Shower head with brush unit

• US 7,988,070 B1
• Filed: 03/25/2010
• Issued: 08/02/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chiao-Cheng Yang, Chih-Sheng Yang, Han-Hua Liu, Tsung-Te Liu
• Original Assignee: Chiao-Cheng Yang, Chih-Sheng Yang, Han-Hua Liu, Tsung-Te Liu
• Inventors: Yang, Chih-Sheng, Yang, Chiao-Cheng, Liu, Tsung-Te, Liu, Han-Hua
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen; Dinh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le; Viet
• Application Number:
  US12/659,924
• Time in Patent Office: 495 Days
• Field of Search: 239/106, 239/114, 239/115, 239/123, 239/DIG.13, 239/600, 239/548, 220/234, 15/24, 15/29
• US Class Current: 239/116
• 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 15/52 for removal of clogging particles
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/65 Mounting arrangements for fluid connection of the spraying apparatus or its outlets to flow conduits

Abstract

A shower head includes a case having a chamber with an opening, and a cover is slidably engaged with the opening and has multiple holes. The cover has an inner space defined therein, and a brush unit is rotatably located in the inner space and the chamber. The brush unit includes multiple blades, and each blade has brushes connected thereto. The brush unit rotates by the water flow so as to brush the inner surface of the chamber.

Claims

1. A shower head comprising:

a case having a chamber with an end, a cylindrical periphery extending from the end, and an opening, with the case further including a tube extending from the end, with the cylindrical periphery being concentric to the tube;

a brush unit rotatably connected to the case and located in the chamber, with the brush unit having a central hole and multiple blades, with each blade having first and second brushes connected thereto, with the central hole rotatably receiving the tube, with the first brush engaging the end of the chamber around the tube, with the second brush engaging the cylindrical wall of the chamber;

a cover slidably engaged with the opening and having multiple holes, with the cover having an inner space defined therein; and

a sanitary unit engaged with the inner space and having multiple apertures, with the sanitary unit located intermediate the cover and the brush unit, with the brush unit being spaced from the sanitary unit, with the tube extending from the end towards but spaced from the sanitary unit.

2. The shower head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a slot is defined in an underside of the case and two protrusions are located on the underside of the case, and wherein the opening is located between the slot and the protrusions.

3. The shower head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the cover has two blocks on a top surface thereof and two grooves are defined in the top surface of the cover, and wherein the inner space is located between the blocks and the grooves, with the two grooves slidably receiving the two protrusions with the two blocks received in the slot.

4. The shower head as claimed in claim 3, wherein the cover is slidably connected to the underside of the case, and wherein the inner space communicates with the opening.

5. The shower head as claimed in claim 1, wherein a positioning stub extends radially from a periphery of the inner space and an axle is located at a center of the inner space.

6. The shower head as claimed in claim 5, wherein the sanitary unit is located in the inner space of the cover and includes a central hole and a notch, the axle extends through the central hole and the positioning stub is engaged with the notch.