Showers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10946396-B2
Application number	US-201816232379-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 26, 2018
Priority date	Dec 26, 2018
Publication date	Mar 16, 2021
Grant date	Mar 16, 2021

Abstract

A shower includes a shower assembly and a control member. The shower assembly includes a main body having a side wall, an end wall, a plurality of outlet bores and an inlet bore, wherein the side wall and end wall are connected to each other to compose an accommodating space. The outlet bores and the inlet bore are positioned on the side wall of the main body, and communicate with each other through the accommodating space. The control member is positioned in the accommodating space of the shower assembly, and has a flow channel and a plurality of through holes. Each of the through holes communicates with each other through the flow channel, and is corresponding to the inlet bore or one of the outlet bores. When the control member is operated, at least one of the through holes communicates with the inlet bore, and another one of the through holes communicates with the corresponding one of the outlet bores.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A shower, comprising;
a shower assembly, comprising a main body having a side wall, an end wall, a plurality of outlet bores and an inlet bore, wherein the side wall and the end wall are connected to each other to compose an accommodating space; the outlet bores and the inlet bore are positioned on the side wall of the main body, and communicate with each other through the accommodating space; and
a control member, positioned in the accommodating space of the shower assembly, and having a flow channel and a plurality of through holes, wherein each of the through holes communicates with each other through the flow channel; each of the through holes is corresponding to the inlet bore or one of the outlet bores; when the control member is operated, at least one of the through holes communicates with the inlet bore, and another one of the through holes communicates with the corresponding one of the outlet bores;
wherein the accommodating space is in a rod shape; the control member comprises a longitudinal tube having a central axis which could rotate relative to the shower assembly;
wherein the through holes of control member which are corresponding to the outlet bores of the shower assembly are arranged in a line parallel to the central axis of the longitudinal tube, the outlet bores of the shower assembly are arranged in a misaligned arrangement in longitudinal and radial directions;
wherein the longitudinal tube comprises an inlet section and a plurality of outlet sections, the inlet section and the outlet sections are separated from each other on an outer surface of the longitudinal tube, but communicate with the flow channel in an inner space of the longitudinal tube; the inlet section has at least one of the through holes positioned correspondingly to the inlet bore, and each of the outlet sections has one of the through holes positioned correspondingly to the corresponding one of the outlet bores;
wherein each of the outlet sections comprises a circular recess circularly positioned on the outer surface of the longitudinal tube, the circular recess winds around one of the through hole located on the corresponding outlet section; a sealing ring is positioned in the circular recess;
wherein the circular recess comprises a first winding section and a second winding section, the first winding section winds around the through hole located on the corresponding outlet section and the second winding section winds around the longitudinal tube located on the corresponding outlet section, the sealing ring comprises a first winding portion and a second winding portion, the first winding portion is correspondingly positioned in the first winding section of the circular recess, and the second winding portion is correspondingly positioned in the second winding section of the circular recess;
wherein the shower assembly comprises a sprayer having a plurality of nozzles, the nozzles communicate with one of the outlet bores; wherein the shower assembly comprises a clamping base connected to the main body, the clamping base is positioned for detachably clamping the sprayer;
wherein the clamping base comprises an elastic protrusion positioned in a recess of the clamping base, the elastic protrusion is adapted to clamp the sprayer.

2. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the inlet bore, the through holes and the flow channel communicate with each other.

3. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the control member comprises a plurality of adjusting positions relative to the shower assembly; when the control member stays at one of the adjusting positions, one of the through holes communicates with the corresponding one of the outlet bores.

4. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the through bores located on the corresponding outlet sections are open on a tube wall of the longitudinal tube in different radial directions.

5. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the inlet section comprises two circular recesses circularly positioned on the outer surface of the longitudinal tube, the two circular recesses are respectively circularly positioned on two ends of the inlet section; a sealing ring is positioned on one of the circular recesses while another sealing ring is positioned on the other one of the circular recesses.

6. The shower of claim 3 , wherein the control member comprises a positioning ring circularly positioned on an end of the longitudinal tube, and the positioning ring could rotate along with the longitudinal tube relative to the shower assembly; the positioning ring has a plurality of positioning protrusions positioned on an outer surface of the positioning ring, and the side wall of the main body has a plurality of positioning recesses positioned on an inner surface of the side wall; when the longitudinal tube drives the positioning ring to stay at one of the adjusting positions, the positioning protrusions are respectively positioned in the positioning recesses.

7. The shower of claim 6 , wherein when the longitudinal tube drive the positioning ring to rotate to one of the adjusting positions, the positioning protrusions respectively insert into the positioning recesses, which generates a positioning tone to voice that the longitudinal tube is located in one of the adjusting positions.

8. The shower of claim 6 , wherein the positioning ring has a non-circular axial hole, and the end of the longitudinal tube is a non-circular axial post; the non-circular axial hole and the non-circular axial post are correspondingly fitted to each other, whereby the positioning ring could rotate along with the longitudinal tube relative to the shower assembly.

9. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the shower assembly comprises a circular outlet unit connected to the main body, the circular outlet unit has a plurality of nozzles; the nozzles are positioned on an outer surface of the circular outlet unit in interval; the nozzles communicate with one of the outlet bores.

10. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the shower assembly comprises a longitudinal outlet unit having an outlet slot, the outlet slot communicates with one of the outlet bores.

11. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the clamping base is rotatably connected to the main body.

12. The shower of claim 1 , wherein the clamping base has a first restriction position and a second restriction position to respectively restrict a plurality of tilting angles of the clamping base.

13. The shower of claim 12 , wherein the tilting angles of the clamping base are less than or equal to 35°.

Assignees

• Purity Xiamen Sanitary Ware Co Ltd

Inventors

• Wu James
• Wu Alex
• Yang Ce-Wen

Classifications

• B05B15/654

  using universal joints · CPC title

• B05B1/207

  the elongated body being a closed loop · CPC title

• A47K3/281 Primary

  Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers (A47K3/30, A47K3/38, A47K3/40 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05B1/044

  Slits, e.g. narrow openings defined by two straight and parallel lips; Elongated outlets for producing very wide discharges, e.g. fluid curtains (B05B1/046 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E03C1/0405

  enabling multiple spray patterns · CPC title