US3749345A - Rod supported shower slide with eccentric clamp - Google Patents

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US3749345A
US3749345A US00163266A US3749345DA US3749345A US 3749345 A US3749345 A US 3749345A US 00163266 A US00163266 A US 00163266A US 3749345D A US3749345D A US 3749345DA US 3749345 A US3749345 A US 3749345A
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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
    • E03C1/06—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath
    • E03C1/066—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath allowing height adjustment of shower head
    • 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
    • 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
    • E03C1/06—Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath

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  • a rod supported shower slide includes a sliding body having a bore at one side for engagement around a rod on which it is slidable and a bore at an opposite end which is provided for a shower-spray holding pin.
  • a blind bore extends substantially perpendicular to the bore for the rod and in this bore is rotatably supported a pin which carries an eccentric having a curvature corresponding to the curvature of the rod upon which the device is engaged. The pin may be rotated to cause the eccentric to engage in holding engagement with the rod.
  • the slide body has a form of approximately an isosceles trapezoid.
  • the side faces on each side are planar and they taper conically toward each other from one side at the large diameter bore for receiving the rod to the other side to the small diameter bore for receiving the holding pin, and each side end is rounded.
  • the present invention relates in particular to a device for displaceably holding a hand shower on a rod and which comprises a slide body which has a sleeve bore receiving the rod and a cross bore normal thereto which contains an eccentric clamp.
  • the eccentric clamp serves to secure the hand shower holder on the vertically extending rod which may be fastened to a wall for example.
  • the body also carries a holding pin at its opposite end which may be engaged with a hand shower.
  • Hand shower holders are known including those which have clamping devices in the form of a pressure piece which is movable radially in relation to the rod and in which the pressure piece is pressed by means of a threaded part connected with a turning knob onto the surface of the rod when the holder is to be fixed in position.
  • the sliding bodies are made as a rule of a material such as solid brass, so that it is material to keep the body as small as possible both in respect to the cost and'in respect to the weight. It is also important that the body form not only appear attractive but that it exhibit a flat smooth and uninterrupted surface to the greatest possible extent so that there will be no dirty corners and the sliding body will be easy to clean.
  • a hand shower holder which comprises an improvement over the known shower holders inasmuch as it provides an attractively appearing body which is capable of easy sliding movement and which has an eccentric clamping device which has the advantage over the previously known devices in that it can be accommodated completely within the sliding body itself and it is capable of producing a more desirable clamping effect.
  • the sliding body is provided with opposite side faces of approximately isosceles trapezoid form and they extend into curved end portions at each end with one end being larger than the other in order to have a bore sufficient to accommodate the engagement rod so that the side faces extend substantially conically to each other and merge steadily from the widened end to the smaller end in which is located the pin for the shower holder.
  • the sliding body of the invention has many advantages over the prior forms of construction. It is very attractive and of very simple geometric form and it may be formed of a very small mass volume. It has practically only three external faces which are perfectly flat and smooth and exhibit no negative or positive discontinuities whatsoever, such as grooves, corners or pro- 5 jections.
  • the sleeve bore although it is limwhich provides a flat bottom face with a cylindrical pivot bearing.
  • the pivot bearing provides a mounting for an eccentric contained in the blind bore and a handle is connected to the pin and projects from the side face of the body in a position in which it may be easily turned in order to tighten the eccentric against the rod member which is received in a bore which is in communication with a blind bore.
  • the eccentric is formed of the curvature of the rod so that a line contact or even an area contact with the rod is effected rather than a point contact. This means that a much higher clamping force is attainable without danger of damage to the rod surface.
  • the eccentric is advantageously made up of material such as plastic, or is coated with a plastic covering, so that there will be no damage to the rod during any clamping engagement thereof.
  • the eccentric comprises a cylindrical member with a surface formed in an axial direction corresponding to the curvature of the rod member which is accommodated in the rod receiving bore adjacent the blind bore. This insures that the eccentric will have a good frictional adhesion with the rod when it is clamped thereto, particularly when the eccentric is made of a plastic material or is coated with a plastic covering.
  • a simple installation and reliable support for the eccentric shaft in an axial direction is obtained by an annular locking element which is seated in an annular groove of the cross bore so that it defines a surface at the end of the bore against which the eccentric may bear during its rotation.
  • the eccentric shaft includes a projecting portion with a plurality of radial detent elements or projections which engage into the interior bore of a knob of plastic which is mounted thereover and secured by an axially extending screw.
