Showerhead Assembly with Rotating Supplemental Sprayers
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Solution Overview
Problem
Handheld showerheads lack the ability to direct water to multiple locations simultaneously, and existing solutions requiring additional plumbing modifications to shower stalls are costly and inflexible.
Innovation Solution
A handheld showerhead assembly with a mounting structure featuring a 'C' shaped receptacle and rotatable supplemental sprayer assemblies that can be affixed to the shower stall wall without additional plumbing, allowing for adjustable nozzle alignment and selection of different spray patterns.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If wall nozzles are added to shower stall, then water can be directed to multiple locations, but expensive plumbing modifications are required
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple spray functions into a single handheld showerhead unit. The rotating spray head assembly integrates multiple nozzles and spray patterns that can be rotated to direct water to different locations, eliminating the need for separate wall-mounted nozzles and their associated plumbing modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The spray head is designed to be rotatable, allowing dynamic adjustment of water direction. The rotating mechanism enables the same handheld device to direct water to multiple locations by changing its orientation, providing versatility without requiring fixed installations at multiple points.
2Ease of manufacture
If fixed spray patterns are used, then construction is simple, but user flexibility and spray pattern variety are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a rotatable spray head assembly that can be manually rotated to different angular positions. This dynamic feature allows the same simple handheld construction to provide multiple spray directions and patterns, maintaining ease of manufacture while significantly improving user flexibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The handheld showerhead is designed as a multi-functional device that can perform multiple spray functions through rotation. A single device provides various spray patterns and directions, eliminating the need for multiple specialized nozzles while maintaining simple construction.
Data Source
AI summary
An improved showerhead assembly is provided for use with handheld showerheads. The handheld showerhead includes an elongate handle and a showerhead face including one or more nozzles for spraying water. In addition, the showerhead assembly includes a hollow mount for affixing to the male threaded pipe found in a shower stall. The mount includes a “C” shaped receptacle for holding the handheld shower assembly, an inlet for receiving water, as well as an outlet for expelling water to a flexible hose, which in turn is connected to the handheld showerhead. In addition, the mount includes supplemental spray assemblies which are affixed to the left side, right side or both sides of the “C” shaped receptacle. The supplemental spray assemblies can be rotated so as to expel water through different spray nozzle configurations.