Spray forming element for a shower head
AssigneeGrohe AG
InventorsEckhard Gransow, Thomas Salomon, Karl-Heinz Stueckerjuergen, David Rehage
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Abstract
In a spray forming element for a shower head having a housing, a plurality of axial-flow spray outlet elements, a housing base which has passage openings for the spray outlet elements, each of the spray outlet elements being pivotably mounted in the housing base, and which additionally has a gear mechanism for moving the spray outlet elements, in order to transmit a force to the spray outlet elements, a single gear element having a gate is provided, by means of which the spray outlet elements are positively guided and, during a movement of the gear element, the movement of all the spray outlet elements is carried out simultaneously.
Claims12
A spray forming element for a shower head, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least two axial-flow spray outlet elements;
- a housing base having passage openings for the spray outlet elements, the at least two spray outlet elements configured to be pivotably mounted in the housing base;
- and
- a gear mechanism configured to move the spray outlet elements;
- the gear mechanism including a rotatable gear element configured to transmit a force to the at least two spray outlet elements, the gear element having a gate via which the spray outlet elements are positively guided and wherein during movement of the gear element, the movement of the at least two spray outlet elements occurs simultaneously, and
- wherein the at least two spray outlet elements each pivot along a respective swivel axis, the respective swivel axes being substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the gear element.
A spray forming element for a shower head, comprising:
- a housing;
- at least two axial-flow spray outlet elements;
- a housing base having passage openings for the at least two spray outlet elements, the at least two spray outlet elements being pivotably mounted in the housing base;
- and
- a planetary gear configured to move the spray outlet elements;
- the planetary gear including a hollow gate wheel that transmits a force to the at least two spray outlet elements, the hollow gate wheel having a gate provided therein via which the spray outlet elements are positively guided,
- wherein during movement of the gear element, the movement of the at least two spray outlet elements occurs simultaneously.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.