KR101250328B1 - Shower head distributor apparatus and shower head using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a showerhead distributor and a showerhead using the same, which provide water to at least two paths to the showerhead and thus spray water to be divided into nozzles having different spray types.
To this end, it includes a supply including at least two supply pipes and a connection portion extending through the inside and connected to the lower end so that at least two channels connected to the ends of the supply parts and connecting each supply pipe are separated. In addition, the showerhead using the same includes a plate-shaped body and the first nozzle and the second nozzle connected to the two channel ends, respectively.
Therefore, the showerhead distributor and the showerhead using the showerhead according to the present invention has the effect of spraying water in a plurality of spray forms in one showerhead. Therefore, the user can enjoy the shower while receiving water sprayed in various forms as needed
In addition, regardless of the arrangement of the end of the supply pipe during installation can be conveniently installed by turning the shower head in the desired direction.

Description

Shower head splitter and shower head using the same {SHOWER HEAD DISTRIBUTOR APPARATUS AND SHOWER HEAD USING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a showerhead distributor and a showerhead using the same. More particularly, the showerhead provides water to at least two paths to the showerhead, and accordingly, a showerhead capable of injecting water into different nozzle types. A dispenser and a showerhead using the same.

The shower head is a jet device in which a plurality of nozzles are collected. The shower head is a bath device that flushes water like a shower.

Recently, various shower heads have been developed and used as life is improved and bath culture is developed.

The shower head is divided into a fixed shower head fixed to the ceiling or the wall and the hose is divided into a hand shower head used by the user.

In particular, as shown in Figure 1, as shown in Figure 1, recently, the fixed shower head 10 of the shape of the plate 11 has been developed to spray water to a larger area and the user who fits this can feel the fullness of the waterfall.

However, since the conventional fixed shower head 10 sprays all of the same type of water through the plurality of nozzles 12, the user has no choice but to take a shower with a single type of water.

Therefore, there was not enough to meet the demands of modern people to enjoy a wider shower in order to wash their body and to relieve fatigue.

The present invention has been made in view of the above situation, the showerhead distributor that can supply water to the showerhead in a plurality of paths and the water is sprayed separately by supplying water for each nozzle having a different spray form, and this It is an object to provide a used shower head.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a supply unit including first and second supply pipes; An upper surface is connected to the distal end of the supply portion, and an inside thereof is connected to the first supply pipe, and a second water channel connected to the first supply channel extending toward the center and the second supply pipe and extending to the lower surface in parallel to the first channel. A first connection portion penetrated; And a fourth channel connecting an upper surface to a lower surface of the first connection part and connecting a third channel connecting the first channel with a first outlet provided at the center of the lower end, and a second channel provided at the lower side of the second channel. Provides a showerhead distributor comprising a second connection therethrough.

In addition, the third channel vertically penetrates through the inner center of the second connecting portion, and the fourth channel is disposed inside the upper end of the second connecting portion, and a vertical cross section is open at the top thereof to be connected to the second channel. A second channel connecting end having a horizontal cross section having an 'O' ring shape centering on a center of the third channel; And a second outlet connection end extending downward from the second channel connection end and connected to the second outlet.

In addition, the second outlet and the second outlet is characterized in that the plurality provided.

The lower end of the first connection part and the upper end of the second connection part may further include a locking part configured to couple the second connection part and the second connection part in a relatively horizontal rotation.

In addition, an upper end of the second connecting portion may include a first packing ring surrounding the outside of the third channel; And a second packing ring surrounding the outside of the second channel connection end.

In addition, the present invention uses a showerhead dispenser mentioned above, a plate-shaped body having a predetermined space connected to the first outlet; A plurality of first nozzles installed on a bottom surface of the main body and connected to an inside of the main body; A showerhead is provided on a lower surface of the main body, the shower head including a second nozzle connected to the second outlet and separately from the first nozzle.

In addition, the second nozzle is characterized in that the inlet water is a mist nozzle which is pulverized into fine particles by the internal rotating body and discharged in the form of a mist.

The showerhead distributor and the showerhead using the showerhead according to the present invention have the effect of spraying water in various spray forms in one showerhead. Therefore, the user can enjoy the shower while receiving water sprayed in various forms as needed

In addition, regardless of the arrangement of the end of the supply pipe during installation can be conveniently installed by turning the shower head in the desired direction.

1 is a perspective view of a conventional fixed shower head.
2 is a block diagram of a showerhead distributor according to the present invention.
3 is a cross sectional view of a first connection of a showerhead distributor according to the invention;
4 is a cross-sectional view of a second connection of a showerhead distributor according to the invention.
Figure 5 is a schematic view of the inner channel of the second connection portion of the showerhead distributor according to the present invention.
6 is a block diagram of a showerhead according to the present invention.
7 is a bottom view of the main body of the showerhead according to the present invention;
8 is a side view of a first nozzle of a showerhead according to the present invention;
9 is a sectional view of a second nozzle of the showerhead according to the present invention;
10 is a perspective view of a rotating body of the showerhead according to the present invention.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the showerhead distributor according to the present invention with reference to the drawings in detail.

