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US 12,343,740 B2Granted
Showerhead with turbine driven shutter
AssigneeWater Pik, Inc.
InventorMichael J. Quinn
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Abstract
A showerhead is disclosed including a first nozzle, a second nozzle, and a massage mode assembly in fluid communication with a fluid inlet, the first nozzle and the second nozzle. The massage mode assembly includes a turbine, a cam coupled to the turbine defining a dwell edge that extends between a leading corner and a follower corner, and a shutter movably coupled to the cam, where movement of the turbine causes the cam to drive shutter between a first position covering the first nozzle and opening the second nozzle and a second position opening the first nozzle and covering the second nozzle.
Claims8
A showerhead comprising:
- a first nozzle;
- a second nozzle;
- and
- a massage mode assembly in fluid communication with a fluid inlet, the first nozzle, and the second nozzle, the massage mode assembly comprising:
- a turbine;
- a cam coupled to the turbine defining a dwell edge that extends between a leading corner and a follower corner;
- and
- a shutter movably coupled to the cam, wherein movement of the turbine causes the cam to drive the shutter between a first position covering the first nozzle and opening the second nozzle and a second position opening the first nozzle and covering the second nozzle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.