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Shower support bracket

  • US 5,704,080 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1996
  • Issued: 01/06/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Shower support bracket for attaching a hand shower to a shower rail, in the back of which, facing away from the user, there is a groove with at least one gripping surface, comprisinga) a housing;

  • b) a hole which receives the shower rail such that it has sliding movement;

    c) a clamping device which consists of at least one clamping piece which can be pressed against the gripping surface of the shower rail with varying degrees of force in order to brake or stop the sliding movement;

    d) means on said housing for supporting a component of the hand shower,characterized in thate) the clamping device comprises;

    ea) a clamping piece (7) which has two clamping jaws (7b, 7c) separated from each other by a gap (13), which can be expanded elastically by increasing the intervening gap (13);

    eb) a wedge-shaped expanding projection (14), the narrow front face of which is aligned with the gap (13) between the clamping jaws (7b, 7c) of the clamping piece (7),wherebyec) the clamping piece (7) and expanding projection (14) can be moved relative to each other such that, depending upon the relative position of the clamping piece (7) and the expanding projection (14), the expanding projection (14) penetrates to varying depths into the gap (13) between the two clamping jaws (7b, 7c) and in this way expands the clamping jaws (7b, 7c) to varying degrees so as to contact said at least one gripping surface.

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