Spray assembly
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorPerry D. Erickson
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Abstract
A spray assembly includes an inner chamber, an outer chamber, a spray face, a plurality of shafts, a lever, a moving fulcrum, and a plurality of sleeves. The inner chamber provides a fluid in a first spray mode of a plurality of spray modes. The spray face is fluidly coupled to the outer chamber and includes one or more nozzles that are movable between a plurality of nozzle positions such that the spray face provides the fluid in a second spray mode and a third spray mode. The plurality of shafts are movable for directing the fluid within the spray assembly. The lever operates the plurality of shafts. The moving fulcrum changes a location of a fulcrum of the lever such that the fulcrum changes as the lever is operated. A first sleeve is configured to move the one or more nozzles of the spray face.
Claims20
A spray assembly comprising:
- an inner chamber defining a first fluid outlet for providing a fluid in a first spray mode of a plurality of spray modes;
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- an outer chamber disposed radially outward from the inner chamber;
- a spray face fluidly coupled to the outer chamber and comprising one or more nozzles, the one or more nozzles configured to be moved between a plurality of nozzle positions such that the spray face selectively provides the fluid in at least a second spray mode and a third spray mode;
- a plurality of shafts configured to be selectively movable between a plurality of shaft positions such that the spray assembly selectively provides the fluid in the plurality of spray modes;
- a lever configured to be selectively operable in a plurality of lever positions such that the lever operates the plurality of shafts in the plurality of shaft positions;
- a moving fulcrum structured to change a location of a fulcrum of the lever such that the fulcrum changes as the lever is operated through the plurality of lever positions;
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- a plurality of sleeves, a first sleeve of the plurality of sleeves configured to move the one or more nozzles of the spray face.
A spray assembly comprising:
- a first channel coupled to a first fluid outlet, the first fluid outlet configured to provide a first spray mode of a plurality of spray modes;
- a second channel coupled to a second fluid outlet;
- a spray face coupled to the second fluid outlet, the spray face including at least one nozzle operable between a plurality of nozzle positions and configured to provide at least a second spray mode and a third spray mode;
- a first shaft operable between a first shaft first position and a first shaft second position;
- a lever structured to be operable between a plurality of lever positions such that the lever operates the first shaft between the first shaft first position and the first shaft second position as the lever is operated between the plurality of lever positions;
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- a first sleeve disposed at the spray face and coupled to the first shaft, the first sleeve operable by the first shaft between a first sleeve first position and a first sleeve second position;
- wherein the first sleeve is configured to operate the at least one nozzle between a nozzle first position of the plurality of nozzle positions to a nozzle second position of the plurality of nozzle positions;
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- wherein the at least one nozzle is configured to provide the second spray mode in the nozzle first position and the third spray mode in the nozzle second position.
A spray assembly comprising:
- a first spray outlet configured to provide a fluid in a first spray mode of a plurality of spray modes;
- a second spray outlet;
- a spray face coupled to the second spray outlet and comprising at least one nozzle configured be operable between a plurality of spray face positions such that the at least one nozzle provides a second spray mode of the plurality of spray modes in a first spray face position and a third spray mode of the plurality of spray modes in a second spray face position;
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- a lever operable between a plurality of lever positions such that the lever is configured to operate the spray face between the first spray face position and the second spray face position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.