GB2387777A - An adjustable shower head for a shower assembly - Google Patents

Abstract

A shower head for a shower assembly, with an outlet that automatically moves to allow the distance between the outlet and the user to vary. The shower head 10 may accommodate users of different heights and may allow only the desired part of the body to become wet. The shower head 10 is preferably mounted or fixed onto a holder 11 that may be fixed onto a moveable rail ie conveyor belt, automatically moving the shower up and down vertically (Fig 8). Alternatively the holder 11 may have a motor driven toothed gear (Fig 5) that cooperates with a toothed section 14 of the shower support to automatically move the shower head 10. In yet another alternative a shower support rail 12 may be moved as opposed to the shower holder 11 (Fig 9A). The outlet may also be pivotally moved automatically from above the user to the side of the user, such that the angle between the water jet and the vertical increases when the shower head is in its lowest position. The shower assembly may be programmed to store a plurality of starting positions for different users and to allow the storing of particular shower head paths. The program's controller (Fig 10A) may distinguish a user's voice, weight or via an image sensor.

Description

Shls'v;-r AscInls' r TO he press. t inN-erlri-on ret mites to a shower

assombi arm parts tnereror.

i.'nen sh,T-gr. log ire a shover. it is c-,nen ideal for user to position a shower asse rr blip shover head above their with die outlet of the shover head facing dow:r N-arS. In. use, a Inset oiv-aer dispensed from able outlet wets the user so that they can wash e0siently.

:? lie cei+tair1 situations' emits svLen the water pressure o the water supply of the show,-: SSeTn.biy is Baler l;ha2-s uncial, beeasse Fritter is absorbed? e by whirl arid 6- ji0lsior1 O-YC1 Shine surface aced o't.e serfs '-oj! anti D! the Beater;ftslowing hcsdisy cantos as the water úiows donut fde.Lscr's ocsd-' cellar regions ova -Gael are rio'??at_led as we" as others. This can lead to increased di:cul- in washing such re'ions.

A so-called --power shower" asserlloly can Be used A 'louver shone." assemitSIy has a largor-than-us1 ?;ater flow rate throllgn file shower head o''et. Although a Power shower-' assembly con mom easier to wet the body and washy such assemtc,lies have numerous shortcomings. Power shower assemblies blame a pump which increases tile pressure of the water supply and the water ffolvv ram through the outlet. However, such a pump rewires fur ther interference with Me household pining, making it some What expensive to install. Power shower assemblies. because Heir increased water flow rme through the outlet, require a much larger quanti1:y of water (and therefore waste a rr,uel1 large quantity) than an ordinary shower assembly. Also, because of the increased quantity of -aeF, comes an increased heating requirement. For both of the aremeioned reasons, power sllov;er assemblies are more expensive to run than normal shouter assemblies. A conventional shower assembly comprises a st.ovver head mounted on a support located above the user. lone shower head is sometimes ahacned to a water supply by a flexible hose. The shorter head is reprovable from He S'AppOd.. Therefore, to compensate for poor -aering of certain regions Clitic an ordinary shower assembly i.e. one without a pur,p Which enha:nc-es the water pressure, a user might detach the shower head:oTn the support and manually direct the shower head to certain areas.

Also. w.hiist it can be desirable to move the shower head so as to wet certain regions ignore) it can lie desirable to move - sl,ower head so as to wet certain regions less or not wet the regimens at all. For examples user might not want to Basil their hair Oil e v err; occasion that they use the sho tier assembly.

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vi Is- t'---hi!-k' At heir ship.! be re-erei3 act. as an it N--hch release Neater Since.,,enerally speal;in, the jets of floater spread out with increased distance -from the

owlet it is desirable to manned a certain. distance Preen Ale pos.tio n of the shower head an] the users head so Cat the..;axirnn uric cf--.vateihits the USe-f t r.3intai.r.

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As an example, when 11 member of a family (e.g a pare.' is followed he! a shower member (e.g. a child of the family, the iat:ter user might not be able to reach the shover head so as to reset the height of it. 16 Such a case it is necessary too seek assistance. fUso' when a tall person follows a shorter person they will often raise the height of the sower device so the water covers the whole length of the bode;; 1'111;; SItiV- WC1 '.'ma s"ppvi, Or oinC lyre of con'e..tivr shover asset. By sits it a::':pori which is fixed by a clamp to? a vertical rail. Typical. a user iii manually muse He shower head up and down by disengaging the clamp o:the shower head engaged to a Ash moved the shower head along the rail' and re-eng=in the cia.rnp at the required positron of the shower head. This ineonYemence often results in a not ideal, hut bearable. shower head position being tolerated.

