US 12,110,669 B2 · Shower with electronically-actuated mode changing

Abstract

A shower system for controlling a spray pattern of water includes a sprayer and a control device. The sprayer includes a housing and an electronic diverter. The housing includes a water inlet and a plurality of water outlets configured to discharge water from the housing to form a plurality of different spray patterns. The electronic diverter is located within the housing and configured to automatically divert the water to different sets of the plurality of water outlets to form the plurality of different spray patterns responsive to an instruction signal. The control device is separate from the sprayer and is configured to provide the instruction signal to the electronic diverter to cause the electronic diverter to change between the plurality of different spray patterns.

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Dependent claims

A shower system for controlling a spray pattern of water, the shower system comprising:

a sprayer comprising:
a housing comprising a water inlet and a plurality of water outlets configured to discharge water from the housing to form a plurality of different spray patterns;
and
an electronic diverter located within the housing and configured to automatically divert the water to different sets of the plurality of water outlets to form the plurality of different spray patterns responsive to an instruction signal, wherein the electronic diverter is configured to transition between the plurality of different spray patterns within a rotation interval less than an amount of time required for the water discharged from the housing to form a spray pattern of the plurality of different spray patterns;
and
a control device separate from the sprayer and configured to provide the instruction signal to the electronic diverter to cause the electronic diverter to change between the plurality of different spray patterns.

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A sprayer for use in a shower environment, the sprayer comprising:

a housing comprising a water inlet and a plurality of water outlets configured to discharge water from the housing to form a plurality of different spray patterns;
an electronic diverter located within the housing and configured to transition the water discharged from the housing between the plurality of different spray patterns responsive to an instruction signal provided by a control device separate from the sprayer, wherein the electronic diverter is configured to transition between the plurality of different spray patterns within a rotation interval less than an amount of time required for the water discharged from the housing to form a spray pattern of the plurality of different spray patterns, the electronic diverter comprising:
a pattern wheel configured to rotate between a plurality of different positions to form the plurality of different spray patterns;
and
an actuator configured to operate the pattern wheel to rotate between the plurality of different positions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Shower with electronically-actuated mode changing

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