Shower head assembly

• US 6,739,527 B1
• Filed: 02/24/2003
• Issued: 05/25/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Shong I Copper Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Shong I Copper Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chung, Chin-Tang
• Primary Examiner(s): Vrablik, John J.
• Application Number:
  US10/374,473
• Time in Patent Office: 456 Days
• Field of Search: 239/107, 239/500, 239/504, 239/533.13, 239/533.14, 239/557, 239/558, 239/587.1, 239/587.4, 239/600
• US Class Current: 239/558
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/185 characterised by their outlet element; Mounting arrangements therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/528 by resilient deformation of the nozzle
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/654 using universal joints

Abstract

A shower head assembly includes a shade, a water outlet seat, a water outlet disk, a locking disk, a water outlet panel, a mounting tube, a connecting head, and a locking nut. Thus, the water outlet seat and the water outlet disk form a smaller water chamber, thereby reducing the bearing weight of the water outlet disk, the locking disk and the water outlet panel. In addition, the water outlet seat, the water outlet disk, the locking disk and the water outlet panel are combined rigidly and stably without detachment.

Claims

1. A shower head assembly, comprising a shade, a water outlet seat, a water outlet disk, a locking disk, a water outlet panel, a mounting tube, a connecting head, and a locking nut, wherein:

the water outlet seat is mounted in the shade and has a periphery formed with a locking flange, the water outlet seat has a center formed with a mounting body extended upward therefrom, the mounting body has an inner wall formed with a stepped hole;

the water outlet disk is mounted in the shade and rested on the water outlet seat, the water outlet disk has a periphery formed with a substantially inverted U-shaped water stop flange extended outward therefrom;

the locking disk is mounted in the shade and rested on the water outlet disk, the locking disk has a top formed with a protruding ring;

the water outlet panel is mounted in the shade and rested on the locking disk;

the mounting tube is mounted between the shade and the water outlet seat;

the connecting head is mounted on the shade; and

the locking nut is mounted on the shade and secured on a top of the mounting tube.

2. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the shade has a top formed with a mounting hole.

3. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the water outlet seat has a bottom face having a periphery formed with an urging ring, the water stop flange has an inner side formed with an oblique urging section rested on the urging ring of the water outlet seat and an outer side formed with an arcuate water stop rib rested on an inner face of the water outlet seat, and the protruding ring has a top having an inner side formed with an oblique resting face rested on the urging section of the water stop flange of the water outlet disk.

4. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mounting tube has a top having an outer wall formed with an outer thread, and the locking nut has an inner wall formed with an inner thread screwed on the outer thread of the mounting tube.

5. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking nut has a top formed with an urging flange urged on the connecting head.

6. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the urging ring of the water outlet seat has a tapered shape.

7. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the locking flange is formed with a plurality of equally spaced locking holes and has a bottom face formed with a plurality of equally spaced positioning recesses, and the locking disk has a periphery formed with a plurality of equally spaced positioning posts each inserted into a respective one of the positioning recesses of the water outlet seat, and formed with a plurality of equally spaced screw bores.

8. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 7, wherein the positioning recesses and the locking holes of the water outlet seat are arranged in a staggered manner.

9. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 7, wherein the screw bores and the positioning posts of the locking disk are arranged in a staggered manner.

10. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 7, further comprising a plurality of locking screws each extended through a respective one of the locking holes of the water outlet seat and each screwed into a respective one of the screw bores of the locking disk, so that the water outlet seat is combined with the locking disk.

11. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the stepped hole of the mounting body has a upper portion and a lower portion having a diameter greater than that of the upper portion.

12. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 11, wherein the mounting tube includes two seal rings urged on the upper portion of the stepped hole of the water outlet seat.

13. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 11, wherein the lower portion of the stepped hole of the mounting body has a wall formed with a hexagonal fixing recess and a plurality of equally spaced screw bores, and the mounting tube has a bottom formed with a hexagonal fixing plate secured in the hexagonal fixing recess of the water outlet seat.

14. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 13, wherein the fixing plate of the mounting tube has a periphery formed with a plurality of equally spaced fixing holes, and the shower head assembly further comprises a plurality of locking screws each extended through a respective one of the fixing holes of the fixing plate of the mounting tube and each screwed into a respective one of the screw bores of the mounting body of the water outlet seat, so that the fixing plate of the mounting tube is combined with the mounting body of the water outlet seat.

15. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the water outlet disk has a surface formed with a plurality of water outlet holes, the locking disk is formed with a plurality of through holes located in the protruding ring, the water outlet panel is formed with a plurality of through holes, and includes a plurality of hollow nozzle heads each extended through a respective one of the through holes of the water outlet panel and a respective one of the through holes the locking disk.

16. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 15, wherein each of the water outlet holes has a bottom extended downward and formed with a hollow water ejection post inserted into a respective one of the hollow nozzle heads of the water outlet panel.

17. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 1, wherein the mounting tube has a top having an inner wall receiving a filter net and a seal washer.

18. The shower head assembly in accordance with claim 17, wherein the connecting head has a spherical-shaped first end rested on the seal washer of the mounting tube and a second end having a cylindrical shape.