| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 239562000 | And flow regulation or control of outlets | 42 |
| 20080223961 | Cooling arrangement - A pipe for carrying a fluid, having a longitudinal axis and defining a radial aperture for release of a jet of fluid having a radial direction component α, the aperture having an aspect ratio greater than 2 and arranged with its elongate axis within 30 degrees of the longitudinal axis and having area greater than 0.2 the cross-sectional area of the pipe, the fluid jet having an angle α between 30 and 80 degrees from the longitudinal axis. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090194613 | Shower head apparatus with adjustable water flow rate control - A shower head apparatus includes a shower head and an adjustable water flow rate control for adjustably control the rate of the water flow through the passage of the shower head. The adjustable water flow rate control includes a control knob and a control valve which is rotatably supported within the shower head and is driven to be rotated via the control knob, wherein the control valve has a water through channel aligning with the passage, in such a manner that when the control knob is selectively rotated at its rotational angle to drive the control valve to rotate, the water through channel of the control valve is adjustably offset with the passage for controlling the water flow rate through the shower head. Therefore, the present invention is adapted to provide better shower experience and to provide a water saver feature for the shower head. | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090200404 | Shower Head - A shower head comprising a pair of plates, for dispensing and closing, directly facing each other relative to an axial direction. The shower head comprises a closing ring which is directly arranged between the plates and fixing and sealing means suitable for fixing the plate each other and for realising a liquid tight seal, so as to sealingly delimit with the plates a fluid collecting chamber and dispense the liquid through holes of the delivery plate. The shower head is especially thin, inexpensive to manufacture and to assemble. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090277977 | Sprinkler having shutoff control device - A sprinkler includes a tubular member having a longitudinal track and a number of water discharging openings formed through the track, and one or more shutoff control devices slidably attached onto the track and movable along the track to selectively align with either or some of the water discharging openings of the tubular member and to selectively block and seal the water discharging openings of the tubular member. The shutoff control devices each include a seat slidably attached to the track, and a latch pivotally attached to the seat for selectively blocking either of the water discharging openings of the tubular member and for controlling the water spraying patterns of the sprinkler. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20100065665 | SHOWER ASSEMBLY WITH RADIAL MODE CHANGER - A shower assembly having a plurality of spray modes for expelling water includes a housing having a water inflow and a water outflow. The shower assembly provides a manifold defining a cavity having a sidewall. One or more mode apertures formed in the sidewall of the cavity are in fluid communication with the water outflow. A radial mode changer provided in the shower assembly defines a hollow passageway in fluid communication with the water inflow, and further defines a plurality of recessed ports in fluid communication with the hollow passageway. The radial mode changer is rotatably received in the cavity of the manifold and may be rotated relative to the manifold to align at least one of the recessed ports with at least one of the mode apertures for providing flow from the water inflow into the water outflow via the radial mode changer. | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100224704 | SHOWERHEAD - [Object] A showerhead in which clean water is supplied into a space in a head main body whose upper end is closed with an upper water-discharge plate through a main water port, and the clean water is discharged through a plurality of shower water-discharge holes formed in the upper water-discharge plate. It is possible to discharge clean water under a preferable water pressure and with a preferable water force irrespective whether a water pressure of clean water to be supplied is high or low. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100320295 | Shower head apparatus with adjustable flow rate arrangement - A shower head apparatus includes a shower head and an adjustable flow rate arrangement. The shower head has a head portion, handle portion, and a water passage extended from the handle portion to the head portion for allowing water flowing from the handle portion to the head portion. The shower head further has a front opening slot to communicate with the water passage. The adjustable flow rate arrangement includes a water valve coaxially supported within the water passage, wherein the water valve has a size adjustable water passageway communicating with the water passage for controllably adjusting a flow rate of the water passing through the water passage in responsive to size-change of the water passageway. A thumb actuator extended out of the handle portion of the shower head through the opening slot is provided to selectively adjust the size of the water passageway to control the flow rate of water. