IP Library Granted Patent US 11,241,702
Granted Patent B2
US 11,241,702 · App. 16/394,806 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Showerhead with scanner nozzles

Inventors: Todd A. Huffington (Avon, IN); Gregory A. Russell (Catonsville, MD)
Assignee: Delta Faucet Company
B05B1/185B05B1/08B05B7/0892B05B15/654
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Patent No.
US 11,241,702
App. No.
16/394,806
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A showerhead assembly including a plurality of scanner nozzles. Each scanner nozzle includes an oscillation chamber fluidly coupled to an inlet aperture and an outlet aperture, and configured to discharge a random sweeping jet from the outlet aperture over a coverage area.

Claims (25)

1. A showerhead assembly comprising:

a front faceplate including a faceplate body having a front surface and defining a faceplate longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to the front surface;

a rear housing including a housing body coupled to the front faceplate and having a rear wall supporting a fluid connector for receiving pressurized water from a water source;

the front faceplate further including an outer ring of first bores within the faceplate body, each first bore including a longitudinal bore axis oriented at a first angle relative to the faceplate longitudinal axis;

the front faceplate further including an inner ring of second bores within the faceplate body, each second bore including a longitudinal bore axis oriented at a second angle relative to the faceplate longitudinal axis, the first angle being greater than the second angle;

a plurality of scanner nozzles supported within the outer ring of first bores and the inner ring of second bores and coupled to the front faceplate; and

wherein each scanner nozzle includes an upstream end member and a downstream end member defining an oscillation chamber; and

wherein the rear wall of the rear housing includes engagement portions angled relative to the faceplate longitudinal axis, each of the engagement portions contacting a respective one of the upstream end members.

2. The showerhead assembly of claim 1 , wherein the outer ring of first bores and the inner ring of second bores comprise a plurality of stepped bores.

3. The showerhead assembly of claim 1 , further comprising an o-ring compressed between each of the scanner nozzles and the front faceplate to secure the scanner nozzles within the first and second bores.

4. The showerhead assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front faceplate, the rear housing and the plurality of scanner nozzles define at least one of a fixed showerhead and a handshower.

5. The showerhead assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front faceplate, the rear housing and the plurality of scanner nozzles define a handshower, and the handshower is removably coupled to a fixed showerhead.

6. A showerhead assembly comprising:

a first fluid dispensing unit including a first plurality of stepped bores, and a first plurality of scanner nozzles received within the first plurality of stepped bores;

a second fluid dispensing unit removably coupled to the first fluid dispensing unit, the second fluid dispensing unit including a second plurality of stepped bores, and a second plurality of scanner nozzles received within the second plurality of stepped bores;

wherein the first plurality of scanner nozzles are angled at a different angular orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the showerhead assembly than the second plurality of scanner nozzles; and

wherein each scanner nozzle includes an upstream end member and a downstream end member defining an oscillation chamber; and

wherein each of the stepped bores includes an engagement portion angled relative to the longitudinal axis, each engagement portion contacting a respective one of the upstream end members.

7. The showerhead assembly of claim 6 , wherein the first fluid dispensing unit is a fixed showerhead, and the second fluid dispensing unit is a handshower removably coupled to the fixed showerhead.

8. The showerhead assembly of claim 7 , wherein:

the fixed showerhead includes a front faceplate and a rear housing supporting the front faceplate, the front faceplate including the first plurality of stepped bores and the rear housing including a rear wall; and

the handshower includes a front faceplate and a rear housing supporting the front faceplate, the front faceplate including a front wall and the second plurality of stepped bores and the rear housing including a rear wall.

9. The showerhead assembly of claim 8 , wherein the front faceplate of the handshower defines the longitudinal axis, and the first plurality of stepped bores include a longitudinal axis angled from the longitudinal axis of the front faceplate of the handshower.

10. The showerhead assembly of claim 9 , wherein the first plurality of stepped bores define an outer ring of stepped bores and an inner ring of stepped bores, and wherein a longitudinal axis of the outer ring of stepped bores is angled from the longitudinal axis of the front faceplate at an angle greater than a longitudinal axis of the inner ring of stepped bores is angled from the longitudinal axis of the front faceplate.

11. The showerhead assembly of claim 8 , further comprising an o-ring compressed between each of the scanner nozzles and the front faceplate to secure the scanner nozzles within the fixed showerhead and the handshower.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 8, 2019
From: HUFFINGTON, TODD A.
To: DELTA FAUCET COMPANY
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 15918569 · Mar 12, 2018
Continuation 15139565 · Apr 27, 2016
Provisional Application 62154445 · Apr 29, 2015
Related Publication 20190247868A1 · Aug 15, 2019
Cited By (1)
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