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US 9,707,574 B2Granted
Diverter valve assembly and shower system
AssigneeKohler Co.
InventorsMichael J. Soetaert, Jeffrey A. Schumacher, William R. Bares
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Abstract
A shower system and diverter valve assembly. The shower system includes two shower devices. The diverter valve assembly may include a pull diverter valve assembly coupled between a shower arm and a hand shower hose. In operation, by applying a force (e.g., a pulling force), the pull diverter valve assembly selectively directs water flow to the shower head or to the hand shower. The diverter valve assembly may include a toggle diverter valve assembly including a portion coupled to a hand shower.
Claims18
A shower system comprising:
- a shower device defining a device outlet and a device inlet;
- a conduit fluidly connected between the device inlet and a water supply;
- a hand shower including
- a hand shower housing defining a hand shower outlet and a hand shower inlet, and
- a hose fluidly connected to the hand shower inlet;
- and
- a diverter valve assembly fluidly connected between the conduit and the hose, the diverter valve assembly including
- a housing,
- a first valve seat and a second valve seat, and
- a valve member movable relative to the housing between a first position, in which the valve member engages the first valve seat to direct water to the device inlet, and a second position, in which the valve member engages the second valve seat to direct water to the hand shower inlet, the valve member being adjustable from the first position toward the second position by a force applied to the hose.
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A shower system comprising:
- a first shower device including a shower head and defining a first device outlet and a first device inlet;
- a second shower device including a hand shower and defining a second device outlet and a second device inlet;
- and
- a diverter valve assembly fluidly connected between the first shower device and the second shower device, the diverter valve assembly including
- a housing defining a valve seat,
- a valve member movable relative to the housing between a first position, to direct water to the first device inlet, and a second position, to direct water to the second device inlet, and
- a biasing member operable to apply a biasing force on the valve member to bias the valve member from the second position toward the first position, wherein the biasing member is configured to engage the valve member to apply the biasing force;
- wherein the hand shower includes
- a hand shower housing defining the second device outlet and the second device inlet, and
- a hose fluidly connected to the second device inlet, the valve member being adjustable from the first position toward the second position by a pulling force applied to the hose overcoming a biasing force of the biasing member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.