The showerhead distributor 100 according to the present invention supplies water to the showerhead (see reference numeral 200 in FIG. 6) by nozzles having different spray types in at least two paths, preferably as shown in FIG. 2. Similarly, the supply unit 110 including at least two supply pipes 111 and 112, and at least two channels connected to the ends of the supply unit 110 and connecting the supply pipes 111 and 112, respectively, are separated through the lower end. It includes a connecting portion (120, 130) extending to.

Therefore, the shower head distributor 100 is divided into the water supply pipe 111, 112 and the water supplied from the supply pipe 111, 112 provided from the outside of the connection portion 120, 130 It is discharged to the bottom center or side along the inner channel to provide at least two supply channels to the shower head connected to the shower head distributor 100.

Looking at each of them in detail as follows.

First, the supply unit 110 divides water provided from the outside into at least two paths and provides them to the connection units 120 and 130, and preferably includes first and second supply pipes 111 and 112.

In this case, the first and second supply pipes 111 and 112 may be surrounded by one exterior 113.

In addition, the supply unit 110 may further include a distribution tube (not shown) and a control valve (not shown) for distributing / adjusting such that water provided from the outside is delivered to any or all of the plurality of supply pipes 111 and 112. Can be.

Referring to the distribution pipe (not shown) and the control valve (not shown) schematically, the distribution pipe (not shown) is divided into a plurality of ends to supply water introduced from the outside to each of the plurality of supply pipe (111, 112). The control valve (not shown) regulates the inner channel of the distribution pipe (not shown) to control the water to advance to any one or all of the selected ends of the split ends of the distribution pipe (not shown).

The understanding of such a distribution pipe (not shown) and control valve (not shown) will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

Next, the connection parts 120 and 130 are interposed between the shower head (refer to reference numeral 200 of FIG. 6) and the supply part 110 to pass the water passing through the respective supply pipes 111 and 112 to the shower head in a separate path. By passing, preferably a plurality of channels through the inside of the body of a cylindrical or similar form to separate.

In addition, the connection parts 120 and 130 may be divided into a first connection part 120 and a second connection part at the bottom. The first connection part 120 and the second connection part 130 separated as described above are coupled through the locking part 140, and the first connection part 120 and the second connection part 130 are horizontally rotated about the same vertical axis. do.

First, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first connection part 120 preferably has an upper surface connected to an end of the supply part 110, and is connected to the first supply pipe 111 therein and extends to the center of the lower surface thereof. The first channel 121, which is connected to the second supply pipe 112, and the second channel 123 extending to the lower surface in parallel with the first channel 121 penetrate through the first channel 121.

Accordingly, the water introduced from the first supply pipe 111 is discharged to the center of the lower surface of the first connection part 120 via the first water channel 121 and the water introduced from the second supply pipe 112 is the second water channel 123. Via the first channel 121 of the lower surface of the first connecting portion 120 is discharged to a point around the opening.

On the contrary, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 4, the second connection unit 130 preferably has an upper surface closely adhered to the lower surface of the first connection unit 120, and an inner surface of the second connection unit 121 and the lower center thereof. The third channel 131 connecting the first outlet 135 provided therein and the fourth channel 133 connecting the second channel 123 and the second outlet 137 provided on the lower side thereof pass through the channel.

In other words, when the upper surface of the second connector 130 contacts the lower surface of the first connector 120, the upper end of the third channel 131 is the first channel 121, and the upper end of the fourth channel 133 is formed. It is connected to the second channel 123.

The lower end of the third channel 131 opens the center of the lower surface of the second connecting portion 130 to form a first outlet 135 therein, and the lower end of the fourth channel 133 is formed of the second connecting portion 130. A second outlet 137 is formed by opening a peripheral or lower sidewall of which the third channel 131 is opened.

To this end, the third channel 131 preferably penetrates vertically through the inner center of the second connector 130, and the vertical line passing through the center of the third channel 131 is the first connector 120 mentioned above. And it is preferable to coincide with the vertical axis to be the center of rotation of the second connecting portion 130.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 5, the fourth channel 133 is preferably formed in the upper end of the second connector 130, and has a vertical cross section in the form of a groove open at the top thereof to be connected to the second channel 123. The horizontal cross section extends downwardly from the second channel connecting end 133a and the second channel connecting end 133a having an 'O' ring shape centering on the center of the third channel 131 and the second outlet 137. And a second outlet connection end 133b connected thereto.

