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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| RE40562 | Retractable telescoping fire sprinkler A retracting telescoping automatic fire sprinkler is disclosed. In a dry system, the sprinkler extends to its operating position under system pressure that is applied in response to a preaction signal. When system pressure is removed, as in after a test is completed... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7407140 | Adjusting device for positioning shower head An adjusting device for positioning shower head includes a holder movably connected to a rod and a clip for positioning a shower head is rotatably connected to the holder. A frame is connected to the holder and a clamp is movably located between the holder and the f... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7350825 | Wall-mounted elbow duct A wall-mounted elbow duct and particularly to a wall-mounted elbow duct to connect a wall-mounted water discharge pipe to a hand-held shower head mainly includes an elbow duct which houses a reverse checking mechanism and a coupler and a coupling cap. By means of th... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314188 | Warewash machine arm and nozzle construction with set spray pattern A warewash machine includes a housing including an area for receiving wares to be washed and a liquid dispensing arm removably positioned within the housing, the liquid dispensing arm including a nozzle receiving opening. Removably positioned in the nozzle opening i... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7299510 | Holder device for shower head and nozzle A holder device may be attached to a water outlet tube which is extended from a wall, without drilling holes in the wall, and includes a housing having an inlet attached to the water outlet tube, and two or more outlet ports for attaching a shower head and a sprayer... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7255049 | Subsurface soil injection method A method for the subsurface application of fertilizers, biologicals, fumigants, non-fumigant pesticides or other chemicals to soil with reduced application rates. Discrete amounts of the materials are injected into the soil at numerous sites along a path during a pa... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7172138 | Powder spray gun mount and cleaning arrangements A gun mount for a spray gun includes a rigid bracket that is installed on a rigid vertical support such as a gun mover. The bracket securely mounts the guns so as to reduce vibration and swaying during a spraying operation, even when the guns are being vertically mo... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7090154 | Tap A tap has a flexible hose for delivering water and a support for the flexible hose. The support comprises a channel with an open mouth along its length. The flexible hose is removably mounted in the channel such that it is supported along at least the majority of it... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7083121 | Modular automatic spray gun manifold A modular automatic spray gun manifold is provided. The manifold includes a plurality of spray gun modules arranged in an array in laterally spaced relation from each other. A junction element is arranged at an upstream end of the manifold. The junction element incl... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7066411 | Flexible shower arm assembly A flexible shower arm assembly that allows the user to repeatably adjust the position of the shower head in three dimensions by configuring the shape of the shower arm attached between the water source, such as a shower pipe, and the water dispenser, such as a showe... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7017868 | Fire sprinkler mount A fire sprinkler mount including a base (26), a bracket (46) and a rod (60) mounting the bracket (46) to the base (26). The base (26) includes a body (28) attachable to a beam (10) with two arms (38, 40)... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6959655 | Method and apparatus for the application of fluid to soil or plants The present invention is a method and apparatus for the application of fluid to soil and/or plants. A cutting blade for the soil preferably goes to depths of at least 12 inches. A nozzle/spray system is provided to the cutting blade to provide fluid during cutting o... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6808128 | Retractable telescoping fire sprinkler A retracting telescoping automatic fire sprinkler is disclosed. In a dry system, the sprinkler extends to its operating position under system pressure that is applied in response to a preaction signal. When system pressure is removed, as in after a test is completed... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6783102 | Fire sprinkler mount A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates space... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6755379 | Fire sprinkler mount A fire sprinkler mount including a base, a bracket and a screw mounting the bracket to the base. The base includes a support attachable to a beam with two arms extending therefrom. Support holes extend through the arms. The bracket includes two parallel plates space... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6651939 | Shower fitting holder In a shower-head holder having a bracket (1) fixed on a wall or on a wall rod and a holder body (2) pivotal on a pin (10), the holder body (2) having at lest one friction face that bears under an adjustable spring force on at least one surface fixed rotat... