Patent ID: 6918517
Filing Date: 2005-07-19
Classification: A61M,B05B

Abstract:
1. A nozzle adapted to be connected to a fluid-supplying tube of a sanitary cleansing device, comprising: a coupling member having an internal coupling surface which is adapted to be coupled with the tube and which defines an intake port therein; a tubular body having an inner surrounding surface which defines a channel that has an inlet and an outlet opposite to each other along an axis, said inlet being fluidly communicated with and being disposed downstream of said intake port so as to enable fluid in the tube to flow along said channel from said inlet to said outlet, said tubular body further having an outer surrounding surface opposite to said inner surrounding surface in radial directions relative to the axis, said outer surrounding surface having a plurality of elongated grooves formed therein which are angularly displaced from one another about the axis, each of said grooves extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the axis, and having proximate and distal ends proximate to said outlet and said inlet, respectively; and a flow diverting member defining a passage therein, said passage having two regions which are opposite to each other in a radial direction relative to the axis and which are fluidly communicated with said outlet of said channel and said proximate ends of said elongated grooves so as to enable the fluid in said channel to be diverted to flow from said proximate ends towards said distal ends along said elongated grooves in a plurality of fluid streams; said outer surrounding surface of said tubular body having a plurality of ejecting holes which are formed adjacent to said distal ends of said elongated grooves, each of said ejecting holes extending in the longitudinal direction and being fluidly communicated with said intake port so as to enable the fluid to spray out therefrom in a direction substantially opposite to that of said fluid streams.