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US 2006/0219822 A1Published application
Dual volume shower head system
AssigneeAlsons Corporation
InventorsMichael Miller, Mordechai Lev, Jon Voel
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Abstract
A dual volume shower head assembly utilizes two flow control regulators to provide specific flow rates. A flow control diverts fluid flow around a low flow limiter such that an upstream high flow limiter provides the restriction. The limiters may provide any desired flow rate by simply snapping a limiter of a desired rate into the mount locations.
Claims20
A volume control shower head assembly comprising:
- a high flow limiter;
- a regulator plate having an opening;
- a low flow limiter downstream of said high flow limiter;
- a flow control mounted within said opening along a first axis;
- a cam shaft transverse to said first axis, said cam shaft movable to move said flow control between a first position engaged with said opening to provide a first flow volume defined by said low flow limiter and a second position disengaged from said first opening to provide a second flow volume defined by said high flow limiter.
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A volume control shower head assembly comprising:
- a ball connector;
- a high flow limiter mounted within said ball connector;
- a regulator plate having an opening and a low flow limiter, said regulator plate downstream of said high flow limiter;
- a flow control mounted within said opening along a first axis;
- a cam shaft transverse to said first axis, said cam shaft movable to move said flow control between a first position engaged with said opening to provide a first flow volume defined by said low flow limiter and a second position disengaged from said first opening to provide a second flow volume defined by said high flow limiter;
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- a flow engine mounted downstream of said regulator plate to define a spray pattern.
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A method of volume control for a dual volume shower head assembly comprising the steps of:
- (A) communicating a fluid through a high flow limiter to provide a first fluid flow volume defined by the high flow limiter;
- (B) communicating the fluid through a low flow limiter after said step (A) to restrict the first flow volume to a second fluid flow volume less than the first fluid flow volume;
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- (C) selectively communicating the first fluid flow through both the low flow limiter and an opening to provide the first fluid flow volume as defined by the high flow limiter.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.