DK144263B - BATHROOM SHOWER ARRANGEMENT - Google Patents

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a shower arrangement for bathing with a wall-mountable holder and a hand shower with a handle and a shower part, which hand shower can be connected to the holder in such a way that it can be used as a fixed shower.

The known shower arrangements for bathing of the kind mentioned above are used in such a way that the bathtub can hang the hand shower in the bracket, so that the shower part of the hand shower can be used in the same way as the shower for a fixed shower system. However, the bath may also release the hand shower from the holder, thereby flushing parts of the body which are not immediately irradiated when the hand shower is placed in the holder. It is desirable that the hand shower, when used manually, emits a relatively concentrated beam so that careful flushing of restricted portions of the body can be achieved, as well as to avoid excessive splashing. However, such a concentrated beam does not allow for a full flushing of the bathtub when the hand shower is suspended in the holder.

The shower arrangement according to the present invention is characterized in that it comprises a shower hole water distributor adapted to be carried by the holder, which water distributor is further provided with a socket for close connection with the hand shower in such a way that the shower part is taken up in the interior of the water distributor. Hereby it is obtained that the water delivered by the hand shower in the position of the hand shower relative to the water distributor will flow out into the interior of this distributor. It will then flow out of the distributor holes, which may be positioned so that in said position of the hand shower a wide and for the bath comfortable beam is obtained. When the hand shower is taken out by the distributor, it can be used manually as in the prior art shower arrangements explained above.

A preferred embodiment of the shower arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that the socket consists of a studs on the water distributor, and that the shower part of the hand shower is designed so that it can pass through the plug, and that there is a 144262 2 in a circular groove provided with O-ring for sealing against the inside of the studs.

If the water distributor shower holes according to the invention have a larger overall cross-section than the total cross-section of the shower holes in the hand shower, a reduced tendency to build up a large pressure in the water distributor is obtained, so that accidental release of the shower is ensured.

Yet another embodiment of the shower arrangement according to the invention is characterized in that the water distributor has an approximately triangular cross-section and that the holder has a substantially U-shaped cross-section whose side flanges converge towards one another away from the body of the holder and have such a shape that they can hold the water distributor removable between themselves.

Hereby it is achieved that the water distributor can be inserted and removed from the holder without overcoming great forces and without the use of tools, so that cleaning of the water distributor and the holder can be easily done. The triangular cross section further provides an opportunity to design the showerheads of the water distributor so that they face downwardly, thus providing a suitable "waterfall effect".

The invention will now be explained in more detail with reference to the drawing, in which fig. 1 shows a side view, partly in section, of an embodiment of the shower arrangement according to the invention in separate position; FIG. 2 is a view similar to FIG. 1, but where the shower arrangement is assembled; FIG. 3 shows a part of FIG. 2 on an enlarged scale; and FIG. 4 shows the shower arrangement of FIG. 2, seen from right 50 in this one.

The shower arrangement shown in the drawing comprises a holder 1, a water distributor 2 and a hand shower 3. The holder 1 consists of a metal plate which is bent to a substantially U-shaped cross-section, however, so that its flanges 4,4 converge against each other. direction away from the body of the holder designated by 5. The holder 1 is intended to be attached to a wall, e.g. using screws that pass through holes in the body 5.

The water distributor 2 consists of a plastic blow molded hollow body and has approximately triangular cross-sections limited by an upwardly curved side wall 6, a downwardly curved side wall 7 and a flat bottom wall 8. By virtue of the triangle shape, the water distributor 2 can be inserted into the cut-off space between the flanges 4. The water distributor has flat, closed end walls 9. In the downwardly extending side wall 7 in the position of the water distributor, evenly distributed shower holes are provided, of which 75 holes are shown in the drawing. Furthermore, the side wall 7 is provided at its center and in the vicinity of the holder 1 with a downwardly facing stud 11. For partial mounting of this stud, the lower flange 10 4 is provided with an arcuate cut-out 12 at its center, as shown in FIG. 4th

The hand shower 3 has a shower part 13 and a handle 14, which in the embodiment shown in the drawing are made in one piece by injection molding. The shower member 13 is provided with shower holes 15, of which in the embodiment shown in the drawing, there are forty. Between the shower part 13 and the handle 14, the hand shower is formed with a circular groove 16, in which is placed an O-ring 17. Furthermore, the handle 14 is provided at its end facing away from the shower part 13 with a thread 20 for coupling the hand shower to the water supply network by means of a flexible hose connection 19, fig.2.

As shown in FIG. 3, which, on an enlarged scale, shows a section through the plug 11 and the portion of the hand shower 3 in which the groove 16 is provided, in the inserted position, it will be seen that the bottom 20 of the groove 16 tapered conically towards the handle of the shower, namely below an angle which in the embodiment shown in the drawing is 10 °. The groove 16 is further wider than the thickness of the O-ring 17. The stud 11 has a constant cross-section in its longitudinal direction.

The shower arrangement shown in the drawing works as follows: By virtue of the hose connection 19 between the hand shower 3 and the supply network, the hand shower 3 can be used in the usual way for hand showers, i.e.. it can be gripped at the handle portion 14 and moved to flush more restricted areas of the body. Below, the shower member 13 gives a beam, as indicated in FIG. 1 with arrows, i.e. a relatively thin and concentrated beam suitable for this purpose. Such a beam, on the other hand, is less suitable when the child wishes to flush his entire body, and when this is desired, the shower part 13 is inserted by means of the handle 14 in the socket 11 to the one shown in FIG. 2. Below this, the O-ring 17 is pressed into the socket 11, and the interaction between the inside of the 5 and the O-ring will cause it to be rolled so that it is on the part of the groove base 20 which has the largest diameter and so that O The ring 17 thus adheres to the one shown in FIG. 3 downwards side of the groove 16. This will facilitate the insertion of the hand shower, but at the same time an increased resistance to extraction, which is, however, no greater than it can be easily overcome manually. When trying to pull the hand shower 3 out of the water distributor from the one shown in FIG.

2, it will be understood that the O-ring will tend to roll on the widest part of the groove bottom 20, 15 thereby increasing the clamping to the inside of the socket 11. This effect is also significant as it reduces the tendency for the hand shower to be ejected from the water distributor 2 should an overpressure occur therein. However, the tendency for such overpressure formation is very small due to the fact that there are more shower holes 10 in the water distributor wall 7 than there are shower holes 15 in the shower member 13 of the hand shower, and since the holes are approximately the same size, the resistance to outflow will through the holes of the water distributor be less than the resistance to outflow through the holes of the shower member 25 13, and consequently there is no significant tendency to build up an overpressure in the interior of the water distributor 2.

When the shower arrangement is assembled, as shown in FIG. 2, the holes 10 emit a wide "waterfall-like" beam, as indicated by the arrows in FIG. 2nd

In order to secure the water distributor 2 against unintentional removal relative to the holder 1, the distributor may be provided with longitudinal, outwardly extending ribs at the ends of the flanges 4, which in this case have a small bent edge for engagement with such ribs.