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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2019
Applicant:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Inventors:
Chad J. Cochart, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Douglas J. Brouwer, Sheboygan, WI (US);
Assignee:
Kohler Co., Kohler, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 47/02 (2006.01); E03C 1/02 (2006.01); F16L 55/04 (2006.01); E03C 1/122 (2006.01); E03C 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16K 47/02 (2013.01); E03C 1/02 (2013.01); E03C 1/025 (2013.01); E03C 1/1222 (2013.01); F16K 47/023 (2013.01); F16L 55/043 (2013.01); E03C 2001/1206 (2013.01); E03C 2201/60 (2013.01); Y10T 137/3118 (2015.04);
Abstract
A shower system includes a shower waterway and a fluid control valve. The shower waterway is configured to be coupled to a shower device. The fluid control valve is coupled to the shower waterway and comprises a valve body and a piston. The valve body includes a chamber and a reservoir. The piston is slidably coupled to the valve body and fluidly separates the chamber from the reservoir. The chamber includes a compressible gas. The piston is configured to slidably translate within the valve body to compress the compressible gas in response to a water pressure change in the shower waterway.