Shower heads which are both manually irarlslational arid pivotable are halo vary, ar,d one is sl:lown in Figure 1. In these, He shower head 1 sits releasably in a cup 2 of a holder 3 fixed a vertical support rail 4. Part of the holder is pivotable to move an outlet 5 of the shoddier head 1 to change the angle of the waterbed. However, pivotabie movement of the outlet does not move the whole shower head significantly 1 (or down as the case may be) so the user might change the height of the shover head outlet. A manually operated clamp on He holder 3 allows enoage,nent Abed disengagement with He rail 3 to eor.bro the height of the shower head 1.

Accords to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a shower head for a shouter assembly, the shower head comprising an automatically movable outlet.

According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a shover assembly comprising a shower head holder and a suer head of He first aspect of the in,rention The word "automatically" should be interpreted in the normm sense as meaning none or little direct human control. It will be appreciated that a shower head in accordance with the first or second aspects of the invention can lead to effs:;ent use of water, easier use for plurality of people am greater cleaning efficiency, i. neuding reduced shover time.

Preferably5 the gullet is atatoma-icaliy movable in such a allay as to Wiry He distance Between Ale owlet and He gr(?untl Preferably, the owlet is au:tontaticaly Cable pivot-y iii s.ich a >oval; as to Away the= move the outlet from position above the user to a position p:iotably k, the side of the user am rice versa. Alternatively, the outlet may- above water inhibiting. redirecting means A achieve the she aim.

re:feral31y the sheer head is arranged Lo move tanslationa71y. It1 one embodiment of Me invention, she snorer head automatiels; I:i*s. In anther embod.met, file showe. head louvers au:tom.arically. Mine shower blead movement reed not change the outlet angle. a preferred embodiment of the invention We sr.oer head is aan=,ed to both lift arid io.,er amatScall. The showed head may have a plurality of StaTt height settings corresponding TV a plurality of users' e.g. members of a fully. For example, the shower head should be at a different height for a child and a an Mull if bow users want to experience efficiem and usei-frier,sly sho-Ye. operation.

The shower assembly may comprise a -timer, a programmer and a controller u hich co-operate to automatic-ally move the shower head along a particular paw adjacent the bow over a period of time. The assembly may have a plurality of set paths rela:tinD to different washing patterns.

In ore form of the invention, the shower head Clay move only downwardly once, follow-cd by upwardly once durin& a single use. The shower head may be ar,maticali; rese* Al a heir afterwards. This embGdiment with a simple 'high to lo,- to high' program simplifies and reduces distance of movement orshower mud hence pouter reg-;irements for dewing the moo, ink head.

The shower head may have autom.a:tically adjustable tilt which may increase the angle between We jet of water and the vertical when tale showe. head is a lower position and vice verse. The tilt may be eWeced by Fearillg from,nslation 3r.0veme.

The shoveler head may be mounted on a movable holder on a Bed rail. Else shower head may be mounted or on a fixed holder (cursor) on a movable rail sueh as a conveyo' belt.

Alternatively, the shoveler head may be movable with respect to (vertical head support.. In tile latter case, power supply means may be mounted remotely from the shower head.

The shoNver head may be iowerable under gravity, possibly win a Diction,. I constraint, e.g. liquid' to increase the time it takes to move along a path.

\ According to a thy d aspect of the invention Here is provided a shower head holder for holding a shower head, the shower head holder being automatically rr.ovable.

According to a fourth am ect or the inven:on there is proYiacd a shower head holder lipidic a shower head, few holder eomprsin a motor driven rotatatie member.

In the former, a shower held holder ma; Slave a toothed gear for cooperator: with a ''o1'.Od S'=iQ Con St.pf; - fair sr;i;Y'he. Ten +. TA.Me chNr.! head Itself ca in!;> At slalUa;rd kind to ela11e cheaper easier retry fit of the device. We gear may be motor drivers. I-, pa- sp, 1-, Cii;kL C,LLI Dim c=..,iier.t. am Ore.- ii._f,7,li7, sealed. -

According to a fig aspect of the irYentior there is provided a shower Whew support .6vin a toothed section for eoooeation Win a toothed gem of a shower head to wow ovm.ent of one with respect to the ocher.

The support may be in the form Of a rail, which can sit in On brackets? again enable cheaper, easier repro fit+.

