “open” position directing fluid flow to an additive valve [1240], and a “closed” position which stops fluid flow. Additive valve [1240] is also toggled between two positions by a second clicking mechanism [1232]. In its ‘fluid only’ position, only fluid is allowed to pass out of the additive valve [1240] through a mixing chamber [1400] and out of a changeable head [1700] to the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventor: Michael P. Suter
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Publication number: 20090307836Abstract: A showerhead contains a chamber in connection with a connecting nozzle, said chamber from which the water is discharged from plurality of nipples formed on a membrane formed out of elastomeric material. The nipples feature a duct for the shower water. The nipples penetrate through openings of a perforated disc through the openings slightly larger than the outside diameter of the nipple. By shifting the perforated disc in a plane parallel to the membrane featuring the nipples, the direction of the nipple and thus the direction of the water jets discharged from the nipples will be changed. This adjustment can occur in two directions that are perpendicular to one another. The membrane is preferably approximately plane in shape, so that a front surface of the showerhead is likewise plane in shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 3, 2009Publication date: December 17, 2009Inventors: Joachim Blattner, Ulrich Kinle
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Publication number: 20090288250Abstract: The present invention pertains to a shower switch with adjustable device comprising a main body, a water divided device, a cover, a driving device and a handle. Particularly, the water divided device contains a water divided plate with water divided holes for operating with a sealing plate, which is further positioned inside the main body, and the driving device has one end thereof connecting to the sealing plate and the other end thereof pivoted to the handle. In this manner, the driving device pivoted to the main body and the handle synchronically rotates the sealing plate against the water divided plate by one hand so as to conduct the water from the sealing plate into different water divided holes for the purpose of water switching and of preventing from wetting the hands, hence increasing the convenience.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2008Publication date: November 26, 2009Inventor: Huasong ZHOU
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Publication number: 20090265848Abstract: A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for coupling to a shower head and a sprayer nozzle, a base having a spring-biased latch for clamping the pipe to the base, a seat slidably attached onto the pipe for adjustably and removeably supporting the sprayer nozzle. The housing includes a casing having a chamber for receiving a valve stem, and a spring-biased valve member received in the valve stem to control the water to flow out through the outlet ports of the housing, and a knob secured to the valve stem to rotate the valve stem relative to the casing and the housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2008Publication date: October 29, 2009Inventor: Pi Kuang Tsai
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Publication number: 20090249540Abstract: A sanitary ware with an annular mount has a body, an inlet pipe and an annular mount. The inlet pipe is mounted inside the body. The annular mount is mounted through the body for hanging the sanitary ware. A structure of the annular mount is simple to prevent leaking and could be used in any sanitary ware. Therefore, the sanitary ware with annular mount can be hung anywhere by the annular mount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2008Publication date: October 8, 2009Inventor: Chia-Chen PAN
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Publication number: 20090236444Abstract: The invention relates to a sanitary system with a hand-held shower including a handle which can be connected to a shower hose and carries a shower head, and at least one lighting device arranged in the shower head. Said lighting device can be supplied with power by at least one accumulator which is connected to connections in a manner accessible from the exterior for connection to a charging set. The sanitary system further including a charging set for charging the accumulator. The accumulator is accommodated in the shower head which, in a coupling area, has the connections for connecting the accumulator to the charging set. The shower head can be detached from the handle and the charging set includes an accommodating area into which the shower head can be introduced with its coupling area for charging the accumulator and which has an inner contour that is complementary to the outer contour of the coupling area of the shower head.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2007Publication date: September 24, 2009Applicant: HANSA METALLWERKE AGInventors: Horst Kunkel, Gunter Veigel
