CN1280470A - Adjustable support for a shower - Google Patents

Adjustable support for a shower Download PDF

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CN1280470A
CN1280470A CN98811780.0A CN98811780A CN1280470A CN 1280470 A CN1280470 A CN 1280470A CN 98811780 A CN98811780 A CN 98811780A CN 1280470 A CN1280470 A CN 1280470A
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阿尔方斯·纳普
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/06Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath
    • E03C1/066Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath allowing height adjustment of shower head
    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E03WATER SUPPLY; SEWERAGE
    • E03CDOMESTIC PLUMBING INSTALLATIONS FOR FRESH WATER OR WASTE WATER; SINKS
    • E03C1/00Domestic plumbing installations for fresh water or waste water; Sinks
    • E03C1/02Plumbing installations for fresh water
    • E03C1/06Devices for suspending or supporting the supply pipe or supply hose of a shower-bath

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An adjustable support for a shower, including a rod (10) installed in a substantially vertical position, which is supported near its midpoint by a support bracket (12) integrally formed with a mixing valve handle assembly (11). The rod vertically extends in two branches (20, 30), that mounts shower holders (19, 17) for retaining a hand held shower head (22). The holders (14, 17) are slidably mounted longitudinally along the rod and are equipped with a fastener for affixing them in a desired position. The rod can be slidably adjusted longitudinally with respect to the support bracket and, in this case, the support bracket for the rod is provided with a fastener (13) for affixing the rod in place. The rod can furthermore be supported by a bracket (21) in proximity of its upper end.