  • an object of the invention to provide an improved slide member which is engageable on a rod member for movement therealong and which is adapted to hold a shower and which is formed of a shape to provide a maximum slide area engagement with the rod member over which it is movable and is provided with an eccentric clamping element contained in a bore defined in the body which extends it in an angle to the axis of the rod member.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a hand shower holder which includes a body made of generally isosceles trapezoidal configuration and which has a flat surface at each sidewhich extends substantially conically from a larger diameter bore portion, to accommodate a rod member on which the holder is slidable, to a smaller diameter bore portion for accommodating a shower pin holder, and having a body with smooth surfaces which are not subject to the accumulation of dirt and a shape providing a maximum of bearing surface area for sliding engagement with a minimum of mass volume.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a shower holder which is simple in design, rugged in construction and economical to manufacture.
  • FIG. 1 is a side elevational view of a shower holder constructed in accordance with the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a section taken along the lines 11-11 of FIG.
  • the slide body 1 includes a large diameter sleeve bore 3 for the reception of the guide rod 2 and the opposite end is provided with a small diameter bore for receiving a holding pin 6 on which a hand shower may be inserted.
  • the body has the form of an isosceles trapezoid with the sleeve bore 3 being arranged along the base line 4 of the trapezoid.
  • the outer part of the circumference has a thin wall 5 which forms a smooth curved transition between a first planar side wall 7 and a second planar side wall 8.
  • the bore for the pin 6 and the sleeve bore 3 extend parallel to each other so that the holding pin 6 may be held at a fixed distance from the tubular support rod 2.
  • the side faces of the side wall 7 and 8 are perfectly flat and extend conically to each other from the large diameter sleeve bore 3 to the small diameter bore for the pin 6 and they merge steadily into the rounded end wall 10 from the opposite rounded end wall 9.
  • the bore is lined with a plastic covering 11 which bears against the outer surface of the rod 2.
  • a cylindrical cross bore or blind bore 12 which partly overlaps the sleeve bore 3.
  • the blind bore 12 has a flat bottom or interior face 13 with a pivot bearing recess'l4 extending inwardly therefrom.
  • Clamping means in the form of an eccentric having a shaft 16 includes a concentrically arranged free end 15 which is rotatably supported in the pivot'bearing 14.
  • the shaft 16 carries an eccentric 17 which is affixed to the shaft 16 for rotation therewith.
  • the eccentric 17 is in the form of a truncated cone with a concave generated side surface 18 adapted to the rounding of the rod 2.
  • the eccentric 17 is made of a plastic material and it has a cylindrical guiding portion 19 which is guided during its rotation with the shaft 16 within the blind bore 12.
  • the shaft 16 with the eccentric 17 is secured against axial displacement by an annular lock element 21 in the form of a washer which is mounted in an annular groove of the cross bore 12 adjacent the outer end thereof.
  • the eccentric 17 or the shaft 16 is provided with a concentrically arranged cylindrical part which projects outwardly from the blind bore 12 and is provided with a plurality of radial detent elements or projections 22 which tightly engage within corresponding formations within a knob member 24.
  • the knob member 24 is made of a plastic material and which is secured to the eccentric 17 and the shaft 16 by an axial screw 25.
  • a hand shower holder displaceable on a rod comprising a sliding body with a large sleeve bore receiving the rod and a cross bore directed substantially perpendicularly thereto and partly overlapping the sleeve bore, a rotatable adjustable eccentric member rotatably mounted in the cross bore, said body having a small holding pin bore, a holding pin on said body located in said bore in spaced relation to the sleeve bore and directed parallel thereto, said slide body having, in side view, (FIG.
  • a hand shower holder according to claim 1
  • said eccentric includes a cylindrical base portion rotatably supported within said cross bore.
  • a hand shower holder according to claim 3, wherein said cross bore includes an annular groove adjacent the outer end thereof and a locking washer positioned in said groove and supporting said eccentric within said bore.
  • a hand shower holder according to claim 4, wherein saideccentric includes a shaft portion with an outer end extending outwardly from said cross bore and a knob of plastic material secured to the outer end of said shaft portion.
  • a slide holder according to claim 1, wherein said means for supporting an object comprises a pin extending substantially parallel to the cross bore and arranged at the opposite end of said side end walls, said first and second side walls being tapered inwardly from said end with the cross bore toward the end moving said pin.
  • a slide holder which is adapted to be slid along a support rod particularly for hand shower sprays, comprising, a slide body having spaced first and second side walls of generally triangular shape and side-end walls between the sides of the side walls with a support rod bore extendingtherethrough adjacent one end for receiving the support rod therethrough for sliding engagement therewith.
  • a blind bore extending inwardly from one of said side walls and into the support rod bore, an eccentric clamp rotatably supported in said blind bore and being engageable with the support rod for fixing the slide in a position therealong, said slide body being rounded at each front and back end between said side walls forming merging smooth front and back wall parts at each end between the spaced first and second side walls, the support rod bore extending through the widest part of said slide body to form a large slide engagement surface, said blind bore including an inner flat wall surface having a central cylindrical recess, said eccentric clamp including a shaft rotatably supported within said central recess and an eccentric in the form of a truncated the support rod.

