Patent Application
20230381795
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The disclosure relates to showerhead devices and more particularly pertains to a new showerhead device for saving water and energy and providing entertainment. The present invention discloses a showerhead device that heats water, broadcasts audio, and turns off a flow of water to the showerhead by means of a motion sensor and a valve.
The prior art relates to showerhead devices. Prior art showerhead devices may comprise showerhead devices having motion sensors, speakers, or heating elements. The prior art does not teach a showerhead device comprising a motion sensor, a speaker, and a heating element.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing, which has an aperture positioned in its rear. The aperture is internally threaded, thus the housing is configured for threaded attachment to an inlet pipe of a shower enclosure so that an interior space defined by the housing is in fluidic communication with the inlet pipe. A plurality of holes positioned in a front of the housing is configured to generate a spray from water that enters the interior space.
A power module, a valve, a heating module, and a receiver are attached to the housing and are positioned in the interior space. A sensor and a speaker are attached to the front of the housing. The sensor is operationally engaged to the power module and the valve. The valve, the heating module, the receiver, and the speaker are operationally engaged to the power module. The receiver is communicatively engaged to the speaker.
The sensor is configured to detect motion in the shower enclosure in an area upon which the spray is directed and to signal the valve. The valve is configured to control a flow of the water through the interior space by selectively opening and closing the 30 aperture. The receiver is configured to receive an audio signal from an electronic device of a user and to relay the audio signal to the speaker for broadcast. The heating module is configured to selectively heat the water that passes through the interior space.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A power module 28, a valve 30, a heating module 32, and a receiver 34 are attached to the housing 12 and are positioned in the interior space 22. As shown in
A sensor 44 and a speaker 46 are attached to the front 26 of the housing 12. The sensor 44 is operationally engaged to the power module 28 and the valve 30. The sensor 44 may comprise a passive infrared sensor 48, a microwave sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, or the like. The valve 30, the heating module 32, the receiver 34, and the speaker 46 are operationally engaged to the power module 28. The receiver 34 is communicatively engaged to the speaker 46.
The sensor 44 is configured to detect motion in the shower enclosure 20, in an area upon which the spray is directed, and to signal the valve 30. The valve 30 is configured to control a flow of the water through the interior space 22 by selectively opening and closing the aperture 14. The receiver 34 is configured to receive an audio signal from an electronic device 54 of a user and to relay the audio signal to the speaker 46 for broadcast. The heating module 32 is configured to selectively heat the water that passes through the interior space 22. The present invention is anticipated to save both water and energy compared to prior art showerhead devices.
A regulator 50 is attached to the housing 12, is positioned in the interior space 22, and is operationally engaged to the heating module 32 and the receiver 34. Programming code 52, which is selectively positionable on the electronic device 54 of the user, enables the electronic device 54 to set a temperature setpoint for the regulator 50 by signaling the regulator 50 via the receiver 34. The regulator 50 is enabled to adjust a heating output of the heating module 32 to regulate a temperature of the water passing through the interior space 22 to match the temperature setpoint.
In use, the inlet pipe 18 is threadedly inserted into the aperture 14 to attach the housing 12 to the inlet pipe 18. The electronic device 54 can be paired with the receiver 34, enabling the user to set the temperature setpoint so the regulator 50 adjusts the heating output of the immersion heater 42 to obtain water at a temperature desired by the user, and to broadcast an audio file over the speaker 46. The sensor 44 detects motion in the shower enclosure 20, in the area upon which the spray is directed, and signals the valve 30 to control a flow of water through the housing 12. Thus, as the user moves under the front 26 of the housing 12, the motion is sensed and the valve 30 is opened. As the user moves away from the housing 12, no motion will be detected by the sensor 44 and the valve 30 will be closed.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