Preferabh77, He teeth of tt.e toothed section have a rounded profile. This escapees 77ter run offhand increases resis7ice could up 01 Jim em. When the support is fixed to a Oil the toothed section of Be support may tace thm wall so as to be hidden from evader anchor from view.

The sho-vver head may haste an. electronic controller associated with it. The coltoller Inn; have selector means such as one or more switches to select a programme of shower head movement during a use of Be shower. The controller may be voice-controlled by a user.

The controller may be controlled by weighing apparatus such as scales placed in or adjacent shower chicle or bath, wherein a controller memory can store a weight (range) for one or more persons. Alternatively, ar. image sensing device car be positioned in or adjacent shower cubicle or bath, wherein a controller memory can store a height range, or eye colour data or other eharacteris$ic data for one or more persons so as to select Me correct person mud hence correct programme.

In. a restricted area whe,e a user cannot easily escape the strewing of water from the outlet soap ete. can be washed away before it is actually applied As any elect on the user.

According to a sixth aspect of the invention there is provided a toothed section strip of material geometrically designed to fit on' and run longitudinally along a shower rail.

According to a sevens aspect ofthe inver,tion there is provided a shower regior defined by a way, cubicle, bath or the like, conpnsing a shower head, shower assenb, shower head holder, or shower head support in accordance with any of the first to sigh aspects of the invention and/or any of the consistory clauses relating thereto.

The "hands bee" movement of Be shouter in accordance with the invention allows the user to apply vashi agent to the body unity it being washed abed before it is actually applied /has any effect or the user.

A shower assembly. in accordance with tale invention will note be described, by non-l;iting example only; with reference to the remaining accompanying drain s in which Figure shows aperspec-iie -view of a shower assen-bi in acco.dnce N--th die in-eru:ion

F inure is a el9ile i';= 'Y'ie,3.' of a track of a s.hover head support of the shower ass-nblyure a? Fixture 4 is a cross section o-'-lrle support ad line i'i-.-i n tire 3' Figure -A shows a cross section of a shower head holder o+. e shover asse,53'y. 39 Figure 6 shows a plan view of the shelver head holder of Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a cross sectic:E i:.f arother S:10/Cr head bolder in aecordce 1 ti---

nYention, Figure S is a sine view- of another shower assembly ilk accordance N7i -th_ in'.ention, Figures 9A aIld 933 are, respectively front arid side Sinews CITE are shio'--er assembly accordance Ovid the in, ;en'ior, and Figures IOA and lOB are, respectively-, front and side views or snoY-r assembly electronic controller in accordance with the ir.ention.

Referring to Figure 2, a shower assembly comprises a shower Lead O' a horde' 11 for the shower head, and a support for the shower head' which is here in the form of an elongate -tubular rail 17. TAR rail 12 can be mounted vertically on a wall. by shall brackets in the Mown maimer. Fine rail 12 comprises a traclf 14, which cab rmn parallel to the longitudinal axis of file Support..

l;te-femug to Fi'ures 3 and 4, We oracle 14 has a looked profile in for on, the omer surface 13. The crests of the teem l6, IS and the [oases of the teeth can be rounded. T he Lack can be Chidden at the rear of the rail l 2 with respect to a user. Also, the Back can extend about the periphery of the rail 1' ski allow moN emetic of the healer I I in the circumferential directic,n.

Referring to Figure 5' the shower head holder 11 comprises a generally cylindrical causing 20, ha-.'ing a shover head retainer 21. The casing 20 defines a bore 22 as shown in figure 6. The casing 70 has a toothed wheel 24 attuned ( i.e. fixed apart from for rvi:atioslal mo-emAeD:t) inside it. The wheel 24 is cir vab1y connected by a shad 26 to a hermicall'., sealed electric motor 2S. Power supply mea:l.s such as hermetically sealedl bterv 30 are supplied to power motor 8.

efe.in > Figure (,. the casi.g 70 has -arc Na:ii s=-ilch 32 n i-- frliL i. f': sin Itch _ is Coral e& to a clvklcoi to O [_lipA 01 Archer 34.

T'ne casing 2) may omit a eir.,.tmALcertial oration at the flderside from. s.ily belie tv-est pC,'.l.lt Of calories Ace. C.t'.'.S5 + 2-.= rail,')7 =1i-.g -fist tO 2... p' in 6. Th s,^ desired to alls'i arty water Sophie gets inside the easing 20 to man through it.

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I:n use, title shower- head hotter 1 1 is placed o Her Able ran P Hi. he rail P is +Lln tiger vertically to a wall. Me shoddier head 10 can he mounted in the holder 1 1 and Cal1 still be detached if reqilred.

