Shower apparatus

Abstract

A shower apparatus reduces the effects of water hammer within a portion of a flow route connecting a shower head to a supply, when a flow adjusting mechanism proximal the shower head is operated. The shower apparatus adjusts pressure of a supply fluid dependant upon the degree of throttling of the flow route and the flow adjusting mechanism controls the amount of flow of the supply fluid dependant upon a degree of opening thereof to the discharge end of a shower head. The structure providing the pressure adjustment and the flow adjusting mechanism are each disposed successively from upstream of the flow route, between a shower side flow route provided in a water plug and the shower head or a discharge end of the shower head. The shower apparatus further cushions the pressure against an increase in the internal pressure of the flow route which occurs when the flow route is closed by the flow adjusting mechanism, and is provided as a flow route system capable of cushioning an increase in the internal pressure of the flow route when the flow amount adjusting means is operated. An increase in pressure due to water hammer which occurs when flow of water feeding is terminated is suppressed, preventing the otherwise excessive pressure from acting on respective parts including the shower hose, thereby serving to prolong an original pressure resistance of the shower hose and maintain proper continued function of components downstream of the water plug.

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