EP0066289A3 - Shower head - Google Patents

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EP0066289A3
EP0066289A3 EP82104797A EP82104797A EP0066289A3 EP 0066289 A3 EP0066289 A3 EP 0066289A3 EP 82104797 A EP82104797 A EP 82104797A EP 82104797 A EP82104797 A EP 82104797A EP 0066289 A3 EP0066289 A3 EP 0066289A3
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Elie P. Aghnides
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Grohe Water Technology AG and Co KG
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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
    • B05B7/00—Spraying apparatus for discharge of liquids or other fluent materials from two or more sources, e.g. of liquid and air, of powder and gas
    • B05B7/02—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge
    • B05B7/04—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge
    • B05B7/0416—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid
    • B05B7/0425—Spray pistols; Apparatus for discharge with arrangements for mixing liquids or other fluent materials before discharge with arrangements for mixing one gas and one liquid without any source of compressed gas, e.g. the air being sucked by the pressurised liquid
    • 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
    • B05B1/1627—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 gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock
    • B05B1/1636—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 gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements
    • B05B1/1645—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 gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements the outlets being rotated during selection
    • B05B1/1654—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 gate valve, a sliding valve or a cock by relative rotative movement of the valve elements the outlets being rotated during selection about an axis parallel to the liquid passage in the stationary valve element

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Abstract

The present invention is for a showerhead selectively operable to produce a plurality of different streams, enabling the user to select one form of large diameter stream, rich in bubbles, when the water pressure is high, and another large diameter rich stream full of bubbles when the water pressure is low. Furthermore, the user may select a spray instead of the bubbly stream. The invention is accomplished by having an upstream disc with chambers therein for directing the water downstreamwardly. In the path of the jets from said chambers there is a screened-disc which is rotatable selectively by the user and which has a number of openings therethrough. By bringing the correct opening below the jets, the user may select one of several different types of streams. One of the openings has two screens, one at the top and one at the bottom of the opening so that at low water pressures, there is abundant aeration which provides a rich outgoing stream of water. For a normal aerated showerhead, there is a hole with just one screen. Similarly, there is a third hole without any screen and which will produce a spray when that hole is located below the chambers. Similarly, the chambers may be duplicated around the upstream disc so that when the user selects a given form of stream, the type of hole that produces that stream will be receiving all of the water from all of the different chambers.
EP82104797A 1981-06-01 1982-06-01 Shower head Expired - Lifetime EP0066289B1 (en)

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AT82104797T ATE81535T1 (en) 1981-06-01 1982-06-01 SHOWER HEAD.

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US269158 1981-06-01
US06/269,158 US4733818A (en) 1981-06-01 1981-06-01 Showerhead with means for selecting various forms of output streams

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EP0066289A2 EP0066289A2 (en) 1982-12-08
EP0066289A3 true EP0066289A3 (en) 1983-05-25
EP0066289B1 EP0066289B1 (en) 1992-10-14

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DE1182155B (en) * 1959-07-02 1964-11-19 Roesler Metallwarenfabrik K G Aerator adjustable to jet and shower for baths, water pipes, kitchen flushing facilities, industrial facilities or the like.
US3712548A (en) * 1970-08-20 1973-01-23 E Aghnides Water aerator
DE2332437A1 (en) * 1972-06-26 1974-01-17 Elie P Aghnides SHOWER HEAD

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GB625084A (en) * 1938-06-22 1949-06-22 Elie Aghnides Improvements in and relating to devices for mixing air with water
DE1182155B (en) * 1959-07-02 1964-11-19 Roesler Metallwarenfabrik K G Aerator adjustable to jet and shower for baths, water pipes, kitchen flushing facilities, industrial facilities or the like.
US3712548A (en) * 1970-08-20 1973-01-23 E Aghnides Water aerator
DE2332437A1 (en) * 1972-06-26 1974-01-17 Elie P Aghnides SHOWER HEAD

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ATE81535T1 (en) 1992-10-15
US4733818A (en) 1988-03-29

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