Spray head with a pivot nozzle

• US 6,508,415 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2001
• Issued: 01/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Tzu-Meng Wang
• Original Assignee: Tzu-Meng Wang
• Inventors: Wang, Tzu-Meng
• Primary Examiner(s): DOUGLAS, LISA ANN
• Application Number:
  US09/859,404
• Publication Number:
  US 20020170983A1
• Time in Patent Office: 615 Days
• Field of Search: 239/289, 239/340, 239/437, 239/436, 239/442, 239/447, 239/525, 239/526, 239/530, 239/532, 239/587.1, 239/587.2, 239/587.5, 285/184, 285/283, 285/278, 285/280, 285/281
• US Class Current: 239/526
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 1/1654 about an axis parallel to the liquid passage in the stationary valve element
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 15/652 whereby the jet can be oriented

Abstract

A spray head with a pivotal nozzle having a body and a nozzle assembly pivotally connected to the body. The direction of the nozzle assembly relative to the body is able to be adjusted by a user in order to meet different situations. A switch is coupled to the body to provide convenient control of the water flow. A cap with various kinds of outlets is disposed on the nozzle assembly to produce different types of water jets.

Claims

1. A spray head with a pivot nozzle comprising:

a hollow body having an inclined top surface and a recess defined in the inclined top surface;

a nozzle assembly having an inclined bottom surface formed to correspond to the inclined top surface of the hollow body and a protrusion formed on the inclined bottom surface of the nozzle assembly to be received in the recess, wherein when the protrusion is received in the recess, the nozzle assembly is able to pivotally and securely connect to the hollow body;

multiple cavities defined in the inclined bottom surface of the nozzle assembly; and

a spring-ball combination inserted in a blind hole defined in the inclined top surface of the body, wherein each cavity selectively corresponds to the spring-ball combination whereby when the spring-ball combination is received in the corresponding one of the cavities, the nozzle assembly is able to be positioned with respect to the body.

2. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a restricting means formed between the nozzle assembly and the hollow body to limit the movement of the nozzle assembly within a degree with respect to the hollow body.

3. The spray head as claimed in claim 2, wherein the restricting means comprises a restricting slot defined along a periphery defining the recess, and a restricting block protruding from a side surface of the protrusion to be slidably received in the restricting slot.

4. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the nozzle assembly has a cap disposed on the nozzle assembly, and the cap having different kinds of outlets to produce different types of water jets.

5. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a switch is coupled to the body for controlling water flowing through the spray head.

6. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the nozzle assembly has a cap disposed on the nozzle assembly, and the cap having different kinds of outlets to produce different types of water jets.

7. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 6, wherein a gasket is disposed around the protrusion to provide a watertight seal.

8. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 7, with the nozzle assembly pivotably and securely connected to the hollow body by a screw threadably extending into a screw hole in the protrusion and a screw tube which extends from a face defining the recess.

9. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the nozzle assembly has a cap disposed on the nozzle assembly, and the cap having different kinds of outlets to produce different types of water jets.

10. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 9, wherein a gasket is disposed around the protrusion to provide a watertight seal.

11. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 10, with the nozzle assembly pivotably and securely connected to the hollow body by a screw threadably extending into a screw hole in the protrusion and a screw tube which extends from a face defining the recess.

12. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 1, wherein a gasket is disposed around the protrusion to provide a watertight seal.

13. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 12, with the nozzle assembly pivotably and securely connected to the hollow body by a screw threadably extending into a screw hole in the protrusion and a screw tube which extends from a face defining the recess.

14. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 5, wherein a gasket is disposed around the protrusion to provide a watertight seal.

15. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 14, with the nozzle assembly pivotably and securely connected to the hollow body by a screw threadably extending into a screw hole in the protrusion and a screw tube which extends from a face defining the recess.

16. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 1, with the nozzle assembly pivotably and securely connected to the hollow body by a screw threadably extending into a screw hole in the protrusion and a screw tube which extends from a face defining the recess.

17. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 3, wherein a switch is coupled to the body for controlling water flowing through the spray head.

18. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 17, wherein the nozzle assembly has a cap disposed on the nozzle assembly, and the cap having different kinds of outlets to produce different types of water jets.

19. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 18, wherein a gasket is disposed around the protrusion to provide a watertight seal.

20. The spray head with a pivot nozzle as claimed in claim 19, with the nozzle assembly pivotably and securely connected to the hollow body by a screw threadably extending into a screw hole in the protrusion and a screw tube which extends from a face defining the recess.