Patent ID: 7850098

Claim:
A spray head comprising: a body including a fluid port configured to be coupled to a water supply; and a cartridge received within the body, the cartridge including an inlet in fluid communication with the fluid port, a first outlet in fluid communication with the inlet and configured to produce from the spray head a water stream, a second outlet having a longitudinal axis and a fluid contact surface extending around the longitudinal axis and in fluid communication with the inlet, a whirl member configured to impart rotational movement about the longitudinal axis to water passing from the inlet to the second outlet, such that centrifugal force causes the water moving toward the second outlet to follow the fluid contact surface, and a reflector positioned intermediate the whirl member and the fluid contact surface to reverse the direction of water supplied from the whirl member, the direction of water again reversed from the reflector to the fluid contact surface to assist in providing uniform water flow to the fluid contact surface, wherein a continuous shield of water extends outwardly from the spray head in a sheet-like layer around the water stream and is spaced apart from the water stream, the water stream produced from the spray head by the first outlet having a substantially laminar flow.