Patent ID: 6550697
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B05B,Y10T

Abstract:
A shower head assembly comprising:a housing body having upper and lower ends opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction, an inner annular wall interposed between the upper and lower ends, extending along a rotating axis which is transverse to the longitudinal direction, and terminating at an inner end surface which is disposed transverse to the rotating axis so as to cooperate with said inner annular wall to confine a chamber, said inner end surface being provided with first and second inlet ports communicated with said chamber, and a main inlet formed in said inner annular wall to communicate with said chamber, and extending radially relative to the rotating axis and toward said upper end so as to be adapted to communicate with a water supply channel; a shower base including an upper wall anchored to said lower end, and a lower wall opposite to said upper wall in the longitudinal direction, said lower wall including a central portion, and a surrounding portion surrounding said central portion, said central and surrounding portions respectively having central and surrounding outlet ports for outward spraying of water; first and second through-flow ducts formed in and through said housing body, said first and second through-flow ducts having first and second proximate ends which are disposed between said upper and lower ends, and which are connected to and which are communicated with said first and second inlet ports respectively, and first and second distal ends which extend into and through said upper wall so as to communicate with said central and surrounding outlet ports respectively; a valve member received in said chamber, and having an annular surrounding wall and a valve end surface which are rotatable relative to said inner annular wall and said inner end surface respectively about the rotating axis, said valve member further having a communicating duct which has an inflow port that is formed in and that extends along said annular surrounding wall and that is communicated with said main inlet when said annular surrounding wall is rotated relative to said inner annular wall, said communicating duct further having an outflow port which extends through said valve end surface in an axial direction parallel to the rotating axis, such that when said valve member is turned about the rotating axis to a first position, said outflow port is registered with said first inlet port to communicate said communicating duct with said first through-flow duct so as to permit water to be discharged from said central outlet port, and when said valve member is turned to a second position, said outflow port is registered with said second inlet port to communicate said communicating duct with said second through-flow duct so as to permit water to be discharged from said surrounding outlet port; and an elongated operating member having an inner connecting end secured on said valve member, and an outer operating end extending outwardly from said inner connecting end in the axial direction and outwardly of said housing body so as to be operated externally to turn said valve member between the first and second positions.