Soap dispenser insert for a shower head
OwnerDavid Garneysinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a new and useful insert for dispersing a liquid additive into a water inlet stream in a conventional shower assembly wherein the assembly includes a water inlet pipe and a shower head assembly, the insert comprising a cylindrical body member having a wall, the member adapted for attaching at one end to the inlet pipe and at an opposite end to the shower head assembly; a baffle within and intermediate the ends of the body, the baffle dividing the body into an inlet and an outlet chamber and having a longitudinal passage therethrough from the first to the second chamber; and first and second passages through the wall, respectively from each of the inlet and outlet chambers.
Claims10
An insert for dispensing a liquid additive into a water inlet stream in a conventional shower assembly wherein the assembly includes a water inlet pipe and a shower head assembly, said insert comprising:
- a cylindrical body member having a wall, said member adapted for attaching at one end to said inlet pipe and at an opposite end to said shower head assembly;
- a baffle within and intermediate the ends of said body, said baffle dividing said body into an inlet and an outlet chamber and having a longitudinal passage therethrough from said inlet to said outlet chamber;
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- first and second passages through said wall, respectively from each of said inlet and outlet chambers;
- a dispenser for holding a liquid to be added to a water stream flowing through said body;
- a first tubular member extending from said first passage to said dispenser and opening into said dispenser at a level above the highest level to be reached by a liquid in said dispenser;
- said dispenser having an opening adjacent a bottom section thereof;
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- a second tubular member extending from said opening in said dispenser to said second passage.
An insert for dispensing a liquid additive into a water inlet stream in a conventional shower assembly wherein the assembly includes a water inlet pipe and a shower head assembly, said insert comprising:
- a cylindrical body member having a wall, said member adapted for attaching at one end to said inlet pipe and at an opposite end to said shower head assembly;
- a transverse baffle within and intermediate the ends of said body, said baffle having an opening therethrough joining an inlet to an outlet end of said member;
- first and second passages through said wall, one on an inlet and one on an outlet side of said baffle;
- a dispenser for holding a liquid to be added to a water stream flowing through said body;
- a first tubular member extending from said first passage to said dispenser and opening into said dispenser at a level above the highest level to be reached by a liquid in said dispenser;
- said dispenser having an opening adjacent a bottom section thereof;
- a second tubular member extending from said opening in said dispenser to said second passage;
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- valve means for closing off at least one of said first and second tubular means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.