Showering device

• US 20050082396A1
• Filed: 09/27/2004
• Published: 04/21/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hansa Metallwerke AG (Paasikivi Family)
• Original Assignee: Hansa Metallwerke AG (Paasikivi Family)
• Inventors: Wawrla, Andreas
• Application Number:
  US10/951,010
• Publication Number:
  US 20050082396A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 239/569
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/0408 Water installations especially for showers E03C1/06 takes precedence; shower heads B05B1/18
• CPC Class Codes: E03C 1/055 Electrical control devices, e.g. with push buttons, control panels or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/1393 characterised by the use of electric means

Abstract

A shower device has a showerhead, which is supplied with water via a and a mixer fitting. Provided on the end of the feed line on the showerhead remotely-controlled control valve, the actuating member of which is in the vicinity of the mixer fitting.

Claims

1. Shower device comprising a showerhead, a feed line leading thereto and a control fitting connected to the feed line and spaced apart from the showerhead, wherein the feed line has a remotely-controlled control valve in the vicinity of its end on the showerhead side.

2. Shower device according to claim 1, wherein an actuating part for the control valve is arranged in the vicinity of the control fitting or is integrated therein.

3. Shower device according to claim 1 wherein the control valve comprises a control magnet.

4. Shower device according to claim 3, wherein the control magnet actuates a pre-control valve, the working aperture of which is connected to a control cylinder of a main control valve.

5. Shower device according to claim 1, wherein the control valve has an actuating cylinder connected via a control line to a pre-control valve or a transmitter cylinder, which can be actuated by the actuating part.

6. Shower device according to claim 5, wherein the control line and the feed line are combined to form one unit.

7. Shower device according to claim 6, wherein the control line and the feed line are at least partially formed by a pipe which has two ducts.

8. Shower device according to claim 1, wherein a control part of the control valve is connected via a mechanical or fluidic force transmission route to an actuating member adjacent to the mixer fitting.