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US4725030A (en) * 1986-12-29 1988-02-16 Hospital Systems, Inc. Removable bracket for attachment to rail
US4842231A (en) * 1986-11-12 1989-06-27 Jerome Warshawsky Adjustable friction mounting for lamps
US5931428A (en) * 1996-12-27 1999-08-03 Mitutoyo Corporation Bracket for clamping a measuring instrument and stand for supporting the same
EP1013836A3 (de) * 1998-12-22 2001-01-17 Hansgrohe AG Brausekombination
US6502796B1 (en) * 2000-04-03 2003-01-07 Resources Conservation, Inc. Shower head holder

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US2499011A (en) * 1947-02-21 1950-02-28 Robert W Weeks Antenna mast supporting bracket
US2551971A (en) * 1946-10-22 1951-05-08 Waltham Screw Company Instrument support
US2878673A (en) * 1956-04-10 1959-03-24 Grover P Christensen Mounting means for an auto antenna thermometer
US2931613A (en) * 1957-02-14 1960-04-05 Grohe Hans Clamp support for shower devices
US2998953A (en) * 1957-06-21 1961-09-05 O'connor Chadwell Panhead
US3211406A (en) * 1964-08-14 1965-10-12 Oxford Transducer Corp Inc Support assembly
GB1132421A (en) * 1966-05-05 1968-10-30 Roger Champion Device suitable for supporting a shower handle on an upright rod

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US2551971A (en) * 1946-10-22 1951-05-08 Waltham Screw Company Instrument support
US2499011A (en) * 1947-02-21 1950-02-28 Robert W Weeks Antenna mast supporting bracket
US2878673A (en) * 1956-04-10 1959-03-24 Grover P Christensen Mounting means for an auto antenna thermometer
US2931613A (en) * 1957-02-14 1960-04-05 Grohe Hans Clamp support for shower devices
US2998953A (en) * 1957-06-21 1961-09-05 O'connor Chadwell Panhead
US3211406A (en) * 1964-08-14 1965-10-12 Oxford Transducer Corp Inc Support assembly
GB1132421A (en) * 1966-05-05 1968-10-30 Roger Champion Device suitable for supporting a shower handle on an upright rod

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US4842231A (en) * 1986-11-12 1989-06-27 Jerome Warshawsky Adjustable friction mounting for lamps
US4725030A (en) * 1986-12-29 1988-02-16 Hospital Systems, Inc. Removable bracket for attachment to rail
US5931428A (en) * 1996-12-27 1999-08-03 Mitutoyo Corporation Bracket for clamping a measuring instrument and stand for supporting the same
EP1013836A3 (de) * 1998-12-22 2001-01-17 Hansgrohe AG Brausekombination
US6502796B1 (en) * 2000-04-03 2003-01-07 Resources Conservation, Inc. Shower head holder

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