Thomas Industries, Inc.

Kohler Company

Todd W Leonhard

Mark E O'Connell

Peter Kajuch

Paul B Georgeson

Michael James Soetaert

James J Barczynski

Roy J Rozek

Douglas J Brouwer

Chad J Cochart

Keith Scott Ruh

Shawn Alan Leu

John Ledingham

Jeff H Behnke

Qi Cheng

A showerhead includes a flow device and a flow distribution member. The flow device is configured to produce a substantially laminar fluid stream. The flow distribution member is coupled to the flow device and is spaced apart from the flow device. The flow distribution member is configured to receive the substantially laminar fluid stream from the flow device and to produce a distributed fluid flow.

Showerhead

A shower system includes on one or more valves and a plurality of showerheads. The plurality of showerheads are electrically coupled to one another and configured to receive electrical signals from one another. The plurality of showerheads are fluidly coupled to the one or more valves and configured to receive water therefrom. The plurality of showerheads includes a sprayer, one or more sensors, and an integrated user interface. The sprayer is configured to dispense water provided by the one or more valves. The one or more sensors are configured to register motion gestures made by a user. The integrated user interface is configured to control operation of the sprayer. The one or more sensors generates an internal signal to the plurality of showerheads corresponding to the motion gesture. One of the plurality of showerheads is a master showerhead.

Shower system

A ball joint connector is provided for linking a showerhead to a water supply pipe. The connector has an internal venturi that draws air into the connector to aerate water being provided to the showerhead. A flow control member is disposed in a fluid pathway connected to the venturi, preventing spraying or leaking out of the air inlet, while reducing noise associated with the air induction.

Joint connector

A ball joint connector is provided for linking a showerhead to a water supply pipe. The connector has an internal venturi that draws air into the connector to aerate water being provided to the showerhead. A flow control member is disposed in a fluid pathway connected to the venturi, preventing spraying or leaking out the air inlet, while reducing noise associated with the air induction.

A pump has a motor pump unit enclosed by clam shell housing sections. The pump moves a working fluid through the housing to an outside load. Each section has intake walls defining a portion of an intake chamber and outlet walls defining a portion of an outlet chamber. The intake walls of each section seal against one another to define a sealed intake chamber which is in communication with the intake port of the pump unit, and the outlet walls of each section seal against one another to define a sealed outlet chamber which is in communication with the outlet port of the pump unit.

Clam shell pump housing defining passageways and a sealed pressure or vacuum chamber

A nebulizer pump includes an axial cylinder and piston arrangement and an electromagnet having a stator and an armature that drives the piston to reciprocate within the cylinder. The pump housing has a unitary partition defining an exhaust chamber in combination with the valve head that isolates air at the intake port from air at the exhaust port. The entire assembly can be clamped together by the housing or clamped separately and isolated from the housing by coil springs.

Axial piston pump

A pump housing ( ) has a fan guard ( ) secured to the end of the housing by four crescent-shaped tabs ( ) fitting into four crescent-shaped cast-in recesses ( ) of the housing ( ) and ears ( ) of the tabs ( ) fitting into cast-in holes ( ) in the housing ( ). The ears ( ) and boles ( ) on opposite sides of the housing ( ) are aligned along a common axis ( ). The ears ( ) are tapered at their leading ends ( ) and squared off at their trailing ends ( ), and the guard ( ) has a radial projection ( ) that fits into an opening in the housing ( ).

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Sheboygan, WI, United States of America

Todd W Leonhard