Shower head
AssigneeHansgrohe SE
InventorGunter Glunk
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Abstract
The invention relates to a shower head containing a cup-like housing (1) that, in particular, is injection molded out of plastic. The cup bottom has an opening (3) for placing a connection element (4) therethrough. A spray disk element (7) is joined to the housing and can be joined to said housing (1) by means of a simple plugging-in, snapping-in or turning. The shower head is comprised of two parts and, optionally, of a separate seal (8, 15, 20).
Claims20
A shower head having
- 1.1 a housing (1) that has
- 1.1.1 an opening (3) for inserting a connecting element (4) and
- 1.1.2 an exit opening opposite the latter,
- 1.2 a sprayer-disk element (7) that has
- 1.2.1 a sprayer disk (6, 26, 36) sealed to the rim (5) of the housing (1) that covers the exit opening and
- 1.2.2 may be joined to the inner surface of the housing (1), and that has
- 1.3 a seal for sealing the inner surface of the housing (1) to the connecting element (4) that
- 1.3.1 is pressed against the connecting element (4) by the sprayer-disk element (7).
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the joining device is a bayonet fitting, or has a bayonet fitting.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the joining device is a threaded fitting.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the seal is an O-ring (20).
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the sprayer-disk element (7) has a roughly cylindrical extension (8) on whose outer end the sprayer disk (6, 26, 36) is attached.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the seal for sealing the connecting element (4) and the seal for sealing the edge of the sprayer disk (6, 26, 36) are molded into a single, monolithic unit.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the seal for sealing the sprayer disk (6, 36) is part of an elastomer disk (14) bearing the openings from which jets of water exit that abuts against the inner surface of the sprayer disk (6, 36).
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the seal for sealing the sprayer disk (6, 36) is loaded in compression along a direction normal to the plane of the opening in the housing (1) from which jets of water exit.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the sprayer disk (26) is configured such that it is resilient, or flexible, along a direction normal to its plane.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the sprayer disk (26) has a section (27) that is thinner than the remainder thereof extending around a zone near its edge.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the joining device is closer to the opening (3) for the connecting element (4) than to the opening in the housing (1) from which water exits, when viewed along the longitudinal direction.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the connecting element (4) has a roughly spherical end section (16) that engages the housing (1), is pivotable with respect to the housing (1), and is braked and detented by its seal.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the housing (1) and/or sprayer-disk element (6, 26, 36) is/are a single monolithic unit/single monolithic units injected molded from plastic.
A shower head according to any of the foregoing claims, wherein the sprayer disk (6, 36) and elastomer disk (14) are injection molded employing a two-component process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.