Thin profile multi-function showerhead

Abstract

A showerhead includes a valve plate that is fixed in a housing and directs water received by the housing through apertures in the valve plate. A selector disk is coupled to and rotatable with respect to the valve plate. The selector disk has respective channels for conducting water from respective apertures at its rear to respective chambers at its front where different spray effects are produced. The respective apertures at the rear of the selector disk are selectably alignable to receive water from the apertures of the valve plate through rotation of the selector disk with respect to the valve plate, thereby producing the different spray effects based on the position to which the selector disk is rotated. A face plate is fixed to the selector disk and rotatable with the selector disk. The valve plate, selector disk and face plate are preferably joined by snap structures to reduce the axial length of the showerhead. The showerhead may be implemented as a stationary showerhead or a handheld showerhead.

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