A user presses the switch 3 to eiectionicall- control motor to move in one direction and hence lift or lower shower and presses the Ethel way of the switch to do the opposite.

In another embodiment of Me ir.vennon (not shown for concise rmss3, a plurality of C;Yitctes c=. be provided Is) puree to plmal- of Asia' heir, sedm.=,, e.. calm for drererri heists of persons. Also, sine or a piurmirv of switches can toe proviclec v switch on one or more corresponding different tin use' control programs to eater for di:erenL - washing demands of people.

The shower need has an electronic controller associated -th it. The controller has selector switches which allow a user to select a programing of shower head movement during a use of the shower. The controller can be oice-controlled by a -user (e.g. one user can recite 'setting 1", another user can recite 'setting 2", etc..

The controller could be controlled by weighing scales placed or adjacent shower cubicle or ban, wherein a controller memory can store a weight (raIlge, for one or more persons (e.g. first weight range for one user can give rise to; setting 1", ano4erweit range for another user can give rise to setting I,', etc.).

Alternatively, An image sensing device call be positioned or adjacent simper cubicle or bag. Me controller memory can store a height range, or eye colour data or over characteristic data for one or more persons so as to select the correct person and hence the correct programme.

An infix red remote control can be deployed *o c3perate the conA^croLler.

In yet another embodiment clothe invention (not shown for conciseness) the rail has no toothed profile track 14 The rail is the stardard circular section cylinder. Instead a toothed section strip of material like the track 14 is geometrically designed to retry fit on, and run longitudinally along, tile rail. Allis avoids the need replace another part, Lamely Me rail, when retro-fi$ing the device of: e invention to existing, shower assemblies.

In aver embodiment of the invention, so-so. in Figure 7! the casir 40 of the shower head holder 41 has a circular urhee,-44.^.ged rotatably therein on shalt 46. The usher 44 can be deformable at its periphery: Ivr invade suL,st3.ly corAA'plelelv of a degas material as shown in Fi,,rf 7) so as to frictionally grip a stands circular cross session Sht\N'. S'30+ r1 '1 T'ris rheas?., aims a new! sole A.' rail need Ace- be rr..ied.

A Offal rla-c.llisrl C)u e Sillt,ty eyv>e. Lr. vjl-Ytt the. c aiti-.r l 5tikiQtj[-2 -at -1 wheel into pi Noting of the shower head to adjust the jet arable N-ich resect too the hegira,.

111 O'!stlil el<.-i ice- _. i it's __('', sS.-r' In- site.:i---,; 87 a shown.

assembly 50 has a realtor drib en Thee' s2 driving an tapers pulley 54 and a.el driven pulley 5} t'celow3 by Virtue ot a Oe Me cause 587 train-d o-ur-d fine pui'cys. The d-.---el-7 wneei can be arranged a-St the ko+. com of We pulley asser.bly but with if at Me top the eiee+rlei:N iYater incomlpatibili is not c! problem and the- Hobo: need not necess=.l r toe hermetically sealed. T1rie pulleys 54, SO are conveniently bom rotatable about thee horizontal axis. A shower head 60 is mounted on a fixed Edison 62 on the cable $. In use, tile motor driven heel 5 drives the pulley -4 so as to move the shower head 60 up Tori On. By arranging e pulleys S '., 56 arid the cable 58 stein in File 8 appropriately tile sho-Yv-er head 53 could be mod, e si ewa-s te.= hot: zotall! warty and o7nwa, d y5 e.. Yertleaiiy. or. a sOmoinatiOri of side-ways aild.--a-dly arid do=vYaLdly, em horizontally and verticaL,y3. The cursoricable car have suitable structural support where shower mad o0 is attached to Ale cable 58 A1SO3 Me shower assembly 50 ean toe aIranRed in a recess defined by, for example, a wa11 o:fa room. Such a recess is shown schematic.ail arid orbit partially by the broken line ot Figure 8. It will be noted that the recess is inclined at its louver end to allow --a:ter to exit said recess.

