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US 5,666,676 AGranted
Bathroom cabinet with personal hygienic components
OwnerArlen M. Roemen, William F. Glenninventors
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Abstract
A cabinet in a bathroom wall receives hot and cold water flows with a mixing valve in the cabinet serving to additionally provide an on-off control. A flexible conduit is provided with a hand grip removably held in place in the cabinet so as to position a nozzle of the hand grip over an outlet for discharge of a preliminary water flow for temperature testing purposes. A thermometer is served by a sensor responsive to the temperature of a mixed flow and provides a readout to the user. Testing of water temperature may also be achieved by touch.
Claims1
In combination,
- a bathroom cabinet,
- a mixing valve for communication with hot and cold water inlets,
- said valve mounted in place on said cabinet,
- an outlet conduit in upstream communication with said valve,
- a heat sensor in place on said outlet conduit and a thermometer having a visual display in place on said cabinet and responsive to a mixed flow of hot and cold water in said outlet conduit,
- a hose normally housed in the cabinet served by said outlet conduit and having a hand grip and nozzle,
- a fluid discharge chamber in said cabinet to receive water discharged from said nozzle,
- a drain opening in said cabinet below said discharge chamber and drain pipe in communciation with said drain opening for reception of a water flow from said nozzle for discharge into the drain system of a bathroom, and
- a holder in place in said cabinet for reception of the hand grip and positioning said hand grip and nozzle for water discharge into said chamber whereat the user may manually test water flow temperature prior to the water entering the drain opening and permitting removal of the hand grip and nozzle from the interior of the cabinet.
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