In this case, the radius of the second channel connecting end 133a having the 'O' ring shape has a length corresponding to the distance between the terminal centers of the first and second channels 121 and 123 opened on the bottom surface of the first connecting part 120. Has This is because the end of the second channel 123 is always disposed on the upper portion of the second channel connecting end 133a which rotates together when the second connector 130 rotates relative to the first connector 120 horizontally. The second channel connection end 133a and the second channel 123 maintain the connection.

In addition, a plurality of second outlet connection ends 133b may be provided. Preferably, four second outlet connection ends 133b are extended downward from the second channel connection end 133a and four lower sidewalls of the second connection part 130 are opened. Second outlets 137 are formed.

In addition, the engaging portion 140 for rotatably coupling the first connecting portion 120 and the second connecting portion 130 is a locking end extending from any one of the lower end of the first connecting portion 120 or the second connecting portion 130. 141 and the lower end of the first connecting portion 120 or the second connecting portion 130, the end of the locking end 141 may be made of a locking groove 143 is inserted.

Therefore, the first connection part 120 and the second connection part 130 are coupled to the locking end 141 and the locking groove 143 so that the bottom surface of the first connection part 120 and the upper surface of the second connection part 130 are in close contact with each other. And relative rotation horizontally about the same vertical axis.

As a result, the shower head (refer to reference numeral 200 of FIG. 6) coupled to the second connection portion 130 to be rotated can be easily rotated in a desired direction during installation so that it can be easily placed in a desired direction irrespective of the distal direction of the supply unit 110. Can be.

In addition, the second connecting portion 130 preferably has a second packing ring circumscribing the outside of the first channel 131 and the second channel connecting end 133a which surrounds the outside of the third channel 131 at the top. 153 more.

Therefore, even if the lower surface of the first connecting portion 120 and the upper surface of the second connecting portion 130 do not achieve perfect contact with each other, the water flowing into the first water channel 121 proceeds only to the third water channel 131 and the second water channel ( The water flowing into 123 proceeds only to the fourth water channel 133 to clearly provide a water channel divided in the shower head.

Next, looking at the shower head 200 using the shower head distributor 100 according to the present invention as follows.

The shower head 200 according to the present invention uses the shower head distributor 100 mentioned above to spray water to be divided into nozzles having different spray forms, and as shown in FIG. 6, a predetermined space is provided. The inside of the body has a plate-shaped body 201 connected to the first outlet 135, the plurality of first nozzles 210, the body 201 is installed on the lower surface of the body 201 and connected to the interior of the body 201 The second nozzle 220 is installed on the lower surface of the first nozzle 210 and connected to the second outlet 137.

At this time, the second nozzle 220 is connected to the second outlet 137 through a separate connecting pipe 221 and disconnected from the inside of the main body 201 filled with water as described below.

Here, the main body 201 is to fill the inner space 203 to provide a plurality of first nozzles 210, preferably as shown in Figs. 6 and 7, a hollow plate having a thin thickness and a large area Shape.

At this time, the inner space 203 may provide sufficient water to the first nozzle 210 as the thickness is thinner and the area is larger.

In addition, preferably the expansion cap 205 is mounted in the center of the inner space 203 and the first outlet 135 is connected to the expansion cap 205, this expansion cap 205 is the water introduced to the upper It is apparent to those skilled in the art that it has a structure that can be spread widely laterally.

Therefore, the water introduced into the expansion cap 205 through the first outlet 135 is injected to the side to be filled to the edge end of the inner space 203 having a large area.

The first nozzle 210 sprays water like a shower like a general shower. Preferably, the first nozzle 210 penetrates vertically through the injection hole 211 having a narrower lower end as shown in FIG. The upper end is connected to the inner space 203.

Therefore, the water filled from the first outlet 135 to the inner space 203 of the main body 201 is sprayed to the outside through the injection hole 211.

As a result, the water that has been filled in the internal space 203 through the plurality of first nozzles 210 installed on the lower surface of the main body 201 of a large area is sprayed down into several streams of water.

The second nozzle 220 sprays water in an unusual form, for example, in the form of fine particles such as mist (this type of spray nozzle is hereinafter referred to as a 'mist nozzle') or the first nozzle 210. By spraying water at an angle different from), preferably, the introduced water may be a mist nozzle 230 which is pulverized into fine particles by the internal rotating body 232 and discharged in the form of a mist.

The mist nozzle 230 preferably includes a rotating body 232 interposed between the upper cap 231 and the lower cap 236 and the upper and lower caps 236 to rotate.

Therefore, water introduced into the upper end of the upper cap 231 is pulverized by the rotation of the rotor 232 and is injected into the fine particles such as fog through the discharge hole 237 of the lower cap 236.

