Showerhead filter assembly and method of purification
AssigneeWaxman Consumer Products Group Inc.
InventorMATTHEW SMITH
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Abstract
A showerhead filter assembly and method for purifying fluid comprises a shower engine having an inner chamber, the inner chamber includes a fluid passage at a first end and an opening at a second end for receiving a filter assembly. The shower engine further comprises a faceplate comprising an outer opening in alignment with the opening at the second end of the inner chamber for receiving the filter assembly. The showerhead also comprises a filter assembly that includes a cartridge having a body, segmented opening at a first end and a cap at a second end. The filter assembly houses filter media to remove contaminates from fluid passing through the showerhead.
Claims20
A showerhead filter assembly for purifying fluid comprising:
- a showerhead having an inner chamber, the inner chamber comprising a fluid passage at a first end and an opening at a second end, the opening at the second end for receiving a filter assembly;
- the filter assembly is removably located within the inner chamber comprising a cartridge having first and second ends spaced by a body and filter media supported within said body, the filter media removing contaminates from fluid passing from the fluid passage to at least one exit opening in the showerhead.
A process of purifying fluid passing through a showerhead comprising the steps of
- inserting a filter cartridge comprising filter media between a fluid inlet and faceplate of a showerhead;
- removably securing the filter cartridge within a cylindrical chamber of the showerhead by translating and rotating a tab locking arrangement;
- passing fluid through the fluid inlet into the filter cartridge and filter media;
- removing contaminates from the fluid with the filter media;
- flowing filtered fluid from the filter cartridge out exit openings that correspond to entry openings in the cylindrical chamber;
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- flowing filtered fluid from the cylindrical chamber out a faceplate of the showerhead.
A showerhead filter assembly for purifying fluid comprising:
- a showerhead having a supply line connection and an inner chamber, the inner chamber comprising a fluid passage at a first end and an opening at a second end for receiving a filter assembly;
- the filter assembly comprising a cartridge having a body having first and second ends, a segmented diverter removably connected to said body at said first end and an end cap located at said second end, the filter assembly housing filter media within said body to remove contaminates from fluid passing through said showerhead;
- the showerhead further comprising a faceplate in fluid communication with said filter assembly, the faceplate having at least one exit opening for the passage of filtered fluid from said showerhead, said filter assembly removably connected to said showerhead such that it can be installed and removed without disassembly of the showerhead.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.