Adjustable shower head

• US 3,887,136 A
• Filed: 07/08/1974
• Issued: 06/03/1975
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/1973
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Leslie T. Anderson
• Original Assignee: Leslie T. Anderson
• Inventors: Anderson, Leslie T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wood, Jr., M. Henson
• Assistant Examiner(s): Love, John J.
• Application Number:
  US05/486,691
• Time in Patent Office: 330 Days
• Field of Search: 239/456,457,460,458,587,538,539,541
• US Class Current: 239/460
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/18 Roses; Shower heads with means for adding soap or the like E03C1/046; jet regulators E03C1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/3086 the controlling element being a grooved body, which is movable in the outlet orifice
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/654 using universal joints

Abstract

An adjustable spray shower head for a shower which permits adjustment of the character of the spray without affecting the clamping force applied to the ball-shaped connector element which permits the angular adjustment of the direction of the spray. The shower head consists of a body having a through passage therein for conveying a liquid to be sprayed, a ball-shaped connector element at one end of the body and an adjustable valve means mounted on the body for adjusting the character of the spray discharged from the head. A clamping collar having a first seat adapted to seat on a hemisphere of the ball-shaped end is disposed opposite a second seat on the body adapted to seat on a diametrically opposite hemisphere of said ball-shaped end, and a clamping member is provided for clamping the collar with respect to the body with the first and second seats disposed diametrically opposite one another. The clamping collar is interlocked with respect to the body to prevent rotation of the collar with respect to the body about a common axis of rotation so as not to affect the clamping force applied to the ball-shaped connector means resulting from adjustment of the adjustable valve means.

Claims

1. A shower head comprising, a. a body having a through passage therein for conveying a liquid to be sprayed, b. connector means for connecting said body to a source of fluid, said connector means having a through passage formed therein and terminating in a ball-shaped end, said through passage of said connector means opening into said through passage of said body, c. a clamping collar, d. a first seat on said clamping collar adapted to seat on a hemisphere of said ball-shaped end of said connector, e. a second seat on said body adapted to seat on a hemisphere of said ball-shaped end, f. a clamping member clamping said collar with respect to said body with said first seat and said second seat disposed on diametrically opposed sides of said ball-shaped end, g. said clamping collar inteRlocking with said body to prevent rotation of said collar with respect to said body about a common axis of rotation, and h. adjustable valve means mounted on said body for adjusting the character of the spray discharged from said head.

2. A shower head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said body and said clamping collar are made from a plastic material.

3. A shower head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said collar member has an outer edge at said first seat formed with detent ends projecting therefrom and said body member has an inner edge at said second seat formed with detent means projecting outwardly therefrom, said detent means of said collar member engaging said detent means of said body member and interlocking said collar member with respect to said body member to prevent relative rotation as aforesaid.

4. A shower head as claimed in claim 1 wherein said clamping member comprises a sleeve having an inwardly directed shoulder at one end thereof engaging said clamping collar, the other end of said sleeve threadably engaging said body whereby said shoulder of said sleeve applies a clamping force urging said collar towards said body as said sleeve is threaded onto said body.

5. A shower head comprising, a. a body having a through passage therein for conveying a liquid to be sprayed, b. adjustable valve means mounted on said body for rotation about a principal axis to adjust the flow of liquid through said passage means, c. connection means for connecting said body to a source of fluid, said connector means having a through passage formed therein opening into said passage of said body, said connector means terminating at one end in a ball-shaped member, d. a clamping collar, e. first seat means on said clamping collar adapted to seat on a hemisphere of said ball-shaped end of said connector, f. a second seat on said body adapted to seat on a hemisphere of said ball-shaped end, g. a clamping member clamping said collar with respect to said body with said first and second seats disposed on diametrically opposed sides of said ball-shaped end, h. said clamping collar and said body having interlocking lug means projecting coaxially with respect to said primary axis of said valve means to prevent the rotation of said collar with respect to said body when said valve means is rotatably adjusted.