In another embodiment of the inventions shown the.+:ortal view of Figure PA and the side view of figure 913, a show er assembly (S has a motor drlYen wheel 66 fixed inside an immovable casing 67. The mOLC?r driven wheel 66 co-operates (em as se; out in Fissure 7) with a rm1 68 to drive the -rail farina Eddy arid downwardly. A shower head 6:is simply fixed to the rail and moves therewith. The casin,, 67 has an in:fira red Window 70 to allow communication of an electronic signal to an-o her par: o the shower assembly (see Figures 10A and 10133.

in yet another embodiment of the invention r,vt shown for conciseness,, a shower assembly has means t: move to one side (piota?!oly) of the user. This could be done on the shower assembly of Figure QA by arranging a second motor driven wheel with its Axis of rotation lying vertically and parallel to the rail 68, whilst the eel is in abutment with the rail. The shower head rail 68 can be rotated ire the casing 67 so as to my e the showier head in an arc. ' Pivotable move-rnent ova shower head about a vertical axis sir pivotal movement about a honzonta' plane c: be achieved &- Rearing. e.g., tom,:he tooted wheel, HA in Figure 5 -l:h lifts and lowers the shover:head (lIOt Sown Or conciseness>.

(:icar:la, car ire ABLY SU\AL101: I. ?;:/e l^rit as .it3ie t';Usii' = C.ve. _ tend the desirable speed of-. ale sl-ls'--ver h; a v;c isle so Ae irrit+io3:s. P.i:ate lest she's- a ;ai^= ^O S ti? is s's-imble. Both ends of the Anile Shah Can be fixed (not,leees,aril' rob so dial: We driven Beat dices -iIOf tents to Throve annoy from tile rail

Alterllatively, Me shower head can bare water iahin.it7:ng or directing means (not son for conciseness. to prevent waiter or reduce -he Amount orate impacting user tcr a predetermined period of time. S-.ch a feature is useful whilst a clog agent is being applied. Reftn:in to Figures 1 OA and 1 OB, another shower assembly in accordance with the invention has an electronic controller 80. The electronic controller 80 is desired to power tile motor to drive wheels, 44, 52, and 56 in Me embodiments described herein Cove. The controller St3 comprises a casing Ma' which contains (henne-ueally sealed) electlonie components and cGrmenons. The casing Sea has usurious buttons and irldicia on its front face, some of which are activated through a flexible waterproof plastics membrane. The casing 80a has on/off button 81 which activates/deactivates an LED behind a Windsor 82.

Up. doum, left side, and new side Anions 83? 84, 85, X6 are provided. Pressing one of the buttons X3 84, 85, 86 gives rise to an electrical signal which is communicated to -the motor of the shower assembly: Release of the buttons 83, 584, 85, 86 ceases the signal.

Also, five preset buttons and one set button 87 are provided. To program one of the preset buttons 87, the user first tams the controller on at Yukon 81. 1 he up or down buttons 83 84 are used to fix the position of the shower head at a suitable height for a particular user.

Len the c*, (sets button is pressed to set the height for that preset button. The process can be repeated for the other four preset buttons. It will of course be appreciated Mat Me preset buttons allow different regular users of the shower assembly (e.. family members3 to Sickly and easily fix the heir the shower head outlet, in particular without the need to mallually contact the shower head which is useful where it milch. be out A reach to Vermin users. The casing 80a has an. infia red window 88 through which a signal can be wirelessly wans,mitted to another part of the shower assembly (e.g. the casing 67 of Figure 9131. IL -will be appreciated that Me Aversion allows greater conollabili- whim. keeping hands free as well as potential water savings, whilst due to its simplicity, being; of low coast to install arid maintain.

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Claims (1)

1. CIaili_ 1. sho.er Plead ivr a sho.-er assembly. tlie shower head cc.

   mpri5ln, a;?. Met a^a to nutomari.ly move to N;ar; the is+ce beh-3!een Me Artist the, ser.

   9. A sho-S-er head arc;: rain:, to f'l2S.m 17 herein idle 3-ullet is amom2tical1: m<-,vabse to v--ary the distance Kathleen ine solder And the grounds sir, to Vary Ike disagree berm son the 031eL of the shocker head anti the user.

   3. shown head aco dim. tit arty preeei7n r ciaim5 7'h..roi the shower need is arranged to move transiaiio.nali.

   4. A shower head according to: (claim 2 or 3, w'nercin trs shows-or head s anarlL'3ed to 1.

   a-utom,atica'lv. 5. A sho-.er hi accordingly to any sat (l;aims t0 4' where.ir Me shower head is arranged to tower autGriaticllv.

   5 A shower head according. to any preceding clmrl3 w-herem the shower:head moves only downwardly once, follower] by up-ardl,y once ding single use.

   f. A shower head according to any plecedi claim. wherein Me shower head is automatically reset at a height;Prenards.

