Bathing apparatus and method of using same
OwnerWilliam Richard Craiginventor
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Abstract
A bathing apparatus includes an in-line mixing unit and a hand operated injecting unit. The mixing unit is coupled between a water supply pipe and a water dispensing device, such as a showerhead and is in fluid communication with the hand operated injection unit. The injection unit, upon user demand, draws a controllable predetermined quantity of bathing fluid from a standard off the shelf purchased bottle of bathing fluid, such as a bottle of bath oil, and then ejects, upon user demand and in a hands free operation, the drawn bathing fluid, at a user selected flow rate. The ejected bathing fluid passes to the mixing unit which causes the ejected bathing fluid to be mixed within a stream of water being delivered to the water dispensing device.
Claims14
A bathing apparatus, comprising:
- an in-line mixing unit for defining a water flow path between a water supply pipe and a water dispensing device;
- said in-line mixing unit further defining a bathing fluid inlet area disposed between a bathing fluid input port and said water path;
- a flow disturbance wall disposed adjacent to said bathing fluid inlet area in said water flow path;
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- said flow disturbance wall having a sufficient height and width configuration to cause a stream of water passing along said water flow path to be disrupted violently creating a sufficiently strong vacuum effect to draw bathing fluid in said inlet area into said water path for bathing fluid mixing purposes.
A bathing apparatus, comprising:
- an elongate conduit for defining a water path, said conduit having an input port for receiving water under pressure and an output port adapted to be coupled to a water dispensing device;
- another elongate conduit further having an inlet area disposed downstream of said input port for facilitating the introduction of a stream of bathing fluid into said water path;
- turbulent flow arrangement disposed in said water path immediately adjacent to said inlet area, said turbulent flow arrangement having a sufficient height and width configuration for causing water stream turbulences at about said inlet area of sufficient force to mix bathing fluid in said inlet area into said water path.
A bathing apparatus, comprising:
- an injecting device for delivering a predetermined quantity of bathing fluid at a constant rate over a user selected period of time to a bathing fluid inlet area;
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- an upstanding wall disposed in a water path in fluid communication with said bathing fluid inlet area, said upstanding wall having a sufficient height and width configuration for causing water stream turbulences at about said bathing fluid inlet area of sufficient force to draw said predetermined quantity of bathing fluid in said inlet area into said water path;
- whereby said predetermined quantity of bathing fluid is drawn into said water path for fluid mixing purposes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.