Apparatus for making use of water for health care
OwnerNorbert Halfeninventor
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Abstract
This invention relates to apparatus for making use of water for health care. A guide strut is arranged for vertical attachment to a support means which may be a wall or a stand device and a slider cooperates with this guide strut; a spray tube is connected to the slider and a connector is provided on the spray tube to accept a flexible water-supply pipe. There is a drive element associated with the guide strut which is arranged to effect the up and down movement of the spray tube and is fitted with a drive means and a switch; the switch serves to reverse the direction of rotation of the drive means and is arranged to be actuated by two spaced engagement members.
Claims3
Apparatus for making use of water for health care, comprising:
- a guide strut arranged for vertical attachment to a support means;
- a slider cooperating with said guide strut;
- a spray tube means connected to said slider;
- a connector on said spray tube means for a flexible water-supply pipe;
- a threaded drive spindle associated with said guide strut, said drive spindle being arranged to effect up and down movement of said spray tube;
- said drive spindle having a reversably rotatable drive means;
- two spaced engagement members supported externally of said drive means;
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- said drive means including a switch which serves to reverse the direction of rotation of said drive means, said switch being actuable by said two spaced engagement members;
- at its upper end, said threaded drive spindle having a section which has a considerably finer thread than that of said spindle proper, a threaded part, threadedly mounted on said section for respective-direction longitudinal movement upon rotation of said spindle, said threaded part having means for alternately engaging said two spaced engagment members for operating said switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.