Fluid pump assembly
AssigneeWater Pressure Technologies LLC
InventorChristopher Murtagh
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Abstract
A self contained battery operated pump assembly to be installed in fluid communication between a shower arm and a shower head includes a pump; a pump motor connected with the pump for, when energized, driving the pump; and a battery that is electrically connected with the pump motor for energizing the pump motor. An inlet fitting is in fluid communication with the pump for directing water from the shower arm to the pump, the inlet fitting being configured for connection with the shower arm. An outlet fitting is in fluid communication with the pump for directing water under pressure from the pump to the shower head, the outlet fitting being configured for connection with the shower head.
Claims18
A shower pressure-increasing pump assembly configured to be installed at a location above a water stream emerging from a shower head, in fluid communication directly between the shower head and a shower arm that protrudes into a shower enclosure from a surface defining the enclosure, the pump assembly comprising:
- a pump configured to increase water pressure emerging from the shower arm at a first pressure to a second higher pressure entering the shower head;
- a pump motor connected with the pump for, when energized, driving the pump;
- a battery that is electrically connected with the pump motor for energizing the pump motor;
- an inlet fitting in fluid communication with the pump for directing water from the shower arm to the pump, the inlet fitting being configured for direct connection with the shower arm above the water stream;
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- an outlet fitting in fluid communication with the pump for directing water under pressure from the pump to the shower head, the outlet fitting being configured for direct connection with the shower head above the water stream.
A shower pressure-increasing pump assembly configured to be installed at a location above a water stream emerging from a shower head, in fluid communication directly between the shower head and a shower arm that protrudes into a shower enclosure from a surface defining the enclosure, the pump assembly comprising:
- a pump configured to increase water pressure emerging from the shower arm at a first pressure to a second higher pressure entering the shower head;
- an inlet fitting in fluid communication with the pump for directing water from the shower arm to the pump, the inlet fitting being configured for direct connection with the shower arm above the water stream;
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- an outlet fitting in fluid communication with the pump for directing water under pressure from the pump to the shower head, the outlet fitting being configured for direct connection with the shower head above the water stream.
A shower apparatus mountable on a shower arm that protrudes into a shower enclosure from a surface defining the enclosure and configured to increase water pressure emerging from the shower arm at a first pressure to a second higher pressure, the apparatus comprising:
- a pump assembly configured to be mounted in fluid communication with and directly to a fluid outlet of the shower arm;
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- a shower head having a fluid inlet directly connected in fluid communication with the pump assembly;
- the pump assembly comprising:
- a pressurizing pump for increasing water pressure from the first pressure to the second pressure higher than the first pressure;
- an inlet fitting configured for direct connection with the shower arm, the inlet fitting receiving water at the first pressure from the shower arm;
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- an outlet fitting configured for direct connection with the shower head, the outlet fitting directing water at the second pressure higher than the first pressure from the pump to the shower head,
- wherein the pump assembly is configured to be installed at a location above a water stream emerging from the shower head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.