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110079665 | Apparatus for Producing Reconfigurable Walls of Water - The present invention is directed to an apparatus for producing a water maze from walls of falling water that can be reconfigured to change the maze. In one embodiment, the apparatus is comprised of a plurality of spray bars that are each capable of producing a separate wall of falling water droplets and a plurality of water valves that are each associated with only one spray bar. The water valves can be used to define at least two different paths between the entrance and exit of the maze. The apparatus is also capable of being used to create interesting visual effects by projecting light/images on to multiple screens created by walls of falling water droplets. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20110084153 | Multi-function Shower Head - A multi-function shower head provides three water flower levels in response to three watering modes and comprises a low-flow controlling valve and a water flower generator such that the water flow passes through water flower generator to result in a centrifugal force, and then passes through a plurality of tunnels and a path to spray water, obtaining low-flow and strong water flower. Thereby, a water saving and strong flowing purpose of the shower head is achieved. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110139905 | ROTARY SWITCHED SHOWER AND ITS METHOD OF SWITCHING - A rotary switched shower includes: a shell connected to a handle and a water outlet device. A turntable is fixed to the handle. The shell is fixed to front cover, and they form a chamber containing the water outlet device and a water inlet hole. The water outlet device and the front cover form at least two function water channels. An upper water segregator is fixed to the shell. At least two function water holes which are connected to a function water channel are contained in the upper water segregator. When the shell is turned a certain angle relative to the upper water segregator, the water inlet hole in the turntable is connected to a function water hole. A user can switch the function water channel by rotating the shell relative to the handle. The larger volume of the shell increases the contact area for the users hand. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110226876 | Shower faucet - A shower faucet includes a housing having a press bar axially connected; a tube member installed in the housing and including a seat having a second room to distributing water and a displace room; a distributing valve core pushed to move between a higher and a lower positions of the second room to generate a first and a second waterings; a button element biased against by the press bar to actuate a rotary positioning member to engage with the distributing valve core to generate the second watering, wherein the positioning member is retained on ratchet members of the displace so that the second watering is kept without pressing the press bar continuously, a resilient element used to push the distributing valve core so that the positioning member is rotated and pushed to disengage from the ratchet members, such that watering levels are switched by pressing the press bar easily. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20110248102 | Nozzle adjustment member for sprinkler - A nozzle adjustment member for a sprinkler is revealed. A plurality of nozzle tubes aligned in at least one row is positioned on a wall of a hollow pipe. A top end of the nozzle tube is projecting to an outside of the hollow pipe. At least one pivot support is disposed on the outside of the hollow pipe. Each pivot support is pivoted with an adjustment piece having a plurality of guiding openings. The guiding openings are positioned over the plurality of nozzle tubes correspondingly. A nozzle cover is connected with the outside of the hollow pipe for covering the adjustment piece. A plurality of long through holes for mounting the corresponding nozzle tubes is arranged at the nozzle cover. Around a pivot hole, the adjustment piece swings so as to drive the plurality of nozzle tubes moving at an angle and different water distribution patterns are provided. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110309165 | SHOWERHEAD WITH MULTIMODAL OPERATION - A showerhead for personal hygiene is provided that includes a spray face in fluid communication with a cavity by way of a plurality of nozzle apertures. The cavity receives water from a water supply. A spray selector controls fluid flow between the cavity and the nozzle apertures. A battery-electric motor or a kinetic energy storing spring is provided as a power supply for an actuator that provides mechanical communication between the power supply and the selector to move the selector and thereby alter the fluid spray pattern from the spray face. A user interface provides a user with selective control over movement of the actuator and the movement of the selector to sequentially provide multiple spray patterns from the spray face without intermediate manual intervention between the multiple spray patterns emitted from the spray face. