Baths – closets – sinks – and spittoons – Means for spraying user
Patent
1999-03-24
2000-11-21
Fetsuga, Robert M.
Baths, closets, sinks, and spittoons
Means for spraying user
45416, A47K 328
Patent
active
061484539
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention falls within the field of installations intended to produce water jets, in particular shower devices.
STATE OF THE ART
Known shower devices comprise one or more shower roses which can in some cases be orientated manually and are arranged so as to form static jets. These known devices do not allow the whole body to take full advantage of the therapeutic effects of hydromassage because the water jets do not systematically and regularly reach the various parts of the body. Even a detachable shower rose cannot be hand-operated in a regular manner and produce a satisfactory effect.
Baths of the J-Sha type from Jacuzzi comprise a series of small jets arranged vertically along the back of the bath, which act directly on the cervical, dorsal and lumbar zones of the spinal column. In these baths, the jets are also static and do not allow the body to take full advantage of the beneficial effects of hydromassage either because the beneficial effect of the water jet comes above all from the movement of the water jet over the various parts of the body, in particular along the spinal column (stimulating or calming effect).
This sensation depends on the speed, the direction and the orientation of the movement of the water jet in relation to the body. It also depends on the receptiveness and the sensitivity of each individual, from which the importance of a shower space that is of sufficient size to allow freedom of movement of the body under the moving jet can be seen.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to produce a dynamic shower device that allows the whole body of the user to take full advantage of the beneficial and therapeutic effects of hydromassage.
Another object of the invention is to produce a dynamic shower device arranged to generate a water jet having a continuous movement in space.
A further object of the invention is to produce a dynamic shower device arranged to generate a water jet, the movement of which in space can be adjusted by the user.
According to the invention, these objects are achieved by an oscillating device as defined in the claims. More specifically, the invention proposes a programmable device comprising a body bearing a shower rose for generating a water jet, in which the body is arranged so as to be capable of pivoting about at least one pivoting axis, and means for imparting to the body an oscillation movement about said pivoting axis.
In an advantageous embodiment, the pivoting body comprises a first element arranged so as to pivot about a first pivoting axis and a second element arranged so as to pivot about a second pivoting axis extending in a direction transverse to the first pivoting axis, said second element of the body bearing the shower rose. The pivoting body may be produced in various embodiments, three of which are described below by way of non-limiting examples.
Each oscillation movement can be controlled individually in terms of speed and extent, which makes it possible to vary continuously the direction of the water jet in space and thus to bring about unlimited variation of the trajectory of the water jet during the shower. This adjustment of the speed and of the extent of the oscillation movements as well as their sequencing in time are advantageously programmed by microprocessor.
By virtue of the invention, the shower rose is actuated with an oscillation movement in space, which varies according to the control program selected. The effect of this is to create a water jet which is variable in direction in space, which gives rise to a large range of trajectories of the water jet according to the program selected. This range of possibilities may comprise both programmed predefined trajectories and sequences of trajectories that the user can define personally. The effects of hydromassage are thus reinforced, in this way favouring the beneficial therapeutic effect of the shower.
The invention is explained in greater detail in the following description of three exemplary embodiments illustrated in the a
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