Patent ID: 6607148
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A shower head, comprising:an inlet assembly having a portion for connection to a fluid supply at a first end; an outlet assembly abutting the inlet assembly opposite the first end and being rotatably attached thereto, the outlet assembly having: a housing positioned opposite the inlet assembly; a diverter member in the housing, the diverter member including three separate passages, the second passage being of a smaller cross section than the first passage; a face plate member connected to the housing, the face plate member having two sets of fluid passageways there through, a first set of fluid passageways capable of being in communication with either the first passage or the second passage and being in a central location radially inward from a second set of fluid passageways, said second set of fluid passageways capable of being in communication with the third passage; and a rotatable impeller positioned in the housing between the first set of fluid passageways and the first passage; wherein when the first passage is in communication with the first set of fluid passageways and water is passed through the shower head, the impeller will spin so as to provide pulsed flow through the first set of fluid passageways; and wherein when the second passage is in communication with the first set of fluid passageways and water is passed through the shower head the impeller will not spin so as to provide non-pulsed flow through the first set of fluid passageways to provide a spray pattern.