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Showerhead

  • US 5,862,985 A
  • Filed: 08/09/1996
  • Issued: 01/26/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/09/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
First Claim
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1. A showerhead comprising:

  • a shell having an inlet end and an outlet end spaced from the inlet end;

    a selector housing having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end of the selector housing being fixedly mounted to the outlet end of the shell;

    a selector disk removably and rotatably mounted inside the selector housing near the inlet end of the selector housing, the selector disk having an inlet end facing the inlet end of the selector housing, and an outlet end opposite the inlet end of the selector disk, said disk having at least one axially throughgoing hole;

    a selector face mounted inside the selector housing, the selector face having an inlet end abutting the outlet end of the selector disk, and an outlet end opposite the inlet end of the selector face, said selector face having at least one axially throughgoing hole capable of being aligned with the axially throughgoing hole of the selector disk; and

    a diffuser plate mounted inside the selector housing, the diffuser plate having an inlet end abutting the outlet end of the selector face, and an outlet end opposite the inlet end of the diffuser plate, the diffuser plate having at least one annular channel on the inlet end of the diffuser plate, the channel being in fluid communication with the axially throughgoing hole of the selector face, and the channel containing at least one axially throughgoing exit hole connecting the channel to the outlet end of the diffuser plate.

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