IP Library Granted Patent US 10,046,341
Granted Patent B2
US 10,046,341 · App. 14/150,208 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Shower system combining a top sprayer and a hand shower

Inventors: Yulin Wu (Xiamen, CN); Wenbin Fan (Xiamen, CN); Bin Cao (Xiamen, CN); Huasong Zhou (Xiamen, CN)
Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
B05B1/185B05B1/3026E03C1/0408E03C1/0409
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Patent No.
US 10,046,341
App. No.
14/150,208
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shower system includes a top sprayer with at least two water types and a hand shower. The top sprayer is disposed with an inlet waterway to connect to the water source and first diversion waterways corresponding to the water types one by one; wherein the top sprayer is further disposed with a second diversion waterway, the hand shower is connected to the second diversion waterway by an external flexible pipe; the top sprayer is disposed with a switch mechanism, the switch mechanism is cooperated to the inlet waterway, the first diversion waterways and the second diversion waterway to switch the waterways, thus switching any diversion waterway to connect to the inlet waterway.

Claims (32)

1. A shower system, comprising:

an inlet waterway in communication with a water source;

a top sprayer connected to the inlet waterway, configured to provide at least two water types, and being comprised of:

a fixed portion comprising outlet components including at least two outlet portions corresponding to each of the at least two water types;

at least two first diversion waterways corresponding respectively to each of the at least two outlet portions;

a second diversion waterway; and

a switch mechanism that comprises:

a water diversion body that is fixed inside the fixed portion, that has a fixing shaft that rotatably extends from the water diversion body to outside of the top sprayer in a sealing way, and that has defined therein at least two first water diversion openings that respectively communicate with the at least two first diversion waterways and a second water diversion opening that communicates with the second diversion waterway;

a rotatable actuator that extends partially outside of the fixed portion so as to be accessible and is coaxially fixed to the fixing shaft; and

a water diversion plate that is rotatably positioned within the water diversion body and sealed, that has defined there through a water diversion hole that communicates with the inlet waterway, and that is fixed to the fixing shaft which, when rotated by the rotatable actuator, drives the water diversion plate to rotate, causing the water diversion hole to switch to communicate variously with the at least two first water diversion openings and the second water diversion opening; and

a hand shower connected to the second diversion waterway by an external flexible pipe,

wherein the switch mechanism cooperates with the inlet waterway, the at least two first diversion waterways and the second diversion waterway to switch output of the inlet waterway to either (a) one first diversion waterway only, (b) another first diversion waterway only, (c) the one and the another first diversion waterways together, (d) the one first diversion waterway and the second diversion waterway together, (e) the another first diversion waterway and the second diversion waterway together, or (f) the second diversion waterway only.

2. The shower system according to claim 1 , wherein the rotatable actuator includes a knob that extends partially outside of the fixed portion so as to be accessible.

3. The shower system according to claim 2 , wherein the water diversion body has a concave cavity, the water diversion plate is disposed inside the concave cavity, and the fixing shaft passes through a bottom surface of the concave cavity and extends out of the water diversion body,

wherein the top sprayer has a press base that has a through hole defined therethrough, that is assembled to the concave cavity of the water diversion body, and the water diversion plate is disposed between the bottom surface of the concave cavity and the press base,

wherein a spring is provided between and abuttingly engages the press base and the water diversion plate, and

wherein the inlet waterway comprises the through hole defined in the press base.

4. The shower system according to claim 2 , wherein the fixed portion comprises a top sprayer front cover and a top sprayer back cover, the top sprayer front cover being fixed to the top sprayer back cover face to face,

wherein the water diversion body is disposed between the top sprayer front cover and the top sprayer back cover, and

wherein the knob is disposed at a front portion of the top sprayer front cover.

5. The shower system according to claim 2 , wherein each of the at least two first diversion waterways is a first internal flexible pipe that is connected to a respective one of the at least two first water diversion openings and to a respective one of the at least two outlet portions.

6. The shower system according to claim 2 , wherein the top sprayer is provided with a joint,

wherein the second diversion waterway is a second internal flexible pipe that is connected to the second water diversion opening and to the joint, and

wherein the external flexible pipe is connected to the joint.

7. The shower system according to claim 1 , wherein the top sprayer is assembled to a hanging arm that has defined therein an internal through hole, and the inlet waterway is connected to the internal through hole of the hanging arm.

8. The shower system according to claim 1 , wherein the top sprayer is provided with a coupling surface to couple the top sprayer to the hand shower and with a first magnetic unit provided therein, and

wherein the hand shower is provided with a second magnetic unit so that attraction of the first magnetic unit and the second magnetic unit attaches the hand shower to the coupling surface of the top sprayer.

9. The shower system according to claim 8 , wherein the fixed portion comprises a top sprayer front cover having a front side and a back side; and a top sprayer back cover, the top sprayer front cover being fixed to the top sprayer back cover face to face,

wherein the coupling surface is disposed on the front side of the top sprayer front cover,

wherein the back side of the top sprayer front cover corresponding to the coupling surface is provided with a first accommodating base in which the first magnetic unit is disposed inside thereof,

wherein the hand shower is provided with a back cover having an internal side provided with a second accommodating base in which the second magnetic unit is disposed inside thereof.

10. The shower system according to claim 9 , wherein the coupling surface is coupled to the back cover of the hand shower.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 21, 2017
From: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; ZHOU, HUASONG
To: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 044599/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2014
From: WU, YULIN; FAN, WENBIN; CAO, BIN; ZHOU, HUASONG
To: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; ZHOU, HUASONG
Reel/Frame 031918/0472 →
Priority Claims (2)
CN 2013 1 0513988 · Oct 25, 2013 · national
CN 2013 2 0666083 U · Oct 25, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
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