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EP0437164A2 - Douche ayant une sortie d'eau réglable dans deux positions - Google Patents

Douche ayant une sortie d'eau réglable dans deux positions Download PDF

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EP0437164A2
EP0437164A2 EP90500116A EP90500116A EP0437164A2 EP 0437164 A2 EP0437164 A2 EP 0437164A2 EP 90500116 A EP90500116 A EP 90500116A EP 90500116 A EP90500116 A EP 90500116A EP 0437164 A2 EP0437164 A2 EP 0437164A2
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shower
distributing valve
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Andrzej Wojnarski
Janusz Wojnarski
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/16—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets
    • B05B1/1609—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening having selectively- effective outlets with a selecting mechanism comprising a lift valve
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/18—Roses; Shower heads

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  • the present invention relates to a shower or douche, for example, of the telephone type, having at least two different water outlets capable of being alternately selected. More particularly, the shower is provided with a water outlet having a plurality of jets and another atomised water outlet.
  • showers or douches of this type incorporating devices for varying the characteristics of their water outlets
  • showers capable of emitting a plurality of fine water jets and, alternatively, coarser jets having a high air content in the form of bubbles, by activating a two-position button, are known.
  • the object of this invention is to proportion a shower of the type previously mentioned which is rugged in nature, inexpensive and simple to handle. Additionally, it is an object of the invention to provide the distal end of the shower with an elbow to which will be coupled a water conduit having a configuration suitable for being coupled to an adequate fixing device.
  • the shower head has a perimetral thread cooperative with another thread correspondingly provided in the shower cover, so that the water outlets are selected, alternately, by turning the shower cover with respect to the shower head.
  • the distributing valve has an upper truncated portion and a cylindrical end portion which is provided with an axial water by-pass conduit joined to other conduits ending in notches to which the sprayers are coupled.
  • the said conduit may be surrounded externally by a blind hollow in order to increase the locking pressure of the said valve on the conduit of the fixed discoidal member; it may also be advantageous for the end cylindrical portion of the distributing valve to be provided with a notch for preventing the transverse strain thereof.
  • sealing gaskets between the said elements, and more particularly, to provide a sealing gasket between the seat of the shower head and the fixed discoidal member; similarly, sealing gaskets should be provided between the seat of the fixed discoidal member and the rotary shower cover, as well as between the fixed coupling between the said rotary cover and the distributing valve, and even between the shower head and the rotary shower cover at the threading zone of this latter.
  • the handle-shaped end portion will be provided with an ending having an internal thread for an elbow which supports the water supply pipe, and which is made from a synthetic material, for example, from plastic, in order to prevent burns due to heating by the water carried thereby.
  • the threaded coupling between the shower cover and the shower head is replaced by a threading between the movable distributing valve and the fixed discoidal member, the shower cover being securely but detachably joined to the distributing valve, this therefore resulting in a looser threaded coupling, that is to say, the selection of the two possible operative positions by turning the shower cover can be made with a minimum effort.
  • the sprayers are provided on a spraying element fixed to but detachable from the shower cover, therefore resulting in an arrangement capable of being easily detached for cleaning purposes.
  • the axial conduit of the distributing valve is joined to lateral conduits within the said valve for feeding the water to the sprayers, where the said distributing valve forms an upper portion having an enlarged diameter, a second intermediate threaded portion and a bottom portion provided with a housing for a fixing screw to the shower cover.
  • the fixed discoidal member in turn, has a threaded axial hole for the coupling of the intermediate threaded portion of the distributing valve and water by-pass conduits which lie beneath the upper enlarged portion of the movable distributing valve, so that the said conduits may be closed thereby.
  • the shower or douche of the present invention is comprised of a handle 11 with a pseudo-spherical end portion 12, hereinafter called the shower head, within which a cylindrical bulge 13 having a needle valve-like truncated ending, hereinafter called needle valve is centrally provided; additionally, the inner perimetral portion of the said valve head is provided with a thread 14. Further, there is provided a distributing valve 15 having a wide-mouthed inlet conduit 16 connected to other outlet conduits 17, which is coaxial and cooperative with the said needle valve 13.
  • This distributing valve 15 has a first inverted truncated portion 18 and a cylindrical end portion 19, in the base of which there are provided notches 110, preferably three, for the coupling of a like number of sprayers 111, the said notches 110 communicating with the said conduits 17 and consequently with the conduit 16.
  • This arrangement proportions a water by-pass through the said sprayers 111, which is opened and closed by the coupling of the wide-mouthed inlet of the conduit 16 of the distributing valve 15 to the needle valve 13, provided within the shower head 12.
  • a discoidal member 112 having a valve conduit 113, axial and cooperative with the said distriting valve 15, is securely mounted on the shower head 12.
  • this conduit or hole 113 is truncated having a conicity similar to that of the first portion 18 of the distributing valve 15 with which it cooperates to open or close a passage for the stream of water, as will subsequently be explained in detail.
  • this discoidal member 112 is provided with holes 114 for fixing screws 115 in housings 116 correspondingly provided in the shower head 12.
  • a disc-shaped shower cover 117 rotatingly hinged to the thread 14 of the shower head 12, by means of a screw thread 118, so that it may rotate with respect to the said shower head 12.
  • a collar 119 for the fixed, but detachable, coupling of the portion 19 of the distributing valve 5, so that an integral but detachable whole is formed therewith.
  • the cover 117 is provided with a plate 120 having a plurality of by-pass holes 121 in the form of fine holes, arranged according to two concentric circumferences, as well as a central hole 122 communicating with the sprayers 111.