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The adjustable support that is used for shower
The present invention relates to be used for the adjustable support of hand shower, comprise being installed in the bar of lengthwise position roughly, this bar allows to be installed in a adjusting position on the bar by the hand shower that a flexible pipe water is given.
Can see the spray head of two kinds of fundamental types at the indoor bathroom of dwelling house and shower cabinet.A kind ofly be called as fixed spray head, it is with being threaded onto on the end of a rigid pipe, and described rigid pipe is positioned at the top of a shower standpipe.Second kind is commonly referred to a hand-held shower or manual shower, and it is linked on the end of a flexible pipe.Usually have and be used for the long handle that hand grips.Though owing to the flexibility of hand shower with hand grips and the freedom of shower position is able to popularization and application, have many time user of service wish that hand can free operant, and this is the feature of fixed spray head.In order to make hand free exercise make hand shower, adjustable support is installed on the shower wall that hand shower is installed.
In known adjustable support, bar carriage of two opposite ends by being positioned at bar usually is attached on the wall.This bar has the bottom that is close to Flow-rate adjustment handle height usually and extends upward from this bottom.One single installation bracket is installed slidably along bar, and has a setting screw thread or a setting knob, and it allows to fix this installation bracket.Installation bracket has a clip or the pin that hand shower is installed.And oneself adjustable support that also is useful on a shower of knowing, its king-rod is screwed onto in the body of a mixing valve assembly by screw thread, is used for vertical adjusting.
This valve module has a fixture that is used for bar is installed in desired location.Through the spray head that a flexible pipe that comes from the blender valve is supplied with, be installed in the upper end of bar removably.In this case, the adjusting of spray head height is finished by carriage release lever in the blender body.All these adjustable supports that are used for a hand-held shower make the setting height(from bottom) that can regulate hand shower, make the high relatively height place that this highly only is being close to user of service's height.Certainly, such situation is arranged also, promptly the someone wishes that shower can spray at a lower height, for example to wash other lower part of restricted pin or health; Perhaps in the bathing process, the someone wishes to clean and wash down its hair.In these cases, shower must be handed in cleaning operation process, thereby has reduced comfortable.
Needed is an improved support that is used for hand-held spray head, and it provides bigger not manual position range of choice.
According to an aspect of of the present present invention, a kind of adjustable shower support comprises: can be installed to the bearing support on the wall, described bearing support is installed between the top and bottom of a roughly machine-direction oriented bar.Described bar has a top shower clamper and a bottom shower clamper, and these clampers are installed on the machine-direction oriented bar, lay respectively on the described bearing support and under.At least one shower clamper is installed along described bar slidably, and is equipped with a fastener, is used for releasedly the described shower clamper of installing slidably being fixed on the desirable position along bar.Each shower clamper is configured to the one hand-held shower of clamping releasedly, and described shower is connected on the flexible pipe, and pipe operationally is connected on the water system.
Preferably, described bearing support be installed on the wall with a wall on the roughly same height place of valve gear of installing, the water of flexible pipe and hand shower is supplied with in this valve gear control.In one embodiment, described bearing support is the integral part of valve gear.This valve gear can be a mixing valve, adjustment mixing valve or only be a tap.
Desirablely be, described bar is installed slidably with respect to described bearing support, and described bearing support has a fastener, is used for described bar is fixed on a vertical height of wishing releasedly and longitudinally.In this embodiment, a shower clamper is installed slidably along bar, and a shower clamper for good and all is bonded on the described bar.Preferably described top shower clamper is installed slidably along bar, and described bottom shower clamper for good and all is bonded on the described bar.
Perhaps, non-adjustable the saving land of bar is fixed on the bearing support.In this embodiment, two shower clampers are installed slidably along bar, and are equipped with a fastener, are used for the described shower clamper of installing slidably is fixed on a desired location along bar releasedly and longitudinally.
In one embodiment, one second bearing support can be installed on the described wall, and supports an epimere part of described bar.
In this mode, the shower clamper that is used to hold with a pedestal of clamping one hand-held shower can move independently along the direction of bar, and can be fixed on desirable height.When the user wishes from traditional higher shower position spray health, be suitable for holding hand shower at the clamper of the top of bar branch; When the user is taking a shower, wish to spray the bottom of health and when not bathing top or cleaning or flushing hair, be suitable for holding and the clamping hand shower at the clamper of bar bottom branch.
Describe referring now to accompanying drawing.In the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is a perspective view that is used for an adjustable support of a hand-held shower;
Fig. 2 is the perspective view that is similar to Fig. 1 of expression one second embodiment;
Fig. 3 is a modified example embodiment illustrated in fig. 2, and non-adjustable the saving land of its middle and lower part shower clamper is installed on the bar;
Fig. 4 is another modified example embodiment illustrated in fig. 2, and wherein non-adjustable the saving land of shower post is installed on the bearing support;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view that is similar to Fig. 2 of expression one the 3rd embodiment;
Fig. 6 is the perspective view that is similar to Fig. 1 of expression one the 4th embodiment.
Detailed description of preferred embodiment
Fig. 1 has shown an adjustable support that is used for a shower, and it comprises a longitudinal rod 10, and this bar is by a bearing support 12 supportings, and it also comprises a mixing valve in this case, and described valve has operating grip assembly 11, and it is linked on the wall.One bar 10 obtains installing in the mode that can pass bearing support 12 slips.Bearing support 12 has a fastener screw 13 that is used for bar 10 is fixed on desired location.Other fastener mechanism, screw knob for example, button, rubbing device, ratchet or some other suitable devices also can be used to replace fastener screw 13.10 one-tenth two branches of bar extend, and a branch 20 extends on bearing support 12, and another branch 30 extends for 12 times at bearing support.On each of these branches 20,30 of bar 10, be separately installed with shower clamper 14 and 17.Each clamper is the adjustable ground longitudinal sliding motion on bar 10.Fastener screw 15 and 18 is operated in each shower clamper 14 and 17, thereby releasably each shower clamper is fixed on the position of hope.In this case, can use other fastener to replace screw 15 and 18 equally such as screw knob, button, rubbing device, ratchet or other appropriate device.
In addition, each clamper 14 and 17 has a clamper mechanism 16 and 19 respectively, for example, adopts to be suitable for clamping releasedly a mode of handing the fork of shower 22, wherein shower 22 is supplied water by a flexible pipe 24, and described in this case flexible pipe comes from blender 12.Clamper 16 and 19 replacedly adopts the form of a upright bolt, and this upright bolt is accommodated in the opening of base portion of hand shower 22.Therefore, hand shower 22 can be fixed on the top clamper 14, with the whole health from top shower user, but also can be fixed on the bottom clamper 17, and is shown in dotted line.As user during in bathing, this lower position make can the shower health the bottom and can not clean hair after body part or flushing are wiped with shampoo.Can realize the operation of this bottom and shower is held in the hand, liberate two hands thus without the user.
Slidably clamper 14 and adjustable height of 17 (shower 22 highly spray from this) are independently for two clampers 14 and 17.Each clamper all can and be fixed to a desired position along bar 10 slips.In addition, bar 10 can slide in bearing support 12, is located at a position more suitably, with positioning clamp holder 14 and 17 vertically.
Fig. 2 has shown another embodiment, and it is different from the bearing support 2 that Fig. 1 place only is bar 1 and does not comprise a blender valve, and only has a tap to be added on the wall, and connects flexible pipe 24 from this, and described Guan Shui gives shower 22.For this embodiment, to the embodiment of Fig. 1 described all be suitable for.
As shown in Figure 4, bar 10 can uncontrollable mode be fixed on the bearing support 12.Therefore, in this modified example, can save fastener screw 13, or the user need not utilize this screw.On the other hand, as shown in Figure 3, if the position-adjustable of bar 10 then can be saved the adjustment screw 18 on the bottom clamper 17 that holds hand shower 22.Clamper 17 replacedly is fixed on the lower end of bar 10.Clamper 17 no longer slides along bar 10, but slides with bar 10.Yet, be used to hold two clampers 14 of hand shower 22 and 17 position and keep and can regulate independently, the position that bottom clamper 17 is regulated along with bar 10 and regulating, top clamper 14 is regulated along bar 10.
Fig. 5 represents another embodiment, and it is different from part embodiment illustrated in fig. 2 only is bar 10 on being supported bearing support 12, also near its top by a carriage 21 supportings, described carriage 21 is applied on the wall 9.Carriage 21 comprises a tap, supplies water and picks out for the flexible pipe 24 of shower 22 from this tap.This embodiment makes and can allow bar 10 more stable and can alleviate its structure.In conjunction with the embodiment of Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 described all also be applicable to present embodiment.Especially, can move in bearing support 12 if bar 10 is installed into, then it also can be adjusted slidably with respect to upper bracket 21.
Fig. 6 has shown an embodiment, and it is different from according to part embodiment illustrated in fig. 5 and only is that bearing support 12 does not comprise any tap, valve or other water supply utensil.Hand shower 22 and flexible pipe 24 are operably connected on the independent valve gear 31, and described valve gear can be a mixing valve, adjustment mixing valve or only be a tap.
In aforesaid way, thereby the present invention uses the shower with traditional mode except allowing the user that shower is installed in higher position, also allow the user that shower is installed in a lower position, thus when taking a shower the bottom of spray health and be unlikely to bathing top or flushing user's head and hair.In addition, for two shower positions each, the user can regulate the height of hand shower, thereby it can regulate shower, with stature and the needs that are suitable for the user.
Under the prerequisite that does not break away from the essence of the present invention that limits by appended claims and scope, can realize other various distortion.