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120175436 | Showerhead with rotatable oval spray pattern and handheld spray pattern controller - A handheld showerhead assembly is provided which provides for a plurality of spray patterns. In a preferred embodiment, the showerhead assembly provides for four spray patterns including an oval shaped spray pattern. The showerhead is rotatably attached to the handle so that the showerhead can be rotated relative to the handle without altering spray patterns, other than their orientation. Furthermore, the handheld shower assembly includes a push button controller located within the handle. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20130032647 | OUTLET UNIT WITH SOCKET - An outlet unit with socket has a head shower with an essential body and an outlet terminal. The essential body has a top and an under shed and a switch mechanism. The outlet terminal is connected to the under shed and a concave socket is arranged on the essential body. The switch mechanism has an inlet channel that communicates with the top shed and at least one first waterway and one second waterway. The outlet terminal can be rotatably assembled in the under shed of the essential body and can drive the switch mechanism to switch the waterways by rotating. One first or one second waterway can be chosen to communicate with the inlet channel. The first waterway is connected to the outlet terminal. A connector which connects to the second shower through a tube can penetrate the essential body and can communicate with the second waterway. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130048759 | MODULAR JETTING DEVICES - Modular devices for jetting a fluid material and components for modular jetting devices. The devices may include a pressurized air or positive displacement pump fluid supply module to supply a fluid module inlet. A syringe may feed material through a check valve to a positive displacement pump, which feeds material through another check valve to the fluid module. Inside the fluid module is a valve element moved to contact a valve seat and jet a droplet of material by contact between an external drive pin and a movable element of the fluid module. Either a piezoelectric actuator, a pneumatic actuator, or another actuator may move the drive pin. A controller may coordinate the supply of fluid from the positive displacement pump with the rate at which material is jetted. The fluid module and positive displacement pump are easily removable from the jetting device. | 02-28-2013 |
| 20130168473 | MULTIPLE NOZZLE BODY - A multiple nozzle body including a plurality of discharge nozzles for arranging on the liquid line of an agricultural crop sprayer, wherein the liquid line can be connected to the supply line of the multiple nozzle body, wherein the supply line opens out in a distribution space, wherein a plurality of connecting lines that respectively lead to a discharge nozzle branch off from the distribution space, wherein a shut-off element that is respectively assigned to a connecting line and is formed as a shut-off valve is assigned to the distribution space, wherein one or more connecting lines can be optionally connected to and/or shut off from the supply line by means of the shut-off element of the shut-off valves, which can be actuated by means of a switchable actuating element. | 07-04-2013 |
| 20130186985 | UNIT FUEL INJECTOR HAVING CHECK VALVE BODY AND SPRING CAGE FORMING A REVERSE FLOW CHECK CAVITY - A proximal end face of a proximal end wall ( | 07-25-2013 |
| 20130221136 | UNIT FUEL INJECTOR HAVING A CAVITY IN A SPRING CAGE AND AN INJECTION PASSAGE OFFSET FROM THE CAVITY AXIS - A unit fuel injector ( | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130228637 | SELECTABLE ARC AND RANGE OF COVERAGE SPRAY NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH MULTIPLE FLUIDIC FAN SPRAY NOZZLES - Adjustable arc of coverage spray nozzle assembly for irrigation where the spray is characterized by the water jets which are cyclically deflected at a high frequency such that they break up into fan shaped water droplet patterns in which the fluid distribution and droplet size can be controlled. Jet deflection is accomplished with energy in the pressurized liquid itself. Multiple fluidic oscillating stream nozzle cavities are molded into a circular plate surround and adjustable arcuate length orifice valve so that one or a series of these fluidic discharge nozzles can be selected to have pressurized water to provide a selectable arc of coverage around a single sprinkler nozzle assembly. | 09-05-2013 |
