Shower system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsCHAD J. COCHART, Douglas J. Brouwer
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Abstract
A shower system includes a shower waterway and a fluid control valve. The shower waterway is configured to be coupled to a shower device. The fluid control valve is coupled to the shower waterway and comprises a valve body and a piston. The valve body includes a chamber and a reservoir. The piston is slidably coupled to the valve body and fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir. The chamber includes a compressible gas. The piston is configured to slidably translate within the valve body to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure change in the shower waterway.
Claims20
A shower system comprising:
- a shower waterway configured to be coupled to a shower device;
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- a fluid control valve coupled to the shower waterway, wherein the fluid control valve comprises:
- a valve body including a chamber and a reservoir;
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- a piston slidably coupled to the valve body, wherein the piston fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir, and wherein the chamber includes a compressible gas;
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- wherein the piston is configured to slidably translate within the valve body to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure change in the shower waterway.
A shower system comprising:
- a fluid control valve configured to be coupled to a shower waterway, wherein the fluid control valve comprises:
- a valve body including a chamber and a reservoir;
- and
- a piston slidably coupled to the valve body, wherein the piston fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir, and wherein the chamber includes a compressible gas;
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- wherein the piston is configured to slidably translate within the valve body to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure change in the shower system.
A fluid control valve for a shower system, the fluid control valve comprising:
- a valve body including a chamber and a reservoir;
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- a piston slidably coupled to the valve body, wherein the piston fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir;
- wherein the chamber includes a compressible gas;
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- wherein the piston is configured to slidably translate within the valve body to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure change in the shower system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.