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1. adjustable shower support is characterized in that comprising:
Can be installed to the bearing support on the wall;
Described bearing support is installed between the top and bottom of a roughly machine-direction oriented bar;
Described bar has a top shower clamper and a bottom shower clamper, and these clampers are installed on the vertical orientated bar, lay respectively on the described bearing support and under;
At least one shower clamper is installed can obtaining along the mode that described bar slides, and is equipped with a fastener, is used for releasedly will the described shower clamper of installation slidably being fixed on a desirable position along bar;
Each shower clamper has suitable structure, thereby releasably shower is handed in clamping one, and described shower links to each other with a flexible pipe, and this flexible pipe operationally can link to each other with a water system.
2. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 1, its feature also is:
Described bearing support be installed on the wall with a wall on the roughly same height place of valve gear of installing, this valve gear control is to the water supply of flexible pipe and hand shower.
3. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 2, its feature also is:
Described bearing support is the part of the whole of valve gear.
4. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 3, its feature also is:
Described bar is installed slidably with respect to described bearing support, and described bearing support has a fastener, is used for described bar is fixed on a vertical height of wishing releasedly and longitudinally.
5. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 4, its feature also is:
Can be installed to one second bearing support on the described wall, be used for supporting slidably the epimere part of described bar.
6. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 3, its feature also is:
Can be installed on the described wall and support one second bearing support of the epimere part of described bar.
7. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 3, its feature also is:
One of shower clamper is installed slidably along bar, and another of shower clamper for good and all is fixed on the described bar.
8. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 7, its feature also is:
Described top shower clamper is installed slidably along bar, and described bottom shower clamper for good and all is fixed on the described bar.
9. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 2, its feature also is:
Non-adjustable the saving land of bar is fixed on the bearing support.
10. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 9, its feature also is:
Two shower clampers all with along bar slidably mode install and be equipped with a fastener, be used for the described shower clamper of installing slidably releasably longitudinally is fixed on desired location along bar.
11. adjustable shower support as claimed in claim 1, its feature also is:
Non-adjustable the saving land of bar is fixed on the bearing support.
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