GB2430617A - A shower system with washing dispenser - Google Patents
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- GB2430617A GB2430617A GB0519713A GB0519713A GB2430617A GB 2430617 A GB2430617 A GB 2430617A GB 0519713 A GB0519713 A GB 0519713A GB 0519713 A GB0519713 A GB 0519713A GB 2430617 A GB2430617 A GB 2430617A
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- 238000005406 washing Methods 0.000 title claims abstract description 21
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims abstract description 14
- 239000003205 fragrance Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 8
- 239000007787 solid Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 4
- 239000003599 detergent Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 3
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 3
- 239000002304 perfume Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 3
- 239000000344 soap Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 3
- 239000004094 surface-active agent Substances 0.000 claims abstract description 3
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- 238000005187 foaming Methods 0.000 claims description 4
- 239000006210 lotion Substances 0.000 claims description 3
- 241000195940 Bryophyta Species 0.000 claims description 2
- -1 body washes Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 230000001914 calming effect Effects 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000011259 mixed solution Substances 0.000 claims description 2
- 235000011929 mousse Nutrition 0.000 claims description 2
- 239000000126 substance Substances 0.000 claims 3
- 238000007792 addition Methods 0.000 claims 2
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- 208000030507 AIDS Diseases 0.000 description 1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47K—SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TOILET ACCESSORIES
- A47K3/00—Baths; Douches; Appurtenances therefor
- A47K3/28—Showers or bathing douches
- A47K3/281—Accessories for showers or bathing douches, e.g. cleaning devices for walls or floors of showers
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B01—PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
- B01F—MIXING, e.g. DISSOLVING, EMULSIFYING OR DISPERSING
- B01F21/00—Dissolving
- B01F21/20—Dissolving using flow mixing
- B01F21/22—Dissolving using flow mixing using additional holders in conduits, containers or pools for keeping the solid material in place, e.g. supports or receptacles
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
- C02F1/68—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by addition of specified substances, e.g. trace elements, for ameliorating potable water
- C02F1/685—Devices for dosing the additives
- C02F1/688—Devices in which the water progressively dissolves a solid compound
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C11—ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES OR WAXES; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; DETERGENTS; CANDLES
- C11D—DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; RESIN SOAPS; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL
- C11D17/00—Detergent materials or soaps characterised by their shape or physical properties
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- E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
- E03—WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
- E03C—DOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
- E03C1/00—Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
- E03C1/02—Plumbing installations for fresh water
- E03C1/04—Water-basin installations specially adapted to wash-basins or baths
- E03C1/046—Adding soap, disinfectant, or the like in the supply line or at the water outlet
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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
- B05B1/18—Roses; Shower heads
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
- C02F2307/00—Location of water treatment or water treatment device
- C02F2307/06—Mounted on or being part of a faucet, shower handle or showerhead
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Abstract
A shower system comprising a shower head 11, flexible supply pipe and a mixing chamber 12 which holds a washing aid 13. Water passes through the mixing chamber, mixes with the washing aid before leaving the shower head and over the user. The mixing chamber 13 may be incorporated into the shower head 11 or in housing that may be connected directly into a flexible or fixed pipe (Fig 3), which then feeds the water to a conventional shower head. The washing aid 13 may be in the form of a liquid, solid or gel soaps, surfactants, detergents, or body washes that dissolve in water for a reasonably predictable span of time. The washing aid may incorporate perfumes, fragrances or oils for example. The washing aid may have various ingredients encapsulated or formulated in a medium that allow each ingredient to be dissolved at different times.
Description
SHOWER WASHING-AIDS DISPENSING SYSTEM.
This invention relates to a Shower Washing-aids Dispensing System.
PREAMBLE: "Washing-aids" by way of Soaps, Surfactants,Detergents, Wetting agents, Body Washes, Lotions or Mousses, all with or without perfumes or fragrances, are widely used to enhance the washing action of the water and I or to impart a washing, foaming, moisturising, invigorating or calming action; and I or to impart a selectable fragrance to the user, when taking a shower.
Conventional showering involves the pre-wetting of the skin, followed by the external application of the "washing-aid", followed by rinsing in the clear water flow.
