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US 10,946,395 B2Granted
Shower head
OwnerKevin J. Medeirosinventor
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Abstract
A shower head includes a spinning disk, which includes a fluid inlet, an upper plate coupled to the fluid inlet at the center of the upper plate, a lower plate coupled to the upper plate to form a perimeter edge of the spinning disk, at least two side spin ports on the perimeter edge, each side spin port is configured to project the fluid at a fluid projection angle relative to the perimeter edge and not perpendicular to the perimeter edge at such side spin port, and a plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate configured to allow the fluid to flow out of the spinning disk, wherein the spinning disk is configured to spin when the fluid is projected from the at least two side pin ports while the fluid also flows out of the spinning disk from the fluid outlets.
Claims19
A shower head, comprising:
- a spinning disk, comprising:
- a fluid inlet;
- an upper plate with a first perimeter, coupled to the fluid inlet at the center of the upper plate, allowing fluid to flow into the spinning disk from the fluid inlet;
- a lower plate with a second perimeter, coupled to the upper plate at the first perimeter to form a perimeter edge of the spinning disk;
- three or four side spin ports spaced substantially evenly from each other on the perimeter edge, each side spin port is configured to project the fluid at a fluid projection angle relative to the perimeter edge and not perpendicular to the perimeter edge at each side spin port;
- and
- a plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate configured to allow the fluid to flow out of the spinning disk, wherein the spinning disk is configured to spin when the fluid is projected from the three or four side pin ports while the fluid also flows out of the spinning disk from the fluid outlets, and wherein the plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate are aligned to form three or four curved lines, each of the three or four curved lines originates at or near the center of the lower plate and ends at one of the three or four side spin ports on the perimeter edge;
- a coupling, rotatably coupled with the spinning disk, allowing the spinning disk to rotate against the coupling;
- and
- a housing, coupled with the coupling at the center of the housing and configured to block the fluid projected from the three or four side spin ports on the perimeter edge of the spinning disk.
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A spinning disk, comprising:
- a fluid inlet;
- an upper plate with a first perimeter, coupled to the fluid inlet at the center of the upper plate, allowing fluid to flow into the spinning disk from the fluid inlet;
- a lower plate with a second perimeter, coupled to the upper plate at the first perimeter to form a perimeter edge of the spinning disk;
- at least two side spin ports on the perimeter edge, each side spin port is configured to project the fluid at a fluid projection angle relative to the perimeter edge and not perpendicular to the perimeter edge at each side spin port;
- and
- a plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate configured to allow the fluid to flow out of the spinning disk,
- wherein the plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate are aligned to form at least two lines, each of the at least two lines originates at or near the center of the lower plate and ends at one of the at least two spin ports on the perimeter edge,
- wherein the spinning disk is configured to spin when the fluid is projected from the at least two side pin ports while the fluid also flows out of the spinning disk from the fluid outlets.
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A shower head, comprising:
- a spinning disk, comprising:
- a fluid inlet;
- an upper plate with a first perimeter, coupled to the fluid inlet at the center of the upper plate, allowing fluid to flow into the spinning disk from the fluid inlet;
- a lower plate with a second perimeter, coupled to the upper plate at the first perimeter to form a perimeter edge of the spinning disk;
- at least two side spin ports on the perimeter edge, each side spin port is configured to project the fluid at a fluid projection angle relative to the perimeter edge and not perpendicular to the perimeter edge at each side spin port;
- and
- a plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate configured to allow the fluid to flow out of the spinning disk, wherein the spinning disk is configured to spin when the fluid is projected from the at least two side pin ports while the fluid also flows out of the spinning disk from the fluid outlets,
- wherein the plurality of fluid outlets on the lower plate are aligned to form at least two lines, each of the at least two lines originates at or near the center of the lower plate and ends at one et the at least two side spin ports on the perimeter edge;
- a coupling, rotatably coupled with the spinning disk, allowing the spinning disk to rotate against the coupling;
- and
- a housing, coupled with the coupling at the center of the housing and configured to block the fluid projected from the at least two side spin ports on the perimeter edge of the spinning disk.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.