Hand shower and temperature indicating unit
US4161881A · kind A · utility
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 11, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jul 24, 1979 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 11, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01K13/02
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A hand shower and temperature indicating unit is provided. The unit includes a shower head consisting of a water chamber having a perforated water outlet surface and a temperature sensitive means positioned inside the chamber adjacent the opposite surface of the chamber and a rigid conduit section serving as the handle for the unit and integrally attached at one end thereof to the side surface of the chamber. The conduit section has at one end means adapted to direct a water flow towards the temperature sensitive means and has at the free end thereof means for attachment to a water supply line. The unit further includes a temperature indicating means positioned within a recess provided in the outer surface of the unit and operationally attached via a wall of the chamber to the temperature sensitive means to indicate the temperature of the water within the chamber.
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