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US 12,539,521 B2Granted
Linear diverter for hand shower
AssigneeDelta Faucet Company
InventorsDavid Lee, Xinsheng Li, Junxi Lu, Xiongbo Fu
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Abstract
A showerhead including a handle supporting a water passageway and a sprayface, and a water diverter device. The water diverter device includes a pivotable waterway including a diverter body having an inlet and an outlet. The diverter body is pivotable such that the outlet is movable along an arcuate path. A driving mechanism is operably coupled to the water diverter device and includes a user interface, wherein axial movement of the user interface causes pivoting movement of the diverter body.
Claims21
A showerhead comprising:
- a handle extending along a longitudinal axis;
- a water passageway received within the handle;
- a sprayface supported by the handle and including a plurality of spray outlets which define a plurality of different sets of the spray outlets including a first set of spray outlets and a different second set of spray outlets;
- a directing plate including a substantially flat and planar wall with opposing substantially planar surfaces and a plurality of connecting ports, the connecting ports spaced apart in an arcuate path on the flat planar wall of the directing plate, each of the connecting ports forming an opening extending through the substantially flat and planar wall of the directing plate and providing fluid communication between the water passageway and an associated one of the plurality of different sets of the spray outlets;
- a water diverter device including a pivotable waterway including a diverter body having a proximal end and a distal end, the diverter body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway extending within the diverter body between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned distally of the inlet;
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- wherein the diverter body of the water diverter device is pivotable relative to the directing plate such that the outlet is movable along the arcuate path on the flat and planar wall of the directing plate, and the outlet is in selective communication with different ones of the connecting ports of the directing plate whereby, when the diverter body is in a first position along the arcuate path, water is discharged solely through the first set of spray outlets and, when the diverter body is in a second position along the arcuate path, water is discharged solely through the second set of spray outlets.
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A showerhead comprising:
- a handle extending along a longitudinal axis;
- a water passageway received within the handle;
- a sprayface supported by the handle and including a plurality of spray outlets which define a plurality of different sets of the spray outlets;
- a directing plate including a plurality of connecting ports, the connecting ports spaced apart in an arcuate path, each of the connecting ports providing fluid communication between the water passageway and an associated one of the plurality of different sets of the spray outlets;
- a water diverter device including a pivotable waterway including a diverter body having a proximal end and a distal end, the diverter body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway extending within the diverter body between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned distally of the inlet;
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- wherein the diverter body of the water diverter device is pivotable such that the outlet is movable along the arcuate path, and the outlet is in selective communication with different ones of the connecting ports of the directing plate;
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- wherein the water diverter device further includes a spring and a detent biased by the spring, and the directing plate includes a plurality of retaining recesses associated with the connecting ports, the detent configured to be selectively received within the retaining recesses.
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A showerhead comprising:
- a handle extending along a longitudinal axis;
- a water passageway received within the handle;
- a sprayface supported by the handle and including a plurality of spray outlets which define a plurality of different sets of the spray outlets;
- a directing plate including a plurality of connecting ports, the connecting ports spaced apart in an arcuate path, each of the connecting ports providing fluid communication between the water passageway and an associated one of the plurality of different sets of the spray outlets;
- a water diverter device including a pivotable waterway including a diverter body having a proximal end and a distal end, the diverter body defining an inlet, an outlet, and a fluid passageway extending within the diverter body between the inlet and the outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned distally of the inlet;
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- wherein the diverter body of the water diverter device is pivotable such that the outlet is movable along the arcuate path, and the outlet is in selective communication with different ones of the connecting ports of the directing plate;
- wherein the water diverter device further includes a compliant seal supported by the diverter body around the outlet, wherein the compliant seal includes a resilient gasket including a cup;
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- wherein a spring is operably coupled to the cup to bias the gasket toward the directing plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.