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US 5,192,427 AGranted
Shower filters and accessories
AssigneeDouglas R. Eger
InventorsDouglas R. Eger, Douglas W. Smith, Robert E. Dawson
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Abstract
A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath comprises a housing containing a filter and a bypass adapter which allows the filter to be displaced, e.g. downwardly, from the direct line leading from the water source to the shower head. The housing is also preferably adapted to hold containers for cosmetics or the like. Several forms of containers, particularly adapted for use in such a holder, are disclosed. Also disclosed are several preferred forms of filter adapted for this use, as well as improved quick disconnect type couplers allowing simultaneous operation of two adjacent such couplers.
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A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath, comprising:
- housing means having inlet and outlet means;
- filter means mounted in the housing means in communication with the inlet and outlet means so that water flowing into the housing means through the inlet means will pass through the filter means and out the outlet means;
- a bypass adapter having:
- means defining a source port opening through a rear surface of the bypass adapter, the means being adapted for connection to a water source pipe to communicate the water source pipe with the source port,
- means defining upstream and downstream bypass parts opening through a lower surface of the bypass adapter, the means defining the bypass ports being adapted for connection to the housing means to communicate the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the upstream and downstream bypass ports,
- means defining a head port opening through a front surface of the bypass adapter, the means defining the head port being adapted for connection to a shower head to communicate the head port with the interior of the shower head,
- and the adapter having internal passage means communicating the source port with the upstream port and communicating the downstream port with the head port.
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A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath, comprising:
- housing means having inlet and outlet means and comprising a holder portion adapted to receive containers;
- filter means mounted in the housing means in communication with the inlet and outlet means so that water flowing into the housing means through the inlet means will pass through the filter means and out the outlet means;
- a bypass adapter having:
- means defining a source port, the means being adapted for connection to a water source pipe to communicate the water source pipe with the source port,
- means defining upstream and downstream bypass ports, the means defining the bypass ports being adapted for connection to the housing means to communicate the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the upstream and downstream bypass ports,
- means defining a head port, the means defining the head port being adapted for connection to a shower head to communicate the head port with the interior of the shower head,
- and the adapter having internal passage means communicating the source port with the upstream port and communicating the downstream port with the head port.
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A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath, comprising:
- housing means having inlet and outlet means and comprising a main housing defining a filter compartment, the housing means further comprising a filter case removably mounted in the filter compartment and defining the inlet and outlet means;
- a disposable filtering medium removably disposed in the filter case in communication with the inlet and outlet means so that water flowing into the housing means through the inlet means will pass through the filter means and out the outlet means;
- a bypass adapter having:
- means defining a source port, the means being adapted for connection to a water source pipe to communicate the water source pipe with the source port,
- means defining upstream and downstream bypass ports, the means defining the bypass ports being adapted for connection to the housing means to communicate the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the upstream and downstream bypass ports,
- means defining a head port, the means defining the head port being adapted for connection to a shower head to communicate the head port with the interior of the shower head,
- and the adapter having internal passage means communicating the source port with the upstream port and communicating the downstream port with the head port;
- and connector means releasably communicating the means defining the bypass ports with the inlet and outlet means, respectively.
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A dispensing container comprising:
- a generally vertically oriented bottle having a projecting portion near its upper end projecting in a forward direction;
- a push-type dispenser comprising a pump having an uptake tube extending upwardly and forwardly through the bottle, and a push-type operator, with a dispensing port therein, disposed outside and adjacent to the projecting portion of the bottle with the dispensing port spaced forwardly of a lower portion of the bottle located below the projecting portion;
- housing means adapted for mounting in a shower stall below a shower head and having a holder portion supporting the container with its forward portion facing into the shower stall and its operator exposed;
- a filter in the housing means;
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- bypass means for diverting water from a point upstream of the shower head, through the filter, and back to the shower head.
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A dispensing container comprising:
- a generally vertically oriented, flexible-walled bottle having an upper cover and an outlet adjacent its lower end;
- a dispensing check valve associated with the outlet permitting fluid flow outwardly against a resilient bias;
- an intake check valve carried by the upper cover of the bottle;
- housing means including-
- a holder removably holding the bottle and bracing the bottle against pushing of the flexible wall,
- and a filter in the housing means;
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- bypass means for diverting water from a point upstream of a shower head, through the filter means, and back to the shower head.
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A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath, comprising:
- housing means having inlet and outlet means;
- filter means mounted in the housing means in communication with the inlet and outlet means so that water flowing into the housing means through the inlet means will pass through the filter means and out the outlet means;
- a bypass adapter having:
- means defining a source port, the means being adapted for connection to a water source pipe to communicate the water source pipe with the source port,
- means defining upstream and downstream bypass ports, the means defining the bypass ports being adapted for connection to the housing means to communicate the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the upstream and downstream bypass ports,
- means defining a head port, the means defining the head port being adapted for connection to a shower head to communicate the head port with the interior of the shower head,
- and the adapter having internal passage means including a first passage between the source port and the upstream bypass port and a second passage between the downstream bypass port and the head port;
- the bypass adapter further comprising bypass valve means between the first and second passages and movable between a bypass position, blocking the first and second passages from direct communication with each other, and a direct connection position, communicating the first and second passages with each other and blocking the source port from communication with the upstream bypass port.
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A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath, comprising:
- housing means having inlet and outlet means;
- elongate tubular lines extending upwardly from the inlet and outlet means;
- filter means mounted in the housing means in communication with the inlet and outlet means so that water flowing into the housing means through the inlet means will pass through the filter means and out the outlet means;
- a bypass adapter, spaced substantially above the housing means, and having:
- means defining a source port, the means being adapted for connection to a water source pipe to communicate the water source pipe with the source port,
- means defining upstream and downstream bypass ports, the means defining the bypass ports being connected to the elongate tubular lines to communicate the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the upstream and downstream bypass ports,
- means defining a head port, the means defining the head port being adapted for connection to a shower head to communicate the head port with the interior of the shower head,
- and the adapter having internal passage means communicating the source port with the upstream port and communicating the downstream port with the head port.
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A water filter assembly for use with a shower bath, comprising:
- housing means having inlet and outlet means;
- filter means mounted in the housing means in communication with the inlet and outlet means so that water flowing into the housing means through the inlet means will pass through the filter means and out the outlet means, the filter means comprising a removable, disposable filtering medium;
- a bypass adapter having:
- means defining a source port, the means being adapted for connection to a water source pipe to communicate the water source pipe with the source port,
- means defining upstream and downstream bypass ports, the means defining the bypass ports being adapted for connection to the housing means to communicate the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the upstream and downstream bypass ports,
- means defining a head port, the means defining the head port being adapted for connection to a shower head to communicate the head port with the interior of the shower head,
- and the adapter having internal passage means communicating the source port with the upstream port and communicating the downstream port with the head port;
- elongate tubular lines extending downwardly from the respective bypass ports;
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- quick disconnect means releasably connecting the inlet and outlet means, respectively, with the tubular lines.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.