EP1958700A2 - Pomme de douche à jet d'eau lumineux et multicolore - Google Patents

Pomme de douche à jet d'eau lumineux et multicolore Download PDF

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EP1958700A2
EP1958700A2 EP08101510A EP08101510A EP1958700A2 EP 1958700 A2 EP1958700 A2 EP 1958700A2 EP 08101510 A EP08101510 A EP 08101510A EP 08101510 A EP08101510 A EP 08101510A EP 1958700 A2 EP1958700 A2 EP 1958700A2
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shower head
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Marcello Power Electronic di Carluccio Marcello Carluccio
Franco Power Electronic di Carluccio Marcello Tosato
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21V—FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F21V33/00—Structural combinations of lighting devices with other articles, not otherwise provided for
    • F21V33/0004—Personal or domestic articles
    • F21V33/004—Sanitary equipment, e.g. mirrors, showers, toilet seats or paper dispensers
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/02—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape
    • B05B1/08—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape of pulsating nature, e.g. delivering liquid in successive separate quantities
    • B05B1/083—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape of pulsating nature, e.g. delivering liquid in successive separate quantities the pulsating mechanism comprising movable parts
    • B05B1/085—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means designed to produce a jet, spray, or other discharge of particular shape or nature, e.g. in single drops, or having an outlet of particular shape of pulsating nature, e.g. delivering liquid in successive separate quantities the pulsating mechanism comprising movable parts rotated by the liquid or other fluent material discharged, e.g. liquid rotated turbines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S8/00—Lighting devices intended for fixed installation
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21S—NON-PORTABLE LIGHTING DEVICES; SYSTEMS THEREOF; VEHICLE LIGHTING DEVICES SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLE EXTERIORS
    • F21S9/00—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply
    • F21S9/04—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply the power supply being a generator
    • F21S9/046—Lighting devices with a built-in power supply; Systems employing lighting devices with a built-in power supply the power supply being a generator driven by hydropower, e.g. by water powered turbines
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05B—SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES
    • B05B1/00—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means
    • B05B1/14—Nozzles, spray heads or other outlets, with or without auxiliary devices such as valves, heating means with multiple outlet openings; with strainers in or outside the outlet opening
    • B05B1/18—Roses; Shower heads
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F21—LIGHTING
    • F21Y—INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED
    • F21Y2115/00—Light-generating elements of semiconductor light sources
    • F21Y2115/10—Light-emitting diodes [LED]

