Steam bath device for shower

• US 4,084,271 A
• Filed: 01/12/1977
• Issued: 04/18/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 01/12/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Irwin L. Ginsberg
• Original Assignee: Irwin L. Ginsberg
• Inventors: Ginsberg, Irwin L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Aegerter, Richard E.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stearns, Richard R.
• Application Number:
  US05/758,747
• Time in Patent Office: 461 Days
• Field of Search: 4/145, 4/146, 4/150, 4/160, 4/161, 4/162, 4/163, 4/164, 128/366, 128/367, 239/282, 239/283, 239/289, 239/443, 239/444, 239/446, 239/447, 239/597
• US Class Current: 4/524
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 33/063 Heaters specifically designed therefor

Abstract

Apparatus for use in a shower stall to simulate a steam bath. In one embodiment the apparatus comprises a diverter valve adapted to be connected between a conventional shower head in the stall and the pipe carrying hot water thereto. A flexible conduit is connected to the diverter valve and includes nozzle means disposed at the free end thereof. The nozzle means includes an orifice producing an aerosol mist of a multitude of fine droplets of hot water in a well defined flat pattern. The nozzle means is mounted with respect to the walls to cause the spray pattern to impinge the wall at an angle and produce a cloud of fine hot water droplets simulating live steam. The nozzle is constructed to produce a large volume of water droplets from a small volume of hot water.

In another embodiment the nozzle is permanently mounted within the stall via a pipe extending through the wall of the stall and in fluid communication with a hot water pipe of the building in which the stall shower is located.

Claims

1. Apparatus for use in a stall shower of a building to simulate a steam bath from hot water, comprising nozzle means, means mounting said nozzle means on a wall of said stall and means coupling said nozzle means to a pipe carrying the hot water supplied by said building, said nozzle means including an orifice for producing an aerosol mist of a multitude of fine droplets of hot water in a well defined flat spray pattern, and being constructed to have a low water flow rate to thereby produce a large volume of said fine water droplets from a small volume of water, said nozzle means being so mounted withrespect to said wall that the spray pattern is directed at an angle to the wall to impact the wall and produce a cloud of fine hot water droplets simulating live steam.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said apparatus is connected to a conventional shower head within said stall shower via the use of a diverter valve connected between said head and the pipe carrying water thereto.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 additionally comprising flexible hose means connected between said diverter valve and said nozzle means.

4. Apparatus for use in a stall shower of a building to simulate a live steam bath from hot water supplied by the building and carried in a pipe, said shower including a conventional shower head, said apparatus being connected by a diverter valve between said shower head and said pipe and comprising nozzle means, securement means for mounting said nozzle means on the wall of said stall, flexible hose means connected between said diverter valve and said nozzle means, and a protective shroud disposed over said nozzle means, said nozzle means including an orifice for producing an aerosol mist of a multitude of fine droplets of hot water in a well defined spray pattern, and being constructed to have a low water flow rate to thereby produce a large volume of said fine water droplets from a small volume of water, said nozzle being so mounted with respect to said wall that the spray pattern is directed at an angle to the wall to impact the wall and produce a cloud of fine hot water droplets simulating live steam.