According to the present invention, there is provided means to allow a quantity of a "washing-aid" in a suitable form, having a predictable span of usable time, to be directly introduced into the water by the user.
The preferred embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIGURE 1: shows the cross-section of a hand-held shower head, having a connector suitable to mate with flexible piping and having a mixing chamber, into which the user can insert a quantity of the "washing aid".
OPERATION: The water enters the shower-head (11) via the connector (10) and enters the mixing chamber (12) where it dissolves the "washing aid" (13) and exits through the shower jets (14) to be directly available to the user.
Access to the mixing chamber (12) allowing insertion of the "washing- aid" (13) could be made by means of a bayonet fitting, screwthreaded fitting, sliding, hinged, swivelling twisting or press fitting arrangement, or other suitable means, not shown here in detail.
The "washing-aid"(13) could be inserted into the mixing chamber (12) in any suitable form, such as a liquid or gel in a dispenser or as a suitably moulded slow dissolving solid, such that the incoming water dissolves the "washing-aid" and produces the ready mixed solution.
FIGURE 2: shows an alternative system with all the above described features as in Figure 1, but with the whole contained within a shower head, supplied with a connector to mate directly to fixed pipework.
OPERATION: The water enters the shower-head (21) via the connector (20) ard enters the mixing chamber (22) where it dissolves the "washing aid" (23) and exits through the shower jets (24) to be directly available to the user.
FIGURE 3: shows an alternative system identical in operation to those described in Figures 1 and 2 above, but where the housing is supplied with two connectors and in versions suitable to connect directly into either a flexible shower pipe or into fixed pipework, which then feeds the water to a conventional shower head.
OPERATION: The water enters the housing (31) via connector (30) and enters the mixing chamber (32) where it dissolves the "washing aid" (33) and exits through the connector (35) to travel as a mixture up the pipework to a conventional shower head, to be available to the user.
Claims (1)
- L-CLAIMS.CLAIM 1: A shower "washing-aid" dispensing system comprising a movable shower head connectable to a flexible pipe and having an internal mixing chamber incorporating means of externally inserting a quantity of "washing-aid" (as described in above preamble) and producing a ready mixed solution of "washing aid" at the shower head jets.CLAIM 2: A shower "washing-aid dispensing system as in Claim 1 above incorporating all the features of Claim 1 but all contained within a housing of a shower head designed to mate with fixed pipework.CLAIM 3: A shower "washing aid" dispensing system as in either Claims 1 or 2 above incorporating all the features of Claims 1 and 2 but all contained within a housing having two connectors designed to be fitted into either a flexible or fixed pipework system.CLAIM 4: A shower washing-aid dispensing system as in Claims 1, 2 and 3 above, with a "washing aid" supplied in a liquid, gel, semi-solid, solid, or other suitable form and containing soaps, surfactants, deter- gents, body washes, lotions, mousses, or other substances, such that it will dissolve in the water and enhance the washing action of the water for a reasonably predictable span of time and in a ready to use' form for the user of the shower.CLAIM 5: A shower "washing aid" as in Claim 4 above, with the add- -ition of perfumes, fragrances, essences, extracts or other substances to impart a desired fragrance to the user of the shower.CLAIM 6: A shower "washing aid" as in Claims 4 and 5 above with the addition of fragrances, essences, lotions, extracts, oils or other sub-stances to impart a washing, foaming, moisturising, invigorating or calming action to the user of the shower.CLAIM 7: A shower "washing aid" as in Claims 4, 5 and 6 above where the various different ingredients, for example, a foaming body wash is encapsulated or formulated in a medium such that it dissolves at a faster rate than, for example, a fragrance, which is encapsulated or formulated in a slower dissolving medium, both, or more mediums are combined within one overall dispenser or dispensing block, such that the action of the water is to dissolve the various components in a sequential manner, such that the various actions of the various components are performed in a defined sequence of events; for example, the foam- -ing body wash dissolves first, to impart a washing action to the user and, after a reasonable span of time the body wash becomes exhausted and the fragrance begins to dissolve, for a reasonable period of time, until it becomes exhausted and the user can then rinse as required and terminate the showering.