  • the turn of the shower cover 117 and the consequent threading on the head 12 will cause the distributing valve 15 to be raised, thereby producing the opening of the central conduit 113 of the fixed discoidal member 112 and the simultaneous closing, by means of the needle valve 13, of the wide-mouthed inlet of the conduit 16.
  • a turn of the shower cover 117 in an opposite direction will cause the distributing valve 15 to be lowered, with the consequent closure of the central conduit or hole 113 of the discoidal member 112. whilst leaving the said wide-mouthed inlet conduit of the distributing valve 15 free.
  • the water moving inside the shower head 12 will flow either from the central conduit or hole 113 of the discoidal member 112 and through the fine holes 121 of the shower cover 117, or from the conduits 16 and 17 to the hole 122 through the sprayers 111.
  • the spraying elements 111 have a central hole 123 and up to four slots 124 arranged in the form of a cross. In this manner, the water is directed through these slots 124 and is expelled in an atomised form through the hole 123 thereof.
  • the distributing valve 15 fits closely, at its cylindrical portion 19, into the collar 119 of the shower cover 117. Therefore, the valve 15 is provided with notches 125 and and projections 126 cooperative with other notches 127 correspondingly provided in the said collar 119.
  • a blind hollow 135 coaxially about the wide-mouthed inlet conduit 16. In this manner, thanks to the water pressure, closure of the distributing valve 15 on the hole or conduit 113 of the discoidal member 112 is favoured.
  • the lower cylindrical portion 9 of the distributing valve 15 may also be advantageous for the lower cylindrical portion 9 of the distributing valve 15 to be provided with a notch 136 which prevents the member from being strained.
  • the distal end of the handle 1 incorporates an elbow-shaped member 137 provided with a thread 138 for the coupling of a water supply pipe 139.
  • this elbow 137 has a straight projection 140 fitting into the said distal end of the handle 1.
  • the shower is comprised of a handle 21 having a pseudo-spherical end portion 22, hereinafter called the shower head, within which there is provided a cylindrical bulge having a needle valve like, hollow, cone-shaped ending 23.
  • a substantially cylindrical movable distributing valve 25 incorporating an axial wide-mouthed inlet conduit 26 for coupling to the needle valve 23, which has an upper portion 25a having an enlarged diameter, an intermediate threaded portion 25b with lateral conduits 27 communicating with the axial conduit 26 thereof, and a collar-shaped bottom portion 25c provided with a seating for a screw 28 for fixing the shower cover 29, so that the shower cover 29 is fixed to but detachable from the said movable distributing valve 25.
  • This arrangement proportions a water by-pass through the said conduits 26 and 27, which is opened or closed by the lowering/raising of the movable distributing valve 25, as will subsequently be described in detail, by the coupling of the needle valve 23 to the wide-mouthed inlet of the conduit 26.
  • a member 210 having a general discoidal arrangement is firmly mounted on the shower head 22 by means of screws, not referenced, coupled to the seats 24a and 24b.
  • the said member includes a central hole 211 having an internal thread 211a for its coupling to the intermediate threaded portion 25b of the distributing valve 25, and it further includes a plurality of conduits 212 arranged about the said central hole 211.
  • the inlet of the said conduits 212 is disposed at a distance suitable for it to operatively face the upper enlarged portion 25a of the said distributing valve 25.
  • this arrangment proportions an alternate water by-pass to that previously mentioned, which is opened or closed by the raising/lowering of the movable distributing valve 25 when it is threaded in the hole 211 of the discoidal member 210.
  • this discoidal member 210 incorporates perforated projections 210a capable of being coupled to the seats 24a and 24b of the shower head 22, a tongue 210b supported on the shower head 22 and a ring 210c cooperative with the enlarged section 25a of the distributing valve 25 which proportions an adequate water shutoff.
  • the bottom end of this discoidal member 210 has a notch 213 for a gasket 214 which rests on portions 29a provided within the shower cover 29.
  • the turn of the shower cover 29, and the consequent threading/unthreading of the distributing valve 25 on/from the intermediate discoidal member 210 establishes, alternately, water by-passes, either through the conduits 212 of the said member 210, or through the axial conduit 26 and the lateral conduits 27 of the said distributing valve 25.
  • a threaded coupling as that described above which will normally be moistened by the flow of the water, enables the shower cover 29 to be turned, so that the operative positions can be selected with a minimum effort and without having to use lubricating substances.
  • a substantially cylindrical spraying element 215, incorporating a plurality of sprayers 216, is provided within the shower head 22, positioned between the distributing valve 25 and the shower cover 29.
  • the said spraying element 215 includes a central hole 215a for the coaxial coupling of the collar portion 25c of the distributing valve and a perimetral flange 215b for the support coupling in a notch 29b provided in the shower cover 29.
  • the sprayers 216 are configured as slightly truncated rods to be coupled to the inner part of the shower cover 29, as will subsequently be explained in detail, and the bottom of the said sprayers is provided with notches 216a in the form of by-passes for the water coming from the lateral conduits 27 of the distributing valve 25, as well as a protruding central portion 216b for causing the water to be sprayed.
  • the bottom end of the shower cover 29 includes a first group of fine holes 217 arranged according to two concentric circumferences, as well as a second group of holes 218 having a larger diameter and a truncated section, arranged concentrically with the former.
  • the bottom end of the shower cover 29 is provided with a plurality of housings 29c for snugly receiving the rod-shaped sprayers 216 and in which there are provided notches 29d for the water by-pass.
  • the outer part of the shower cover 29 is provided with knurled recesses 29e to enable the turning operation of the said shower cover 29, as well as a hole 29f having a cross-shaped formation, for the matched-coupling to a complementary formation 25d correspondingly provided at the bottom end of the collar portion 25c of the said valve 25.
  • This embodiment is also provided with a gasket 219 between the shower head 22 and the fixed discoidal member 210.
  • a shower as that revealed in the aforegoing description enables the two possible operative positions to be easily selected. More particularly, the shower of the second alternative embodiment enables the turning stress, to change from one operative position to the other to be highly reduced, and it also enables the operation of detaching it, for the purpose of maintaining and cleaning the sprayers, to be carried out. Further, the amount of water consumed, when in the atomised water position, is substantially reduced, and this consequently results in a saving in the energy necessary to heat the water.

