Shower
First Claim
1. A shower provided with a housing, which terminates in a bell-shaped end part covered by a perforated plate, and with a change-over device for optional hard-jet or soft-jet operation and with a device which, in the soft-jet operation enriches the water with air,(a) a water flow-diverting device (17;
- 117) that diverts the inflowing water to one of two completely separated water paths;
(b) each water path incuding a water distribution chamber (23, 35;
123,
135) which covers areas which are substantially parallel to the portions of the perforated plate (8,
108);
(c) each water distribution chamber (23, 35;
123,
135) being in communication with a separate set of fluid outlet ports (31, 32;
131,
132) in said perforated plate (8;
108);
(d) a device (13;
140) for enriching the water with air being arranged substantially centrally in the path of the water for the soft-jet operation at a point upstream of the soft-jet water distribution chamber (35;
135) and occupies only a small area compared to the area of the perforated plate (8;
108),(e) a first of said two water distribution chambers (35;
135) directly adjoining the perforated plate (8;
108), and a second of said two water distribution chambers (23;
123) being separated from the first water distribution chamber (35;
135) by a chamber divider (10;
110) and being located at a distance spaced from the perforated plate (8;
108), and a plurality of flow sleeves (31;
130) are provided which pass through the first water distribution chamber and establish a connection between said second water distribution chamber (23;
123) and the outside of the perforated plate (8;
108).
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Accused Products
Abstract
A hand shower, for optional hard-jet and soft-jet operation in which the water paths provided for the hard-jet and soft-jet operations extend behind a change-over device completely separately from each other. In the water path associated with the soft-jet operation there is arranged a central device for enriching the through-flowing water with air, the area of which device is small compared to the entire outlet area of the water on the perforated plate of the shower. Both the water enriched with air and the water intended for the hard-jet operation are guided via a water distribution chamber; the two water distribution chambers communicate with two separate sets of outlet ports in the perforated plate of the shower (FIG. 4).
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13 Claims
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1. A shower provided with a housing, which terminates in a bell-shaped end part covered by a perforated plate, and with a change-over device for optional hard-jet or soft-jet operation and with a device which, in the soft-jet operation enriches the water with air,
(a) a water flow-diverting device (17; - 117) that diverts the inflowing water to one of two completely separated water paths;
(b) each water path incuding a water distribution chamber (23, 35;
123,
135) which covers areas which are substantially parallel to the portions of the perforated plate (8,
108);(c) each water distribution chamber (23, 35;
123,
135) being in communication with a separate set of fluid outlet ports (31, 32;
131,
132) in said perforated plate (8;
108);(d) a device (13;
140) for enriching the water with air being arranged substantially centrally in the path of the water for the soft-jet operation at a point upstream of the soft-jet water distribution chamber (35;
135) and occupies only a small area compared to the area of the perforated plate (8;
108),(e) a first of said two water distribution chambers (35;
135) directly adjoining the perforated plate (8;
108), and a second of said two water distribution chambers (23;
123) being separated from the first water distribution chamber (35;
135) by a chamber divider (10;
110) and being located at a distance spaced from the perforated plate (8;
108), and a plurality of flow sleeves (31;
130) are provided which pass through the first water distribution chamber and establish a connection between said second water distribution chamber (23;
123) and the outside of the perforated plate (8;
108). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
- 117) that diverts the inflowing water to one of two completely separated water paths;
Specification