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US 11,267,004 B2Granted
Spinning showerhead
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsMichael Scot Rosko, Thad J. Eads
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Abstract
A showerhead including an inlet fluid channel, a flow adaptor, an impeller, and an outer body having a plurality of first outlets. The outer body is rotatably supported such that the first outlets rotate about the inlet fluid channel.
Claims16
A showerhead comprising:
- an inlet fluid channel having a longitudinal axis;
- a flow adaptor fluidly coupled to the inlet fluid channel;
- an impeller fluidly coupled to the flow adaptor, the impeller having a bottom face and a plurality of ribs extending upwardly from the bottom face;
- an outer body coupled for rotation with the impeller, the outer body having a plurality of outwardly extending arms, the outwardly extending arms including a plurality of first outlets;
- wherein the outer body is rotatably supported such that the first outlets rotate about the longitudinal axis of the inlet fluid channel;
- and
- wherein the bottom face of the impeller includes a plurality of second outlets.
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A showerhead comprising:
- an inlet fluid channel having a longitudinal axis;
- a flow adaptor fluidly coupled to the inlet fluid channel;
- an impeller fluidly coupled to the flow adaptor and including a plurality of ribs;
- and an outer body coupled for rotation with the impeller and including a plurality of first outlets;
- wherein the outer body is rotatably supported such that the first outlets rotate about the longitudinal axis of the inlet fluid channel;
- and
- wherein the outer body includes a plurality of radially extruding arms and wherein the plurality of radially extruding arms define a partial helix.
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A showerhead comprising:
- an inlet fluid channel having a longitudinal axis;
- an impeller having a plurality of ribs, the impeller being fluidly coupled to the inlet fluid channel whereby fluid flow through the inlet fluid channel rotates the impeller;
- an outer body fluidly coupled to the inlet fluid channel and including a plurality of first outlets;
- a hydro-generator operably coupled to the impeller;
- wherein the outer body is rotatably supported such that the first outlets rotate about the longitudinal axis of the inlet fluid channel;
- and
- a motor electrically coupled to the hydro-generator, and operably coupled to drive the outer body in rotation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.