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Hand held shower apparatus

  • US 5,033,897 A
  • Filed: 01/19/1990
  • Issued: 07/23/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/19/1990
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hand-held shower apparatus comprising:

  • a shower body having a hollow handle adaptable to connect to a source a water and a shower head having an inner cylindrical wall which forms an inner cavity communicated via the hollow handle to the source of water;

    water regulating means having an axial cylindrical wall defining an axial hollow portion and fitted inside the inner cavity and rotatably mounted to the shower head and capable of being controlled externally of the shower head, the axial cylindrical wall having an opening communicated with the axial hollow portion and being disposed in such a manner that the rotation of the water regulating means can establish the communication of the opening with the source of water, and a groove similarly disposed in such a manner that the rotation of the water regulating means can establish the communication of the groove with the source of water; and

    a cap member, being detachably and sealingly engaged to the shower head, having an outer cylindrical wall, a perforated bottom surface joined to the lower periphery of said outer cylindrical wall, and an inner partition wall forming a first chamber and a second chamber with the perforated bottom surface such that when said cap member is engaged to the shower head, water passing through the opening of the water regulating means would be received by the first chamber, and water passing through the groove would be received by the second chamber, anda ring shaped base with a plurality of spiral grooves in its annular inner surface and a plurality of brush bristles affixed to the base, and said cap member having a plurality of spirally extending protrusions on the outer cylindrical wall for matingly engaging the spiral grooves of the base.

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