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| GB0519713A GB2430617A (en) | 2005-09-28 | 2005-09-28 | A shower system with washing dispenser |
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| GB0519713A GB2430617A (en) | 2005-09-28 | 2005-09-28 | A shower system with washing dispenser |
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| GB0519713D0 GB0519713D0 (en) | 2005-11-02 |
| GB2430617A true GB2430617A (en) | 2007-04-04 |
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| GB0519713A Withdrawn GB2430617A (en) | 2005-09-28 | 2005-09-28 | A shower system with washing dispenser |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2445736A (en) * | 2007-01-20 | 2008-07-23 | Terry O'brien | Shower head and soap dispenser arrangement |
| CN110917067A (en) * | 2019-12-04 | 2020-03-27 | 九牧厨卫股份有限公司 | A skin caring cream with high moisture keeping effect for bath and its preparation method |
| CN112090605A (en) * | 2020-09-18 | 2020-12-18 | 杨燕 | Bath device for increasing beauty and body-shaping effect |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3008650A (en) * | 1958-05-08 | 1961-11-14 | Walter S Munson | Shower head |
| US4294280A (en) * | 1979-07-10 | 1981-10-13 | Tom Milton D | Apparatus for producing and dispensing detergent solutions |
| GB2152366A (en) * | 1983-10-14 | 1985-08-07 | John Gallagher | Showerhead with soap compartment |
| GB2204253A (en) * | 1987-04-30 | 1988-11-09 | Gerald Deeney | Spray or shower assemblies |
| EP0481547A1 (en) * | 1990-10-17 | 1992-04-22 | Unilever N.V. | Machine dishwashing detergent tablets |
| GB2327949A (en) * | 1997-08-02 | 1999-02-10 | Procter & Gamble | Detergent tablet |
| US5957379A (en) * | 1997-11-13 | 1999-09-28 | Mcmorrow; Frank | Device and method for providing additives to a stream of water |
| US6036110A (en) * | 1998-05-06 | 2000-03-14 | Kanatzar; Jeff A. | Bathing solution dispensing mechanism with caddy and dual vanity mirror for a shower |
| WO2001049421A1 (en) * | 1999-12-29 | 2001-07-12 | Barbara Colli | Shower head containing a dose of water-soluble substance |
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| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3008650A (en) * | 1958-05-08 | 1961-11-14 | Walter S Munson | Shower head |
| US4294280A (en) * | 1979-07-10 | 1981-10-13 | Tom Milton D | Apparatus for producing and dispensing detergent solutions |
| GB2152366A (en) * | 1983-10-14 | 1985-08-07 | John Gallagher | Showerhead with soap compartment |
| GB2204253A (en) * | 1987-04-30 | 1988-11-09 | Gerald Deeney | Spray or shower assemblies |
| EP0481547A1 (en) * | 1990-10-17 | 1992-04-22 | Unilever N.V. | Machine dishwashing detergent tablets |
| GB2327949A (en) * | 1997-08-02 | 1999-02-10 | Procter & Gamble | Detergent tablet |
| US5957379A (en) * | 1997-11-13 | 1999-09-28 | Mcmorrow; Frank | Device and method for providing additives to a stream of water |
| US6036110A (en) * | 1998-05-06 | 2000-03-14 | Kanatzar; Jeff A. | Bathing solution dispensing mechanism with caddy and dual vanity mirror for a shower |
| WO2001049421A1 (en) * | 1999-12-29 | 2001-07-12 | Barbara Colli | Shower head containing a dose of water-soluble substance |
Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB2445736A (en) * | 2007-01-20 | 2008-07-23 | Terry O'brien | Shower head and soap dispenser arrangement |
| CN110917067A (en) * | 2019-12-04 | 2020-03-27 | 九牧厨卫股份有限公司 | A skin caring cream with high moisture keeping effect for bath and its preparation method |
| CN112090605A (en) * | 2020-09-18 | 2020-12-18 | 杨燕 | Bath device for increasing beauty and body-shaping effect |
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