Sanitary shower

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10767796-B2
Application number	US-201514832396-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2015
Priority date	Aug 26, 2014
Publication date	Sep 8, 2020
Grant date	Sep 8, 2020

Abstract

A sanitary shower useful as an overhead shower has a shower body including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet, and a shower head that is removably attachable to the shower body, has a fluid inlet connecting with the fluid outlet of the shower body and includes a shower outlet providing a shower fluid jet. A plug-on connector removably attaches the shower head to the shower body via latching lugs that snap radially into engagement with latching holes and are blocked and unblocked from disengagement by a movable locking ring.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A sanitary shower, comprising:
a shower body including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet,
a shower head which is removably attachable to the shower body with a fluid inlet in connection with the fluid outlet of the shower body and includes a shower outlet for providing a shower fluid jet,
a plug-on connector for removably attaching the shower head to the shower body,
wherein
the plug-on connector has at least one latching lug and corresponding latching hole in which the latching lug is lockable by latching on,
the plug-on connector includes a first coupling ring part on the shower body and a second coupling ring part on the shower head, which second coupling ring part is removably connectable to the first coupling ring part by coaxial insertion, wherein on one said coupling ring part the latching hole is provided and on the other said coupling ring part the latching lug is disposed to be snappingly movable in the radial direction for engaging and disengaging with the latching hole, and
the plug-on connector includes a locking ring which is disposed coaxially in relation to that said coupling ring part which includes the latching lug, the locking ring being rotatable while secured against axial displacement relative to that coupling ring part to move the locking ring from a blocking position to an enable position and from the enable position to the blocking position without being axially displaced, wherein the locking ring in the blocking position secures against removing of the latching lug from the latching hole and in the enable position, twisted relative to the blocking position, enables removing of the latching lug from the latching hole.

2. The sanitary shower according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of said latching lugs and a plurality of said latching holes are circumferentially distributed around the plug-on connector.

3. The sanitary shower according to claim 1 , wherein the plug-on connector includes an anti-twist locking element by which the locking ring is fixable in the blocking position and secured against rotation.

4. The sanitary shower according to claim 1 , wherein the locking ring has a recess on a side facing the latching lug into which recess the latching lug is movable for removing from the latching hole, when the locking ring is in the enable position, and which recess is displaced in relation to the latching lug in the circumferential direction, when the locking ring is in the blocking position.

5. The sanitary shower according to claim 1 , wherein the sanitary shower is configured as an overhead shower.

6. The sanitary shower according to claim 1 , wherein the one coupling ring part is provided with at least one axially extending guiding ridge and the other coupling ring part is provided with at least one axially extending guiding groove interacting with the guiding ridge.

7. A sanitary shower, comprising
a shower body including a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet,
a shower head which is removably attachable to the shower body with a fluid inlet in connection with the fluid outlet of the shower body and includes a shower outlet for providing a shower fluid jet, and
a plug-on connector for removably attaching the shower head to the shower body,
wherein
the plug-on connector has at least one latching lug and corresponding latching hole in which the latching lug is lockable by latching on,
the plug-on connector includes a first coupling ring part on the shower body and a second coupling ring part on the shower head, which second coupling ring part is removably connectable to the first coupling ring part by coaxial insertion, wherein on one coupling ring part the latching hole is provided and on the other coupling ring part the latching lug is disposed to be snappingly movable in the radial direction, and
the plug-on connector includes a locking ring which is disposed coaxially in relation to that coupling ring part which includes the latching lug, the locking ring being arranged on the shower head so as to be axially moveable while secured against rotation relative to that coupling ring part to move the locking ring from a blocking position to an enable position and from the enable position to the blocking position based only on axial movement without additional rotational movement, the locking ring being affixed to the shower head when the shower head is attached to the shower body and also when the shower head is detached from the shower body, wherein the locking ring in the blocking position secures against removing of the latching lug from the latching hole, and in the enable position axially displaced relative to the blocking position, enables removing of the latching lug from the latching hole.

8. The sanitary shower according to claim 7 , wherein a plurality of said latching lugs and a plurality of said latching holes are circumferentially distributed around the plug-on connector.

9. The sanitary shower according to claim 7 , wherein the plug-on connector includes an axial locking element by which the locking ring is fixable in the blocking position and secured against axial displacement.

10. The sanitary shower according to claim 7 , wherein the locking ring has a recess on a side facing the latching lug into which recess the latching lug is movable for removing from the latching hole, when the locking ring is in the enable position, and which recess is displaced in relation to the latching lug in the axial direction, when the locking ring is in the blocking position.

11. The sanitary shower according to claim 7 , wherein the one coupling ring part is provided with at least one axially extending guiding ridge and the other coupling ring part is provided with at least one axially extending guiding groove interacting with the guiding ridge.

12. The sanitary shower according to claim 7 , wherein the sanitary shower is configured as an overhead shower.

Assignees

• Hansgrohe Se

Inventors

• Blessing Gerd

Classifications

• B05B1/18 Primary

  Roses; Shower heads · CPC title

• F16L37/0987

  the flexible hook being progressively compressed by axial tensile loads acting on the coupling · CPC title

• E03C1/0408

  Water installations especially for showers (E03C1/06 takes precedence; shower heads B05B1/18) · CPC title

• B05B15/65

  Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits · CPC title

• F16L37/08 Primary

  in which the connection between abutting or axially overlapping ends is maintained by locking members (F16L37/22 - F16L37/26 take precedence) · CPC title