This invention relates to a ceiling mounted shower head, and in particular, a ceiling mounted shower head that can be lowered to a desired height.
A bathroom shower will include a shower head for directing water onto the user. One type is known as a rain shower head because it produces a spray that mimics rainfall. Unlike a conventional shower head where the water is forced out under high pressure, a rain shower head has a relatively large, flat surface and is disposed directly overhead of the user. This allows the water to gently exit the showerhead and fall by gravity onto the user in a manner similar to natural rainfall.
Although a rain shower head may be mounted to a wall using an articulated arm or other means for positional adjustment, a wall mounted rain shower head tends to be relatively small. Rain shower heads mounted to a ceiling are substantially larger, provide a wider cascade of water and are minimalist in design. In addition, a ceiling rain shower head is flush with the ceiling which is aesthetically pleasing.
A disadvantage of the ceiling mounted shower head is that its vertical height cannot be adjusted because it is fixed to the ceiling.
A height adjustable shower head assembly comprising a receptacle adapted for mounting to a ceiling, a reel provided in the housing, a flexible hose having first end and second ends, the flexible hose is stored on the reel and is adapted to be vertically deployed from the reel and retracted onto the reel, the first end of the flexible hose is connected to a water supply, the second end of the flexible hose is connected to a shower head, whereby the distance of the shower head from the ceiling may be adjusted by selectively deploying or retracting the flexible hose.
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A rotary fitting 26 is provided on the reel device 6 for connecting to a water supply (not shown), the opposite end of which is connected to one end of the flexible hose 8. A hose guide 28, as best shown in
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In use, a user will pull downwardly on the hose 8 which causes the reel to unwind the hose 8 and prevent retraction in an opposite direction due to the pawl 32 being engaged with teeth 38. To reverse direction, the gap region 36 will permits disengagement of pawl 32 from teeth 38 and enable the reel to rotate in an opposite direction under the force of the spring load.
An alternative embodiment for rotating the reel device is shown in
It is within the scope of the present invention to provide other means for rotating the reel device 6 to enable the hose to be deployed or retracted. For example, an electric motor or some other automatic drive system may be provided so long as the user can selectively adjust the height of the shower head by either engaging the shower head or operating a separate control device.
While this invention has been described as having a preferred design, it is understood that it is capable of further modifications, uses and adaptations, both in whole and in part, while following the general principle of the invention and including such departures from the present disclosure as is known or customary practice in the art to which this invention pertains, and as may be applied to the central features of this invention.
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