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US 7,350,825 B1Granted
Wall-mounted elbow duct
OwnerSo-Mel Huanginventor
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Abstract
A wall-mounted elbow duct and particularly to a wall-mounted elbow duct to connect a wall-mounted water discharge pipe to a hand-held shower head mainly includes an elbow duct which houses a reverse checking mechanism and a coupler and a coupling cap. By means of the invention the hand-held shower head can be connected to the wall-mounted water discharge pipe without a great number of elements. An ornamental cover also is formed to conceal the connecting portion of the water discharge pipe to enhance aesthetic appeal.
Claims2
A wall-mounted elbow duct comprising an elbow duct, a reverse checking means, a coupler and a coupling cap, wherein:
- the elbow duct has one end forming an external threaded portion to be fastened to a wall-mounted water discharge pipe and another end forming a coupling seat, the coupling seat having a housing chamber to hold the reverse checking means and two opposing jutting ribs on two outer edges, the housing chamber having an internal screw hole;
- the reverse checking means includes a first coupling ring, a first washer, a second washer and a second coupling ring;
- the coupler has one end forming a first threaded portion corresponding to the internal screw hole of the elbow duct and another end forming a second threaded portion to be fastened to a hose connector of a hand-held shower head;
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- the coupling cap for covering the wall-mounted water discharge pipe and the elbow duct, and has an outer surface to conceal the wall-mounted water discharge pipe and the elbow duct and two detention flutes corresponding to and wedged in by the jutting ribs.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.