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EP19900500116 1989-12-11 1990-12-10 Shower having a water outlet adjustable in two positions Withdrawn EP0437164A3 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
ES8904180A ES2019508A6 (es) 1989-12-11 1989-12-11 Ducha de telefono con salida de agua regulable en dos posiciones.
ES8904180 1989-12-11
ES9003103 1990-12-04
ES9003103A ES2026421A6 (es) 1990-12-04 1990-12-04 Ducha con salida de agua regulable en dos posiciones.

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ES2049153A2 (es) * 1991-12-02 1994-04-01 Lopez Gutierrez Ducha perfeccionada con salida de agua regulable.
EP1038585A3 (fr) * 1999-03-19 2002-06-26 Bossini S.r.l. Douche à buses pour jets d'eau pulvérisée
US7900295B2 (en) 2005-07-13 2011-03-08 Mordechai Lev Shower handle water supply diverter system
CN107520076A (zh) * 2017-09-27 2017-12-29 福州幻科机电科技有限公司 一种电动隐蔽花洒装置的专用花洒

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BE544424A (fr) *
GB8617712D0 (en) * 1986-07-19 1986-08-28 Crosweller & Co Ltd W Adjustable spray fitting

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ES2049153A2 (es) * 1991-12-02 1994-04-01 Lopez Gutierrez Ducha perfeccionada con salida de agua regulable.
EP1038585A3 (fr) * 1999-03-19 2002-06-26 Bossini S.r.l. Douche à buses pour jets d'eau pulvérisée
US7900295B2 (en) 2005-07-13 2011-03-08 Mordechai Lev Shower handle water supply diverter system
CN107520076A (zh) * 2017-09-27 2017-12-29 福州幻科机电科技有限公司 一种电动隐蔽花洒装置的专用花洒

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