At this time, the rotor 232 is preferably in the form of a cylinder, as shown in Figure 10, the at least one longitudinal groove 233 on the outer circumferential surface of the catchment space in the inside of the pit so as to extend from the top to the bottom of the rotor in a predetermined width ( 235 is provided and the inlet hole 234 extending to the collecting space 235 on one side of the bottom of the vertical groove 233 is perforated.

Here, the inlet hole 234 is disposed to move left or right horizontally from the vertical plane including the rotation axis of the rotating body 232, which serves to rotate the rotating body 232.

Accordingly, the water introduced into the upper cap 231 moves to the water collecting space 235 through the vertical groove 233 and the inlet hole 234, and the injection force of the water ejected toward the water collecting space 235 from the inlet hole 234 Is a reaction to the rotating body 232 is rotated.

As a result, the rotating body 232 rotates and the water filled in the water collecting space 235 causes the whirlwind with the friction force with the rotating body 232 to be pulverized into fine particles and sprayed like a mist through the discharge hole 237.

The second nozzle 220 is not limited to the mist nozzle 230 and may be replaced with any of various forms of spraying water differently from the first nozzle 210, and the application thereof will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

In the shower head 200 using the shower head distributor 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, the water introduced into the first supply pipe 111 passes through the first channel 121 and the third channel 131. Water injected through the first nozzle 210 and introduced into the second supply pipe 112 is injected through the second nozzle 220 through the second channel 123 and the fourth channel 133.

Accordingly, the showerhead 200 according to the present invention divides water introduced into one path from the outside into at least two paths and provides the sprayed nozzles with different nozzle types for different types of water in one showerhead 200. There is an effect that can achieve the injection.

In addition, by manipulating a control valve (not shown), water may be injected into only one of the plurality of supply pipes 111 and 112 to inject water only into a nozzle connected to the corresponding supply pipes 111 and 112. Water can be introduced into both 111 and 112 so that all nozzles can spray water together.

In addition, the relative rotation of the first connection portion 120 and the second connection portion 130 horizontally, by turning the shower head 200 in the desired direction irrespective of the arrangement or direction of the end of the supply pipe (111, 112) during installation Easy to install

The above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and there may be various modifications. However, if these modifications are included in the technical spirit of the present invention will be within the scope of the present invention, the scope of the present invention can be easily understood by those skilled in the art through the following claims.

10: fixed showerhead 11: plate
12: nozzle 100: showerhead distributor
110: supply unit 111: first supply pipe
112: second supply pipe 113: appearance
120: first connection portion 121: first channel
123: second channel 130: second connection portion
131: third channel 133: fourth channel
133a: second channel connecting end 133b: second outlet connecting end
135: first outlet 137: second outlet
140: locking portion 141: locking end
143: locking groove 151: first packing ring
153: second packing ring 200: shower head
201: main body 203: internal space
205: expansion cap 210: first nozzle
211: injection hole 220: second nozzle
221: connector 230: mist nozzle
231: top cap 232: rotating body
233: vertical groove 234: inlet hole
235: catchment space 236: hacap
237 discharge hole W: water

Claims (7)

A supply unit including first and second supply pipes;
An upper surface is connected to the distal end of the supply portion, and an inside thereof is connected to the first supply pipe, and a second water channel connected to the first supply channel extending toward the center and the second supply pipe and extending to the lower surface in parallel to the first channel. A first connection portion penetrated;
An upper surface is in close contact with a lower surface of the first connection part, and an inner portion includes a third channel connecting the first channel and a first outlet provided at the center of the lower end, and a fourth channel connecting the second channel and the second outlet provided at the lower side. A second connection portion penetrated; And
And a catching part for engaging the lower end of the first connection part and the upper end of the second connection part in a relatively horizontal rotation.
The method according to claim 1,
The third channel vertically penetrates through the inner center of the second connecting portion;
The fourth channel
A second channel connection formed in an upper end of the second connection part and having a vertical cross section connected to the second channel, and having a top open, and a horizontal cross section having an 'O' ring centered on the center of the third channel; only; And
And a second outlet connection end extending downward from the second channel connection end and connected to the second outlet.
The method according to claim 2,
The second outlet and the second outlet connection end is provided with a plurality of shower head distributor.
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The upper end of the second connection portion
A first packing ring surrounding the outside of the third channel; And
And a second packing ring surrounding the outside of the second channel connection end.
A showerhead using a showerhead distributor according to any one of claims 1 to 3 or 5,
A plate-shaped body having a predetermined space connected to the first outlet;
A plurality of first nozzles installed on a bottom surface of the main body and connected to an inside of the main body; And
A second nozzle installed on the bottom surface of the main body and separated from the first nozzle and connected to the second outlet;
The second nozzle is a mist nozzle in which the water introduced is crushed into fine particles by a rotating body therein and discharged in the form of a mist.
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