Patent ID: 6205596
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
An automatic hair washer, comprising:a basin including nozzles, said nozzles arranged around said basin for spouting wash water onto the hair of a user;a hot water storing tank;a pump for pumping wash water at a predetermined hydraulic pressure from said hot water storing tank to said nozzles;a delivery pipe for delivering wash water from said hot water storing tank to said pump and from said pump to said nozzles;a three-way valve provided in said delivery pipe between said nozzles and said pump;a flow dividing pipe for delivering water from said three-way valve to said hot water storing tank; andmeans for controlling said three-way valve such that, at initiation of a washing cycle, said three-way valve diverts a portion of the wash water in said delivery pipe back to said hot water storing tank via said flow dividing pipe while simultaneously feeding the remainder of the wash water in said delivery pipe to said nozzles.