Patent ID: 6533194
Filing Date: 2003-03-18
Classification: B05B

Abstract:
A shower head, comprising:an inlet assembly having a first chamber therein, a means for coupling the first chamber to a fluid supply, and an exit from the first chamber; an outlet assembly abutting the inlet assembly and being rotatably attached thereto, the outlet assembly having: a body having inlets positionable to communicate with the exit when the outlet assembly is rotated into different positions with respect to the inlet assembly, the body also having a discharge section in which outlets are positioned; a face plate member connected to the body, the face plate member having three sets of fluid passageways therethrough, the first set being a radially inward set, the third set being a radially outward set, and the second set being a radially middle set, the face plate member having a central impeller housing defining the first set of fluid passageways and an inwardly extending post adjacent its center; a first rotatable impeller rotatably mounted about the post of the impeller housing and positioned between a first outlet and the first set of passageways; and a second rotatable impeller positioned between a second outlet and the second set of passageways; wherein when an outlet of the body is in communication with the first set and water is passed through the shower head, the first impeller will spin; wherein when an outlet of the body is in communication with the second set and water is passed through the shower head, the second impeller will spin; wherein when an outlet of the body is in communication with the third set, water can pass through the shower head through the third set; and wherein the first arid second impellers provide pulsed flow at different rates for a given flow rate through the inlet assembly; wherein flexible nozzles are positioned in the third set of passageways.