IP Library Granted Patent US 10,464,077
Granted Patent B2
US 10,464,077 · App. 15/334,907 · Granted Nov 5, 2019

Combination showerhead with swing button switching

Inventors: Fengde Lin (Fujian, CN); Mingfu Zhang (Fujian, CN); Jincan Zhang (Fujian, CN)
Assignee: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
B05B1/1636B05B1/18B05B12/002E03C1/0408B05B1/1627
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Patent No.
US 10,464,077
App. No.
15/334,907
Granted
Nov 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A combination showerhead with swing button switching includes a fixing holder mounted to a supporting arm and including an inlet passage connected to the supporting arm and at least two diversion passages; a first showerhead mounted to the fixing holder and connected to at least one of the at least two diversion passages; a second showerhead connected to another of the at least two diversion passages; and a switching mechanism including a diversion plate rotatable relative to the fixing holder and cooperating with the inlet passage and the at least two diversion passages to switch waterways; a transmission part fixed on the diversion plate; and a swing button that is swingable relative to the fixing holder and that is connected to the transmission part so that swinging of the swing button drives the transmission part and causes the diversion plate to rotate. The fixing holder further includes a fixing seat.

Claims (31)

1. A combination showerhead with swing button switching of waterways, comprising:

a fixing holder that is mounted to a supporting arm and that comprises an inlet passage connected to the supporting arm, at least two water diversion passages, and a fixing seat and a connecting seat that define therebetween a diversion cavity;

a first showerhead that is mounted to the fixing holder and to which at least one of the at least two water diversion passages is connected;

a second showerhead to which another of the at least two water diversion passages is connected;

a switching mechanism that comprises:

a water diversion plate that is disposed within the diversion cavity, that is rotatable relative to the fixing holder, and that cooperates with the inlet passage and the at least two diversion passages to switch waterways;

a rod having an end that is fixed on the water diversion plate; and

a swing button that is swingable relative to the fixing holder and that is connected to the rod so that swinging of the swing button drives the rod and causes the water diversion plate to rotate to switch waterways,

wherein the swing button has a back and a connecting plate is fixed on the back of the swing button,

wherein the connecting seat has an end and an end of the connecting plate is disposed with a slide groove, and

wherein the rod is connected with and movable along the slide groove so that the slide groove and the rod cooperate with swinging of the swing button to cause the water diversion plate to rotate.

2. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 1 , wherein the switching mechanism further comprises an elastomeric portion that abuts against and between the water diversion plate and the fixing holder.

3. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fixing holder comprises a diversion body which has a fitting surface that is concavely disposed and that has defined there through a plurality of diversion holes in one to one correspondence with the at least two water diversion passages;

wherein the water diversion plate sealingly abuts against the fitting surface to realize switching among the plurality of diversion holes by rotating; and

wherein an assembly hole is defined through an upside and a downside of the diversion body, the rod is fixed on a surface of the water diversion plate facing toward the fitting surface, the rod passes through the assembly hole and the swing button is connected on a portion of the rod that passes through the assembly hole.

4. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 1 , wherein the fixing holder has a back and the back of the fixing holder is convexly disposed with an assembly portion and the switching mechanism is disposed inside the assembly portion with at least a portion of the swing button being located outside of the assembly portion for operation by a user.

5. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second showerhead has a handle and is a handle showerhead,

wherein an outlet of the at least two water diversion passages is connected to the second showerhead and is disposed on a sidewall of the assembly portion, and

wherein the handle showerhead is connected to a corresponding outlet through a flexible hose with the fixing holder being disposed with a connecting portion on a front lower portion thereof for handle showerhead connection.

6. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 4 , wherein the second showerhead is a fixed showerhead that is fixed on the fixing holder on a front lower portion thereof.

7. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 4 ,

wherein the fixing holder has a common portion and two forking portions that extend from the common portion,

wherein the first showerhead is rotatably connected between the two forking portions, and

wherein the first showerhead has a rotation axis and a hose piece is disposed along the rotation axis of the first showerhead and a part of the at least two water diversion passages is connected to the first showerhead along the hose piece.

8. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 7 , wherein the assembly portion is disposed on a back of the common portion.

9. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 4 , wherein the first showerhead is rotatably connected to the fixing holder, and a damping mechanism is disposed between the fixing holder and the first showerhead.

10. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 9 , wherein the damping mechanism comprises a locating holder from which extend at least two dangling portions, a turning block having a cylindrical inner wall that surrounding the at least two dangling portions and within which the at least two dangling portions are separately circumferentially disposed and a cam disposed within the at least two dangling portions, at least two dangling portions each have an inner wall having a variable radius and cooperate to form a rotary sleeve structure within which the cam is disposed, and the turning block is sleeved on the rotary sleeve structure, and

wherein the at least two dangling portions and the turning block have a frictional force therebetween that changes with rotation of the cam relative to the variable radius of respective inner walls of the at least two dangling portions to vary damping by the damping mechanism.

11. The combination showerhead with swing button switching according to claim 4 , wherein the fixing holder has a common portion and the first showerhead is rotatably connected to the common portion, and wherein the first showerhead has a rotation axis and at least a hose piece is disposed along the rotation axis of the first showerhead, and a part of the at least two water diversion passages is connected to the first showerhead along the hose piece.

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 Oct 26, 2016
From: LIN, FENGDE; ZHANG, MINGFU; ZHANG, JINCAN
To: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.; ZHOU, HUASONG
Reel/Frame 040140/0859 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2015 1 0917298 · Dec 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170165682A1 · Jun 15, 2017
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