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Gino A Mazzenga

Thomas B Brundage

A voice-controlled shower system for use with a conventional shower assembly includes sources of hot and cold water, a showerhead, and a conduit for delivering water from the water sources to the showerhead. Each water source includes a control valve coupled to a control unit. The control unit is adapted to store electric impulses representative of a predetermined vocabulary of voice commands. The shower system further includes a receiver for receiving a speech input from a user and delivering corresponding electric impulses to the control unit. The electric impulses of the speech input are compared by the control unit to the electric impulses of the vocabulary of voice commands, the control unit actuating predetermined control valves upon recognizing a match so as to start or stop the water flow from the water sources to the showerhead or to adjust the water temperature. The shower system may also include a plurality of liquid containers, each container including a tube member with a control valve for selectably communicating a respective liquid with the water conduit. A respective container control valve is actuated upon a recognition of a speech input as matching an appropriate command of said vocabulary of voice commands.

Voice-activated shower system

An apparatus for dispensing grout into joints formed between laterally adjacent floor tiles comprises a hopper for holding a quantity of grout mounted on a mobile frame assembly. The apparatus includes a plurality of nozzle assemblies coupled to the hopper through tubular channels. The nozzle assemblies are slidably coupled to a mounting bracket which extends parallel to the front of the frame assembly such that the lateral distance between the nozzle assemblies is adjustable to correspond to the lateral distance between the joints formed by various sizes of floor tiles. A rack and pinion assembly is connected to the mounting bracket such that the vertical distance between the nozzle assemblies and the floor tiles is also adjustable.

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Cranston, RI, United States of America

Gino A Mazzenga