   B. A shower Mad according to any preceding claim, vnerein e sit, e- is moue on a mob. able holder or a riced rail.

   9. A shower head according to any ot'CJaims 1 to 7 wherein the shower head is mvmfd or on a fixed holler (cursor) or, a morale rail such as a conveyor belt.

   1 D. A shorter head accrcli._ to any Ot Claims i to 7, wherein the shoveler head is

   movable win respect to the shower head support.

   1 1. A shover head according to Clai'm 10^ wherein ponder supply means 'ore mounted motel- from the shower head.

   1. A Per head accordlrl to mn; preceding, claim, a- ereii1 Me shi;3-YCr herd ilaS a pl='ali or said height settings correspording, tc, a plurality of users, c.g members of a 1. 3. A shooter head a: Or riling tc- ails peceang CiLlirfr. Herein He slur h ead has +:_.- =.A;.s+l.rs file .. _>iA7.=it r=.l _; 4..J &.:, _._.

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   14. A slower he-ad aceorclir;, to Claim 1' N,-erein The angle between the jet of water and file vertical inlereases when the somber read is in a lower po--itiori and vice Terra.

   15. A shower head aecordin to Claim 1 or 14, when dependent on Maim a, wherein Ii-

   is effected by gearing from a.siational movement.

   16. A shower head according to any preceding claim, Wherein the outlet is automatically movable pivotably in such a way as ID Va.rV7 the move the outlet Dom a position alcove the user to a position pivotably to the side of We user =.d vice versa.

   17. A shower hand acormng o In v, ---mere clip sat' hat; V-ter 7Ohib. 't1nt7 C)r redirecting means.

   18. A shower head according to any preceding claim, wherem the shower head has ar.

   electromc controller associated win it, which controls the movements of the shower head.

   l 0. A shower head accorded to C1 18, wherein We controller has selector means such as one or more switches to select a programme of shower head rno-emert during a me of dGe shower.

   20. shower head according t.o Claim 18 or l9, wherein the controller is vsice-controlled by a user.

   21. A shower hem accord to Claim 18 or 19 or 20, wherein the controller is controlled by weighing apparatus such as scales placed in VT adjacent shower cubicle OF batch, wherein a controller memory c=, store a weight (range) for one or more persons.

   2. A shower head according to C1 1 B or 19 or 20, wherein an image sensing device can be positioned ill or adjacent shower cubicle OT kayo whereim a controller memory can store a height ranges or eye colour data or other characteristic data for one or more persons so as to select the correct person and hence correct prs:sgramme.

   as. A shower assembly comprising a shower head in accordance why any one or more of the preceded, claims. ' 94. A shower assembly according to Claim 23, wherein We showed assembly composes a shower head holder for Voiding the shower head, We shower head holder Egg .S.maltcally movable.

   _: A sho'e:r assembly CfamriSesi shO-Cr head holder for ho.diig a Sl-'ieT head' the shower head holder being automaticaiiy mv,aDie.

   o. A Sh(?\'ir assembly accords, to C:iaim _4 or 25, wherein Me holder comprises a rooter dive. o='i,i il.--le. sol,ti.07 the ho'^r.

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   7. A shower assembly according to 1mi.67 wLereil.; the sower head holder has a ts:;ed Den. a! c,-;ea+on -.7i+,h a +r'^ed section of a Import 1 a Her hand.

   2X A snosvr assembly aecordill 3 m'; peeeiing C'.i' \t'.'V;'2] el."-1' 0., er s;.-r'y = other electrical components are hermetically sealed.

   29. A shower assembly according to am or Claims 'o 2-7 v-1 Claims 2 to 297 \..hen dependent ore Claim 747 wherein the assembly comprises a timer, a prod rmn:mle. and a controller which co-operate automatically Diode tale slho. er head along a particular path adjacent the body over a period of time.

   3). A shower assembly according lit 1. I' Herein -. ase?r.,ki has a nluralib o:t set paws related to different washing palms.

   31. A shower heat} support. having a toothed section.

   3-. shower head sport according to Maim 31, N,vrein the teeth opine tooled section have a rounded profile.

   33. A shower head support accordin to Claim 3 1 or 2. wherein the support is fixed to wall, and e toothed section of the support faces the wall so as to be hidden from water andior from view.

   34 A toothed section strip ot materiel geometrically designed to fit On7 and run longitudinally along, a shouter ra 1.

   35. A shower region defined by a tray-, cubicle, bath or the like comprislng a s,howúr head andlor slower assembly Indoor shower head support andior toodled section in accordance with any one or more of Me preceding claims.