Advanced Water And Energy Conserving Shower and Cleaning Systems And Methods
OwnerLarry K. Bakerinventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for energy-saving and water-saving devices are disclosed. In some embodiments, a head assembly is coupled to receive a liquid flow from a liquid supply and a gas flow from a gas supply, wherein the head assembly defines a mixing region configured to receive the liquid flow and the gas flow, and a dispensing portion configured to receive a combined flow from the mixing region. In some implementations, a spray nozzle may sprayably introduce the liquid flow into the mixing region. In other implementations, a plurality of curtain flows may be drawn through apertures into the dispensing portion by the combined flow. In still other implementations, a portion of the combined flow dispensed by the head assembly may be recaptured into the gas flow.
Claims20
A shower assembly, comprising:
- a liquid supply portion;
- a gas supply portion;
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- a head assembly coupled to receive a liquid flow from the liquid supply portion and a gas flow from the gas supply portion, wherein the head assembly includes:
- a body configured to define an interior chamber, the interior chamber including a mixing region configured to receive the liquid flow and the gas flow, and a dispensing portion configured to receive a combined flow from the mixing region;
- a spray nozzle disposed within the body and configured to sprayably introduce the liquid flow into the mixing region;
- wherein the body has a plurality of curtain apertures disposed therethrough proximate the dispensing portion and configured to provide a corresponding plurality of curtain flows from a surrounding atmosphere into the dispensing portion, the plurality of curtain flows being drawn through the at least one aperture and approximately along an inner wall of the dispensing portion by the combined flow, the combined flow and the plurality of curtain flows being dispensed out of the head assembly by the dispensing portion.
A shower assembly, comprising:
- a liquid supply portion;
- a gas supply portion;
- and
- a head assembly coupled to receive a liquid flow from the liquid supply portion and a gas flow from the gas supply portion, wherein the head assembly includes:
- a body configured to define an interior chamber, the interior chamber including a mixing region configured to receive the liquid flow and the gas flow, and a dispensing portion configured to receive a combined flow from the mixing region and to dispense the combined flow out of the head assembly;
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- a spray nozzle disposed within the body and configured to sprayably introduce the liquid flow into the mixing region;
- and wherein the gas supply portion includes a recovery intake configured to recover a portion of the combined flow dispensed from the head assembly and to reintroduce the recovered portion into the gas flow.
A method of operating a shower assembly, comprising:
- providing a liquid flow and a gas flow to a head assembly;
- combining the liquid flow and the gas flow within the head assembly to form a combined flow, including sprayably introducing the liquid flow into a mixing region;
- drawing a plurality of curtain flows into and along an inner wall of a dispensing portion of the head assembly by flowing the combined flow through the dispensing portion;
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- dispensing the combined flow and the plurality of curtain flows from the head assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.