SHOWER BACK SCRUBBER

• US 3,875,604 A
• Filed: 05/18/1972
• Issued: 04/08/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Isadore T. Wurn, Louis J. Seguin
• Original Assignee: Isadore T. Wurn, Louis J. Seguin
• Inventors: Wurn, Isadore T., Seguin, Louis J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Roberts, Edward L.
• Application Number:
  US05/254,374
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 15/21R,21E,24,97 128/56
• US Class Current: 15/21.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/03 containing soap or other cleaning ingredients, e.g. impregnated
• CPC Class Codes: A47K 7/046 water-flow operated

Abstract

A device attached to a shower wall and piped into the neck of a shower head provides the bather with a water fed brush that rotates while it oscillates vertically. The bather then need only shift positions laterally to cover the whole back. Other features incorporated in the device are a built in soap dispenser and a means for removing the brush from the oscillating mechanism. The bather may then use the water fed rotating brush on other areas of the body.

Claims

1. A bather'"'"''"'"'s back scrubbing device comprising:

an elongated support frame adapted for generally vertical mounting;

a cylindrical brush;

a brush holder mounted for sliding vertical movement along said support frame;

said brush being mounted for rotary movement in said holder;

first water turbine means operatively connected to said brush for rotating same;

means for vertically shifting said brush holder along said support frame, said shifting means including oscillatory drive means operatively connected to said brush holder for oscillating said holder vertically along said support frame and second water trubine means for driving said oscillatory drive means; and

means on said first and said second water turbine means adapted for connection to a source of water under pressure.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 and further including means on said holder removably retaining said brush whereby said brush may be removed from said holder.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said oscillatory drive means further comprises a first member mounting on said second water turbine means with respect to said support frame;

a second member mounted for pivotal and rotational movement on said first member, said second turbine means including gear means and cam follower means rotatable thereby;

said second member having means thereon engageable with said gear means for rotation thereby and a cam track adapted for cooperative operation with said follower whereby rotation of said second turbine urges said second member to rotate and trace a path along said cam track.

4. The apparatus as defined in claim 3 and further including cable means connecting said second member to said brush holder, said second member having a peripheral groove formed therein, said cable being at least partially wrapped around said second member in said groove and connected at one end to said second member, the other end of said cable extending to said brush holder whereby rotation of said second member extends and retracts said cable member to oscillate said brush holder along said support frame.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 wherein said brush holder is movable through a predetermined distance between first and second positions from a midpoint with rotation of said second member, said first member being mounted for vertical movement along said frame to vary the location of said midpoint and further including means for adjustably fixing said first member on said frame.