| 20140027544 | WATER FROLIC APPARATUS - A water frolic apparatus is provided comprising a power supply; a controller electrically connected to the power supply, the controller capable of operating a valve; the valve having an inlet and an outlet, the inlet attachable to a water supply from a hose and the outlet attachable to plastic tubing, wherein operation of the valve controls flow of water; and a plurality of pods, each of the pods having a first hole that accepts entry of the tubing and a second hole allowing water from the tubing to spurt through. The pods are connected in series, wherein, except for the last pod in the series, the tubing extends through the entire length of each of the pods to the next pod. In an embodiment, the controller is configured to open the valve at a set interval or a pseudo-random interval. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140151468 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - Fuel injection valve with conical valve seat surface that abuts a valve body to seal fuel, fuel injection orifices having an inlet opening formed on the valve seat surface, wherein fuel sprays injected from the plurality of fuel injection orifices include a first fuel spray constituted by a fuel spray injected from at least one fuel injection orifice and a second fuel spray constituted by a plurality of fuel sprays injected at an outer periphery of the first fuel spray, and a fuel injection orifice that injects the first fuel spray constituted with a plane that includes an orifice axis connecting a center of an inlet with a center of an outlet of the fuel injection orifice, parallel to a center axis of the fuel injection valve intersecting a plane, a conical apex that forms the valve seat surface to form an inclination angle that is larger than 0°. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150014448 | VALVE SEAT FOR GASEOUS FUEL INJECTOR - A gaseous fuel injector for supplying gaseous fuel to a fuel consuming device includes a fuel inlet, a fuel outlet, a fuel passage for communicating the gaseous fuel from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet and a valve assembly for selectively preventing and permitting the gaseous fuel to pass from the fuel inlet to the fuel outlet. The valve assembly includes a valve seat with a plurality of apertures for providing fluid communication therethrough and a valve extending along a valve axis for selectively preventing and permitting flow of the gaseous fuel through the valve seat. Each one of the plurality of apertures is a radially extending slot and the plurality of apertures is arranged in a polar array centered about the valve axis. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150034741 | FUEL INJECTOR AND METHOD FOR FORMING SPRAY-DISCHARGE OPENINGS - A fuel injector for fuel injection systems of internal combustion engines has an excitable actuator for activating a valve closing element, which forms a sealing seat together with a valve face implemented on a valve seat element. Multiple spray-discharge openings are implemented in the valve seat element downstream from the valve face. The fuel injector is distinguished in that the spray-discharge openings include at least one upstream first spray-discharge opening section and one downstream second spray-discharge opening section having a different opening width and a wall area of the second spray-discharge opening section of all spray-discharge openings on a semi-circle runs either parallel or at a right angle to the longitudinal axis of the valve seat element having the spray-discharge openings. The valve seat element is manufactured using metal injection molding methods. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150108256 | Fuel Injection Throttle Body - A throttle body fuel injection system including a throttle body with at least one air intake, a fuel injector coupled to the throttle body at a fuel port and an annular ring coupled to the cylindrical inner wall of the air intake. The annular ring includes a primary fuel discharge orifice adjacent to the fuel port and a plurality of secondary fuel discharge orifices arranged radially around the annular ring for spraying atomized fuel into the air intake. | 04-23-2015 |
| 20150337782 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - Fuel injection valve with conical valve seat surface that abuts a valve body to seal fuel, fuel injection orifices having an inlet opening formed on the valve seat surface, wherein fuel sprays injected from the plurality of fuel injection orifices include a first fuel spray constituted by a fuel spray injected from at least one fuel injection orifice and a second fuel spray constituted by a plurality of fuel sprays injected at an outer periphery of the first fuel spray, and a fuel injection orifice that injects the first fuel spray constituted with a plane that includes an orifice axis connecting a center of an inlet with a center of an outlet of the fuel injection orifice, parallel to a center axis of the fuel injection valve intersecting a plane, a conical apex that forms the valve seat surface to form an inclination angle that is larger than 0°. