Shower head with a temperature measuring function

• US 5,172,860 A
• Filed: 04/19/1991
• Issued: 12/22/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fan C. Yuch
• Original Assignee: Fan C. Yuch
• Inventors: Yuch, Fan C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kashnikow, Andres
• Assistant Examiner(s): Morris, Lesley D.
• Application Number:
  US07/687,954
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 239/71, 239/74, 239/211, 239/553.5, 239/562, 374/147, 374/148
• US Class Current: 239/71
• CPC Class Codes: G01K 13/02 for measuring temperature of moving fluids or granular materials capable of flow

Abstract

A shower head having a temperature-measuring function and a figurative appearance, including a water tunnel and a water-discharging switch located at a bent portion of the water tunnel for controlling the water flow whereby the shower head can provide babies with joys in bathing, a water temperature-measuring device being disposed in a longitudinal slant groove formed on the front face of the shower head, a safety glass being disposed on the slant groove for protecting the water temperature-measuring device so that the water temperature-measuring device can measure both temperatures of water in the water tunnel and outside the shower head to ensure the bathing safety and avoid any scalding accident.

Claims

1. A shower head with a temperature measuring function comprising:

a shower head body including an upper portion, a lower portion and a front face, said lower portion including a water inlet and said upper portion including a water outlet, a water tunnel extending within said shower head body to interconnect said water inlet to said water outlet, said water tunnel including a bent section such that at least a portion of said tunnel extends within said shower head body adjacent said front face;

a manually operable switch valve means carried by said shower head body and extending into said tunnel, said switch valve means being movable between a first operating position in which said switch valve means fluidly interconnects said water inlet to said water outlet and a second operating position in which the flow of water from said water inlet to said water outlet is prevented; and

water temperature measuring and displaying means secured to said shower head body between said water inlet and said switch valve means adjacent said front face at said bent portion, said water temperature measuring and displaying means functioning to measure the temperature of water either flowing through said tunnel or within a basin of water contacted by the front face of said shower head body and displaying the measured temperature through said front face.

2. A shower head with a temperature measuring function as claimed in claim 1, wherein said switch valve means comprises a sliding spool valve having first and second manually engageable pushing portions extending outside said shower head body for shifting said valve between said first and second operating positions.

3. A shower head with a temperature measuring function as claimed in claim 1, further including a groove formed in the front face of said shower head body, said temperature measuring and displaying means comprising a thermometer disposed in said groove.

4. A shower head with a temperature measuring function as claimed in claim 3, further including a piece of safety glass fixed to said groove in front of said thermometer and at least one opening formed between said safety glass and said groove to enable water contacting said front face to enter said groove.