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Patent number: 7546646Abstract: A shower head includes a main body, a locking member, a water inlet tube, a water outlet tube, a water outlet sleeve, and a retaining cap. Thus, the water outlet sleeve is freely rotatable relative to the main body to adjust the water outlet directions of the shower head so as to satisfy the user's practical requirements. In addition, the water outlet sleeve has an upper end formed with an annular flange rested on the first O-ring of the water outlet tube and a lower end having a resting edge rested on the second O-ring of the water outlet tube to reduce the friction during rotation of the water outlet sleeve, so that the water outlet sleeve is rotatable easily and smoothly.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2005Date of Patent: June 16, 2009Assignee: Horng Lai Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventor: Ming-Dang Shien
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Publication number: 20090124946Abstract: A device for showering, a housing, and a rotatable massaging element arranged rotatably in the housing and forms so that it is rotatable by water and capable of massaging the simultaneous discharge of water, and a rotary unit located in the housing and connected with the massaging element and also acted by water so that rotary unit rotates under an action of water and rotates the massaging element, the rotary unit being composed of at least two rotors which are configured so that in a first mode of operation only one of the rotors rotates and provides rotation of the massaging element and issuance of water for showering, and in a second mode of operation both the rotor elements rotate to provide a turbo rotation of water.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2007Publication date: May 14, 2009Inventors: Sam Zhadanov, Eli Zhadanov
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Publication number: 20090101733Abstract: A controlled dispensing hand-held shower to dissolve water-soluble or water dispersible substance into the water of shower which has rotatable mixing chamber in the nozzle. Concentration in the water of soluble or dispersible substances, that are placed in the mixing chamber may be changed by means of changing relative position of the holes located in the fixed dividing part and holes located in the bottom of the mixing chamber The fixed dividing element may be incorporated with body of handle of the shower.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2007Publication date: April 23, 2009Inventors: Alexander G. Popov, Vassili G. Popov
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Patent number: 7503345Abstract: The invention is a flow controller attachable to a water supply. The controller has a body with inlet and outlet connections and a control element positioned between the inlet and outlet. The controller has an actuator extending from the control element that permits selection of three different settings. The first setting aligns a set of openings in the control element with the inlet and outlet of the body permitting unimpeded full flow of water. A second setting aligns another set of openings, which form a weep hole, in the control element to substantially impede flow from the inlet to the outlet. A third setting aligns a third set of openings in the control element with a flow control device, to partially impede flow from the inlet to the outlet, creating a low flow.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2006Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Speakman CompanyInventors: Graham H. Paterson, Frederick M. Kappel
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Patent number: 7490372Abstract: A shower head includes an adapter, an extension pipe, a cover, and a filter. Thus, the locking blocks of the extension pipe are locked in and unlocked from the locking slots of the adapter by rotation of the extension pipe, so that the extension pipe is mounted on and detached from the adapter easily and rapidly, thereby facilitating a user mounting and detaching the shower head.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2005Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Inventor: Shu Zhu Huang
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Patent number: 7490373Abstract: A shower having a water saving system, which comprises a deviation device defining two trajectories of flow of the water coming from the conventional pipe, a tank for storing the water that exits when opening the handles controlling the discharge of water of the shower so that said deviation device deviates the “first” water towards said tank; and a venturi tube placed in fluid communication between said deviation device and the shower outlet, said venturi tube including a conduit extending inside said tank for connection with a hose to allow the water contained in said tank to re-enter into the conventional pipe to be discharged towards the shower outlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2008Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Inventor: Juan Pablo Zavala-Avelar
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Publication number: 20080313802Abstract: A shower device is attached to a wall and is not connected in a fixed manner to the interior shower or to an additional hand shower. A hose that extends from a plumbing fixture to a hand shower is used for supplying the shower device or hand shower. The hand shower has an outlet for water discharged from the hose. The outlet can be joined to an inlet into the shower device such that the water reaches the shower device via the hand shower. The shower device can be configured as a wall-mounted rod. Preferably, the connection that redirects the water is established by a mechanical coupling device.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Applicant: HANSGROHE AGInventor: Jan Heisterhagen