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150354518 | DEVICE FOR SPRAYING LIQUID INTO AN OPERATING CHAMBER - The invention proposes a device for nebulizing or spraying or injecting liquid into an operating chamber, wherein at least one multi-jet nozzle ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20150360244 | Compost Wetting Device - A compost wetting device for use with a garden hose or similar water source. The compost wetting device includes an elongated tubular member having an open first end and a closed second end. The elongated tubular member includes a plurality of apertures thereon through which water can pass. The first end includes a handle assembly having a tubular construction. The handle assembly can be connected to a garden hose to provide water to the elongated tubular member. The handle assembly includes a valve that is opened or closed by means of a trigger disposed on the handle assembly. This allows the user to control the flow of water through the compost wetting device. In operation, a user can insert the elongated tubular member into a compost pile and engage the trigger to cause water to escape through the apertures on the elongated tubular member to water and aerate the compost. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20150377200 | Fuel Injection Valve - In a fuel injection valve, it is possible to obtain spray in which the penetrating force of injected fuel is suppressed. | 12-31-2015 |
| 20160002896 | Water Delivery Apparatus with Multi-Channel Hose - A hot and cold water delivery apparatus comprising a multi-channel hose for simultaneously carrying hot and cold water to a water delivery device such as the spray head of a shower. The preferred hose is formed from an extruded length of material with a longitudinally running dividing wall to create the channels. A shut off valve may be provided for selectably connecting the channels to a source of hot and cold water respectively. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160017854 | Nozzle Body, The Valve Assembly And Fluid Injection Valve - A nozzle body for a fluid injection includes a cavity and a bottom wall delimiting the cavity at a fluid outlet end. The bottom wall is perforated by an injection hole having an inlet opening at an inner surface of the bottom wall and an outlet opening at an outer surface of the bottom wall. The outlet opening has an elongated slit shape having a centerline which is a circular arc with respect to the longitudinal axis. The inlet opening is spaced apart from the longitudinal axis by a radial distance. The inner surface has a concave shape extending away from the fluid outlet end from an apex of the inner surface. Further, the inlet opening is spaced apart from the apex by an axial distance that is smaller than said radial distance. | 01-21-2016 |
| 20160059240 | SHOWER - A shower assembly includes an inlet, a reservoir, a plurality of first outlets, and a plurality of second outlets. The inlet is for receiving water from a water source, and is configured to restrict water flow from the water source to a maximum inlet flow rate. The reservoir receives from the inlet. The plurality of first outlets are configured to pass water from the reservoir. The plurality of second outlets are configured to selectively pass water from the reservoir. The shower assembly is configured for a user to selectively control whether water passes through the plurality of second outlets. A sum of a first collective flow rate of the plurality of first outlets and a second collective flow rate of the plurality of second outlets is greater than the maximum inlet flow rate. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160059241 | SHOWER - A shower assembly includes an inlet, a first tank, and a second tank. The inlet is configured to receive water from a water source. The first tank is associated with a plurality of first outlets configured to pass water from the first tank. The second tank is associated with a plurality of second outlets configured to pass water from the second tank. The second tank is configured to receive and collect water from the inlet and also to distribute water to the first tank. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160061346 | VALVE DEVICE AND SHOWER DEVICE USING THE SAME - Each of the valve device and the shower device includes: a valve/shower device main body; a link lever pivotally held in the valve/shower device main body; a weight provided on the link lever; and a ball valve provided between the weight and a pivot axis of the link lever. When the valve/shower device main body is manually caused to move by shaking, swinging, turning, tilting, tapping, or like operation, a kinetic energy imposed on the weight causes the link lever to make a rotational movement relative to the valve/shower device main body, and then the rotational movement of the link lever displaces the ball valve to open or close a valve hole. The valve device and the shower device can significantly facilitate the valve-opening/closing operations, and do not require a special external member for hand- or finger-operation such as a button, a handle or a switch. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160108877 | FUEL INJECTION NOZZLE - A fuel injection nozzle of the present disclosure is a multi-hole type fuel injection nozzle where a plurality of injection holes are arranged along a circumferential direction about an axis of a nozzle body, and inject fuel radially outward from the axis of the nozzle body. Among two of the plurality of injection holes that are mutually adjacent along the circumferential direction, one injection hole has a larger spray angle and a shorter spray distance as compared to an other injection hole, and the other injection hole has a smaller spray angle and a longer spray distance as compared to the one injection hole. By arranging these injection holes alternately along the circumferential direction, a required inter-spray distance may be maintained and, at the same time, a space utilization ratio may be improved. | 04-21-2016 |
