Patent classifications
E03C1/0408
Shower bar system
An assembly for a shower system having first and second shower members and connectable to a water supply with a supply pipe having a pipe outlet. The assembly includes an adjustable supply assembly and a diverter valve. The adjustable supply assembly includes an adapter coupleable to the pipe outlet, a supply member having a supply outlet and coupled to the adapter for movement along the axis, and a seal positioned to provide a sealed connection in adjusted positions. The diverter valve includes a valve inlet in fluid communication with the supply outlet, and first and second valve outlets in fluid communication with the first and second shower members, respectively. The shower system is mounted in an enclosure having a wall. The adapter connects to the pipe outlet on one side of the wall, and the diverter valve is located on another side of the wall.
Speaker and shower
An assembly may include a speaker supportable for movement relative to a reference external to the speaker and a speaker housing supporting speaker components operable to produce an audio output. A sensor is operable to sense a direction of movement of the speaker during movement of the speaker relative to the reference. Control components are operable to control the speaker components based on the direction of movement of the speaker relative to the reference. When the speaker is sensed to be moving in a first direction relative to the reference, an operational characteristic of the speaker components is controlled to increase or advance during movement in the first direction. When the speaker is sensed to be moving in a second direction relative to the reference different from the first direction, the operational characteristic of the speaker components is controlled to decrease or retreat during movement in the second direction.
Shower system
The shower system has a heat exchanger located in compartment vertically adjacent to the wall of the shower space and closed off by an openable or removable panel. The heat exchanger comprising a helically winding heat exchange conduit with successive windings around a vertical axis in said compartment above the floor of the shower space. A pump coupled to the shower drain pumps warm water to a warm water feed of the heat exchanger, from where it is sprayed on a top winding of the heat exchange conduit. Tap water is fed to the shower head successively via the heat exchange conduit and a heater and/or a mixing element for mixing water from the heat exchanger with water from a supply input for external hot water.
Bathtub/shower arrangement, and use of a bathtub/shower arrangement
A bathtub/shower arrangement (1) having a bathtub (2), a bathtub inlet (3), a shower head (4) and a switchover valve (5), by way of which switchover valve a water flow (6) is able to be switched between the bathtub inlet (3) and the shower head (4). The bathtub inlet (3) is arranged above the bathtub (2) at a first distance (7) from an upper edge (9) of the bathtub (2), and the shower head (4) is arranged at a second distance (8) above the bathtub (2) from the upper edge (9) of the bathtub (2), at least the first distance (7) is greater than the height (11) of a side wall (10) of the bathtub (2).
ARTICULATING SHOWER ASSEMBLY
An articulating shower assembly in provided. The articulating shower assembly includes a linkage assembly operable between a first position and a second position. A spray head is coupled to the linkage assembly and is operable between the first position and the second position. A handle is pivotally coupled to the linkage assembly such that the linkage assembly is configured to transition between the first position and the second position in response to a force applied to the handle. In some embodiments, the linkage assembly includes a first link arm, a second link arm, and a pivot body, where the pivot body is fluidly coupled to the spray head. The first link arm may be rigid while the second link arm is structured to extend and collapse as the linkage assembly transitions between the first position and the second position.
RECIRCULATING SHOWER SYSTEM
The present disclosure relates to a recirculating shower system. The recirculating shower system may include a first shower outlet and a second shower outlet. The recirculating shower system may include a fresh water conduit fluidly coupled to the first shower outlet and a recirculated fluid conduit fluidly coupled to the second shower outlet. The fresh water conduit and the recirculated fluid conduit may be arranged such that warmer fresh water flowing through the fresh water conduit may heat cooler recirculated fluid flowing through the recirculated fluid conduit.
Sanitary switchable valve that can be remotely operated and associated sanitary assembly
To improve the switching characteristics of a sanitary switchover valve (1) it is suggested that a valve piston (6) of the switchover valve (1) is designed in such a way that a fluid which flows in through a valve inlet (3) of the switchover valve (1) into a valve body (2) of the switchover valve (1), both in a first switching position (7) and in a second switching position (8) can flow around a connecting element (12), which forms a middle section of the valve piston (6), on all sides. To this end, it is envisaged that an outer diameter (15) of the connecting element (12) is smaller than an outer diameter (17) of a second end section (14) of the valve piston (6), where the second end section (14) is arranged in the region of a second valve outlet (5) of the valve body 2.
Shower
A shower assembly includes a first outlet, a second outlet, a first inlet, a stopper, and an actuator assembly. The first inlet is configured to provide water to the shower assembly from a water supply. The stopper is movable between a first stopper position and a second stopper position. When the stopper is in the first stopper position, water exits the shower assembly through the first outlet and is prevented from exiting the shower assembly through the second outlet. When the stopper is in the second stopper position, water is permitted to exit the shower assembly through the second outlet. The actuator assembly is configured to move the stopper between the first stopper position and the second stopper position.
Dual showerhead assembly with ball joint connection
A showerhead assembly is provided which includes a handheld showerhead removably connected to a stationary showerhead through ball joint connection. The handheld showerhead includes an elongate handle having an upper housing with a cavity, and a front face including one or more nozzles for spraying water. The stationary showerhead has a traditional showerhead construction, with the exception that it further comprises a ball which engages with the handheld showerhead's cavity so as to allow rotatable and secure attachment of the handheld showerhead to the stationary showerhead. The ball may include a preliminary alignment chamber which houses a locking chamber, and the cavity may include a tension pin which engages with both these chambers so as to provide further support for installation of the handheld showerhead to the stationary showerhead. In addition, a spring-button tab mechanism may be utilized for managing the engagement and disengagement of the ball with the cavity.
Bathroom fixtures and components
A toilet installed in a bathroom includes a toilet bowl and a tank coupled to the toilet bowl. The tank can contain fluid for the toilet bowl. A rear surface of the tank is flush against a wall of the bathroom such that there is no gap between the tank and the wall and a bottom surface of the tank is flush against a floor of the bathroom such that there is no gap between the tank and the floor. The tank extends longitudinally above and below the toilet bowl and laterally outward past the toilet bowl such that a first side surface and a second side surface of the tank define outermost side peripheries of the toilet.