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  • shower heads which substantially comprise a duct or grip that can be connected to a water pipe and has at one end a terminal element provided with a plurality of holes and suited to eject the water delivered by the pipe in the form of a spray or jet.
  • the shower heads currently used only allow the user to choose among various types of jets or water flows, like for example a single central flow, continuous annular flows, pulsating flows, etc.
  • Hot and cold water mixed together can be conveyed into the shower head using the hot and cold water taps, or shifting the mixer lever.
  • the initial adjustment of the taps or mixer must be successively modified, since the water present in the hot water ducts near the taps or the mixer isn't always sufficiently hot, having released its heat over time. It is necessary to wait for the hot water coming directly from the boiler or the water heater to reach the taps or the mixer.
  • the user in order to check the temperature of the water flowing out of the shower head, puts a hand in the flow of water, feeling very cold if the hot water has not yet reached the tap or mixer, or running the risk of burning his/her hand if the water flowing out of the head is very hot.
  • the object of the present invention is to carry out a shower head capable of emitting light without being connected to the electricity network.
  • Another object of the present invention is to carry out a shower head capable of emitting light in the same direction as and inside the water flow that is ejected by the shower head itself.
  • a further object of the present invention is to carry out a shower head capable of emitting light of different colours.
  • a further object of the present invention is to carry out a shower head capable of emitting light of different colours according to the temperature of the water passing through said shower head.
  • the present invention concerns a shower head provided with one or more lighting bodies powered by an alternator or dynamo whose shaft is connected to a rotor that is struck by the flow of water that passes through the shower head itself.
  • Both the lighting bodies and the alternator or dynamo are housed in a watertight compartment that is not affected by the water flow.
  • only the rotor connected to the shaft of the alternator or dynamo is housed in one of the compartments or spaces crossed by the water flow.
  • An adjustment and control circuit also housed in a watertight compartment not affected by the water flow, adjusts and adapts the electric current in such a way as to correctly power the lighting bodies.
  • each of the lighting bodies can emit light of one colour and they can all be of the same colour, or each of the lighting bodies can emit light of one colour and they can all be of different colours, or each of the lighting bodies can emit light of two or more colours. Consequently, the adjustment and control circuit provides for lighting up the bodies in different colours according to pre-defined or casual patterns and/or sequences.
  • said adjustment and control circuit is connected to a temperature sensor suited to record the temperature of the water passing through the shower head, and said adjustment and control circuit lights up suitable lighting bodies or controls the different colour of the light emitted by said lighting bodies according to the temperature of the water passing through the shower head.
  • the light emitted by said lighting bodies can possibly be substantially blue/light blue if the water is too cold, while it can be substantially red/orange if the water is too hot and it can take on intermediate colours depending on the intermediate temperatures of the water flow.
  • said adjustment and control circuit may also show the temperature recorded by the sensor on a suitable display.
  • the rotor and the shaft of the dynamo or alternator are not directly joined, but separated by a suitably shaped portion of the watertight compartment that houses the dynamo or alternator.
  • the rotor is substantially provided with a central projection that is coaxial to its rotation axis and with a hole on the side opposite said projection. Said projection rotates on a suitable seat located inside the terminal element of the shower head, while a cylindrical portion of the wall of the watertight compartment is housed in the hole located in the rotor, opposite its projection.
  • said cylindrical portion of the wall of the watertight compartment is axially hollow and communicates only with the watertight compartment.
  • a driving element comprising a disc and a cylindrical portion, constructed in such a way that said cylindrical portion is inserted in the end of the shaft of the dynamo or alternator and said disc-shaped portion is orthogonal to said shaft of said dynamo or alternator.
  • said cylindrical portion of said driving element is suited to be housed in the cylindrical portion of the wall of the watertight compartment, on the side opposite the rotor.
  • Magnetic elements are inserted in or applied to both the rotor and the disc-shaped portion of the driving element, so that the magnetic elements of the rotor and the magnetic elements of the driving element are mutually attracted by each other.
  • the new shower head makes it possible to add coloured lighting to the shower water without modifying the existing shower systems and without providing any electrical line.
  • Figure 1 shows a sectional view of the new shower head
  • Figure 2 shows the various individual parts of the new shower head.
  • the new shower head (1) comprises a hollow grip having one threaded end (1.11) for connection to the water delivery pipe, and a terminal element (2) at the other end (1.12).
  • Said terminal element (2) has substantially the shape of a cap or dome with the grip joined to it in a position substantially tangent to the central part of said cap or dome.
  • an inner element (3) constituted by a further dome-shaped portion (3.1) having an annular edge (3.2).
  • Said dome-shaped portion (3.1) is smaller than the dome-shaped part of said terminal element (2); the annular edge (3.2) joins the dome-shaped portion (3.1) of the inner element (3) to the edge (2.1) of the dome-shaped terminal element (2).
  • said annular edge (3.2) is provided with holes, slots, openings or nozzles (3.21) for the outflow of water.
  • the central area (3.11) of the dome-shaped portion (3.1) of the inner element (3) is substantially flat and parallel to the edge of said dome-shaped portion (3.1).
  • the inner element (3) is housed in the dome-shaped terminal element (2), so that the dome-shaped portion (3.1) of the inner element (3) is housed in the dome-shaped terminal element (2), thus creating an air space (4) between the two dome-shaped parts (2, 3.1), and so that the annular edge (3.2) of the inner element (3) is joined to the edge (2.1) of the dome-shaped terminal element (2).
  • Said central compartment (11) houses the lighting bodies (6), the adjustment and control circuit (7) and the dynamo or alternator (8).
  • the dynamo or alternator (8) is applied to the central flat area (3.11) of the wall of the dome-shaped portion (3.1), so that the shaft (8.1) of said dynamo or alternator (8) passes through said wall of the dome-shaped portion (3.1) and the rotor (8.2) comes to be positioned in the air space (4) between the dome-shaped portion itself (3.1) and the cap or dome-shaped terminal element (2) at the point where water is conveyed from the grip (1) into the air space (4).
  • the lighting bodies (6) consist of LEDs (6) mounted on a strip (7) on which the electric and/or electronic components that make up the adjustment and control circuit (7) are installed and connected.
  • Said strip (7) is circular in shape and is suited to be housed in the central compartment (11).
  • a temperature sensor (10) electrically connected to said adjustment and control circuit (7) is inserted through the wall of the dome-shaped portion (3.1) of the inner element (3) and sealed, in such a way as to record the temperature of the water circulating in the air space (4) and at the same time avoiding the infiltration of water in said central compartment (11).
  • a cylindrical projection (3.3) that extends on the convex side of the dome-shaped portion (3.1).
  • Said cylindrical projection (3.3) is hollow and communicates only with the hollow part of said dome-shaped portion (3.1).
  • the rotor (8.2) is inserted in and rotates on said cylindrical projection (3.3).
  • a generically disc-shaped driving element (8.3) is applied to the shaft (8.1) of the dynamo or alternator (8).
  • Magnetic elements (8.4) are applied to or inserted in both the rotor (8.2) and the driving element (8.3), so that the magnetic elements (8.4) of the rotor (8.2) and the magnetic elements (8.4) of the driving element (8.3) mutually attract each other. In this way the rotation of the rotor (8.2) causes the rotation of the driving element (8.3) and consequently of the shaft (8.1) of the dynamo or alternator (8) by magnetic attraction.
  • This solution ensures perfect insulation between the compartments crossed by the water flow and the watertight compartment or central compartment (11) that houses the dynamo or alternator (8) and the other electric elements (7, 10).
  • the luminous flow is switched on only when the water jet is opened, since the LEDs are powered by the water flow that passes through the shower head and strikes the rotor (8.2) of the dynamo or alternator (8), setting it rotating.

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