| 20160131098 | FUEL INJECTION VALVE - An object of the present invention is to further improve the characteristic of the fuel spray of a fuel injection valve which has a plurality of stepped injection holes having a hole diameter of an outlet side injection hole larger than a hole diameter of an inlet side injection hole and which injects fuel from the stepped injection holes into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine. A cutout portion, which guides a flow of gas flowing into an outlet side injection hole from a lateral position of a fuel outlet of the outlet side injection hole during fuel injection, in a circumferential direction of the outlet side injection hole, is provided for at least one of both lateral portions between which the fuel outlet is interposed along with an arrangement direction of a plurality of injection holes, on a circumferential edge of the fuel outlet of the outlet side injection hole, in relation to at lease some of the injection holes of a fuel injection valve having the plurality of stepped injection holes. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160184842 | FLOW DIVERTER IN FLUID APPLICATION DEVICE - A fluid application device having a flow diverter is provided. The fluid application device includes an applicator head having an internally formed manifold having a fluid input conduit, two or more fluid output conduits and a chamber disposed between the input conduit and the two or more output conduits. An external attachment surface is formed on the applicator head and is configured to have two or more nozzles selectively and removably secured thereto. A flow diverter is removably disposed in the chamber and includes a plug having two or more channels, each channel in fluid communication with the fluid input conduit and a respective fluid output conduit of the two or more output conduits. The fluid input conduit is configured to receive a fluid from a supply source and the two or more fluid output conduits are configured to discharge the fluid from the applicator head to respective nozzles. | 06-30-2016 |
| 20190143346 | WATERWAY SWITCHING MECHANISM AND A SHOWER CONTAINING THE WATERWAY SWITCHING MECHANISM | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190143348 | SHOWERHEAD WITH REMOTE PORTING | 05-16-2019 |
| 20220134360 | SHOWER HEAD - A shower head includes a shower head body having a water inlet channel, a first leather cup, a surface cover assembly, a water dispensing plate located between the shower head body and the surface cover assembly, and an adjusting device having a driving mechanism and a rotating mechanism. A first water outlet communicating with the water inlet channel penetrates the first leather cup. Two sides of the water dispensing plate respectively cooperate with the shower head body and the surface cover assembly to enclose an installation cavity and a water outflow cavity. The water dispensing plate has a first water passage hole communicating with the water outflow cavity. The driving mechanism is rotatably connected to the shower head body. The rotating mechanism is located inside the installation cavity and abuts against the first leather cup and the water dispensing plate. The driving mechanism drives the rotating mechanism to rotate to adjust a water outflow area. | 05-05-2022 |
| 239563000 | Sequential control of outlets | 2 |
| 20130119164 | WATER SEPARATION STRUCTURE OF SHOWER HEAD STRUCTURE - A water separation structure of a shower head includes a cover unit, a cover seal seat and a main body seal seat. The cover unit has three water outlets. Three water passages and a shift water passage are formed between the cover seal seat and the cover unit. The cover seal seat has five through holes. The main body seal seat has a water inlet and a blind hole which are spaced and located corresponding to the five through holes. The water inlet comprises a seal ring therein. The blind hole comprises a seal pad therein. The water inlet communicates with one of the five through holes by means of rotation to open the relative water passage. The blind hole is to block the other through holes and close the other water passages. The seal ring and the seal pad are against the cover seal seat. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20140175192 | MIXED-MODE FUEL INJECTOR WITH A VARIABLE ORIFICE - This invention disclosed a mixed-mode fuel injector with a micro-variable-circular-orifice (MVCO), which is a fuel injection device for internal combustion engines, either diesel or gasoline engines. The fuel injector has means of generating variable mixed-mode sprays of conical and multi-jet shapes. | 06-26-2014 |
