Adjustable shower head

• US 6,412,711 B1
• Filed: 02/12/2001
• Issued: 07/02/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chen-Yueh Fan
• Original Assignee: Chen-Yueh Fan
• Inventors: Fan, Chen-Yueh
• Primary Examiner(s): Morris, Lesley D.
• Application Number:
  US09/781,337
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 239/436, 239/443, 239/444, 239/446, 239/448, 239/449, 239/390, 239/391, 239/525, 239/530, 239/548, 239/556, 239/558, 239/560, 239/562, 239/563, 239/381
• US Class Current: 239/446
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/1636 by relative rotative movement of the valve elements B05B1/1672 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/18 Roses; Shower heads with means for adding soap or the like E03C1/046; jet regulators E03C1/08
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 3/04 driven by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. the liquid actuating a motor before passing to the outlet B05B3/023 takes precedence

Abstract

An adjustable shower head has a nozzle assembly and a controlling device fitted in a hollow body portion. A knob operably fitted in the base is partially extended out of the base and the body portion. A driving gear carried by the knob is mated with a driven gear integrally formed around the rotary sleeve. The knob can be turned easily as the rotary sleeve is driven by the driving gear to turn around the rear end portion of the base, and the multiple holes and entrances of the rotary sleeve sequentially communicate with the plurality of passages. Therefore water is delivered from the body portion to the nozzle plate via the chambers and passages to give different spray types of shower water.

Claims

1. An adjustable shower head comprising a hollow body portion (1), a hollow handle portion (2) integrally formed with the body portion (1), a nozzle assembly and a controlling device respectively fitted in the body portion (1);

wherein

the nozzle assembly comprises a base (10) fixed in the body portion (1), and a nozzle plate (30) fixedly enclosing a front opening end of the body portion (1);

wherein the base (10) has a plurality of chambers defined in a front end portion thereof, a plurality of passages defined in a rear end portion thereof and respectively communicating with the plurality of chambers, a receiving recess (105) having a side opening defined at one side of the front end portion thereof, and a rotary sleeve (12) rotatably mounted around the rear end portion thereof, the rotary sleeve (12) is defined with multiple holes (122) in a closed end thereof and multiple entrances (123) in a side wall thereof;

the controlling device includes a knob (3) operably fitted in the receiving recess(105) and partially extended through the side opening of the receiving recess (105) and extended out of the base (10) and the body portion (1), a driving gear (13) mated with a driven gear (121) integrally formed around the rotary sleeve (12) and carried by the knob (3) via a spindle, which is co-axially connected with the knob (3) and the driving gear (13);

whereby when a user holds the shower head in one hand and turns the knob (3) with the same hand, the rotary sleeve (12) is driven by the driving gear (13) to turn around the rear end portion of the base (10), the multiple holes (122) and multiple entrances (123) are sequentially communicated with the plurality of passages, therefore, the body portion (1) is sequentially communicated with the plurality of chambers via the corresponding plurality of passages, water is directed from the body portion (1) to the nozzle plate (30) via the chambers and the passages to give out different spray types of shower water.

2. The adjustable shower head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a cover plate (11) is securely mounted on a front end face of the front end portion of the base (10) and defined with a plurality of apertures respectively corresponding to the plurality of chambers, an orifice plate (20) is provided between the cover plate (11) of the base (10) and the nozzle plate (30) and defined with a plurality of through holes respectively in communication with the plurality of chambers, the nozzle plate (30) is defined with a plurality sets of nozzles respectively in communication with the corresponding plurality of chambers via the corresponding plurality of through holes of the orifice plate (20) and the plurality of apertures of the cover plate (11), each one set of nozzles giving a different spray type of shower water.

3. The adjustable shower head as claimed in claim 2, wherein a first nozzle hole (301) is defined in a center of the nozzle plate (30), a fixing seat (31) defining the first nozzle hole (301) is integrally formed on a back side of the nozzle plate (30), a hollow axle (311) fixedly fitted in the fixing seat (31) has a first end thereof communicating with the nozzle hole (301) and a second end thereof extended through the orifice plate (20) and the cover plate (11) and communicating with a first chamber defined in center of the front end portion of the base (10).

4. The adjustable shower head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the nozzle plate (30) has an annular recess (32) defined in the back side thereof enclosing around the fixing seat (31), and multiple sets of second nozzle holes (302) defined in the nozzle plate (30) and communicating with the annular recess (32),an annular vane-type swirler (321) having a plurality of slots (322) defined therein by an outer annular wall, an inner annular wall and a plurality of partition walls tangent with the inner annular wall is rotatably fitted in the annular recess (32),and the orifice plate (20) is defined with an inclined through hole (21) corresponding to the plurality of slots (322).

5. The adjustable shower head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the nozzle plate (30) has a plurality cavities (33) defined in the back side thereof, and a plurality of third nozzles (303) respectively corresponding to the plurality cavities (33), each one of the cavities (33) has a nozzle block (331) received therein.

6. The adjustable shower head as claimed in claim 2, wherein a nozzle ring (35) is abutted against the back side of the nozzle plate (30), a plurality of needle-like fourth nozzles (304) integrally formed and distributed around the nozzle ring (35) are respectively extended through the nozzle plate (30).