Patent ID: 8348174

Claim:
A shower assembly, comprising: a liquid supply portion; a gas supply portion; and a head assembly coupled to receive a liquid flow from the liquid supply portion and a gas flow from the gas supply portion, wherein the head assembly includes: a body configured to define an interior chamber, the interior chamber including a mixing region configured to receive the liquid flow and the gas flow, and a dispensing portion configured to receive a combined flow from the mixing region; a spray nozzle disposed within the body and configured to sprayably introduce the liquid flow into the mixing region; a mixing ring depending inwardly from the body into the interior chamber to provide a flow restriction proximate the spray nozzle, the flow restriction being configured to receive at least one of the gas flow or a combination of the liquid flow and the gas flow therethrough; wherein the body has a plurality of curtain apertures disposed therethrough at a location downstream of an initial mixing location of the sprayably introduced liquid flow and the gas flow, and configured to provide a corresponding plurality of curtain flows from a surrounding atmosphere, the plurality of curtain flows being drawn into the interior chamber and approximately along an inner wall of the dispensing portion, the combined flow and the plurality of curtain flows being dispensed out of the head assembly by the dispensing portion.