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6594832 | Shower nozzle hanger system A shower nozzle hanger system including a shower nozzle unit having a shower nozzle containing a thin metal plate disposed therein and a shower nozzle hanger unit having a permanent magnet plate secured thereon and a pair of lateral flanges for the shower... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6550079 | Wall-mount adjustable bath hand shower A shower has an elongated C-section holder tube having a laterally open full-length slot open at both ends, a bracket securing the holder tube to the wall, and a shower head. The head has a guide part snugly engageable in and slidable along the holder tub... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6537455 | Elongated hand-held shower head and filter A combination hand held shower head and water filter assembly for removing chlorine and other substances from hot shower water. This assembly includes an elongated filter housing with an elongated shower head pivotably secured thereto by an extended swive... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6508410 | Sprayer retaining clip and method A mounting member (A) is carried beneath a closure member at the top of a liquid container positioning a receiving member (B) in opposed cantilevered relation thereby providing a lateral passageway (C) for accommodating a liquid dispensing tube so that a ... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6453486 | Detachable bracket for shower head A detachable bracket. The bracket includes a body having an elongate slot open to the internal end and the surface, an engagement member inserted into the slot, the engagement member having a concave surface facing the slot, a threaded member releasably s... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6378912 | Apparatus and method for connecting shower heads and tub spouts to a stub out A system and method for installing plumbing spouts, such as shower heads and tub spouts, includes providing a stub out which protrudes out of a wall at shower height. A specialized adapter is then slid onto the protruding stub out until the adapter abuts ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6186415 | Suction cup with threaded cap attachment The invention is a spray attachment for a hose having a threaded cap wherein the spray attachment has a suction cup attachable to a slick surface such as the outer surface of a car or boat, a flexible, receiving cap defining a flexible cylindrical opening... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6156026 | Pool filling nozzle with supporting bracket A pool filling nozzle is provided with a supporting bracket and a clamp to secure the nozzle to the top of a swimming pool wall or to a pool accessory such as a ladder step, a platform or a diving board. The bracket is L-shaped defining a top horizontal a... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6035940 | Portable fire fighting apparatus A fire fighting apparatus that is mounted to a window sill of the floor with a fire therein. The fire fighting apparatus comprises a substantially elongated conduit having an opening on its upper end, an anchor arm mounted from the opening on the conduit ... | 03/14/2000 |
| 5749179 | Wall bracket for a pre-rinse assembly The wall bracket for the pre-rinse assembly includes a rod which is telescopically fitted in a base, a ferrule on the end of the rod and a compression nut which is threaded onto the base to circumferentially press the ferrule into clamping relation with t... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5564505 | Sprinkler mounted to pivotable conduit The installation comprises at least one hose connected by a turning joint to a conduit for distributing an extinguishing fluid. The hose can pivot from a vertical monitoring position to a horizontal position of use around an axis of the conduit. The maint... | 10/15/1996 |
| 5158614 | Vertically-reciprocating coating apparatus A vertically-reciprocating coating apparatus is constructed by means of setting one end of a first arm on a first pivot, setting one end of a second arm on a second pivot connected with a drive which moves on a linear rail, setting the other end of the fi... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5148556 | Wall-cantilevered showering apparatus An improved stationary showering apparatus configured substantially as a loop water-manifold to be mounted overhead while one is standing thereunder; including a header plate mechanically affixed to an existing shower water-outlet pipe via a mechanical gr... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5074472 | Mist spraying device This invention is for a mist spraying device which is comprised of a multi-medium nozzle which is attached within a mist spray bowl to an adapter head by which the device is connected to the media supply lines. The adapter head can be swivelled about an a... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5056562 | Convertible faucet/hand-shower fitting A plumbing fitting has a flexible hose suppliable with water under pressure and having an outer end, an upstream end piece having an upstream side connected to the outer end and a downstream side, and a downstream end piece having a downstream side and an... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4964573 | Showerhead adaptor means A showerhead adaptor means comprising three integral molded parts, including a middle body member for frictional mounting on a water outlet pipe, a knob on the same axis as that of the body member for frictional grasping of the outlet pipe, a socket recei... | 10/23/1990 |
| 4948453 | Mailing machine base with a removably mounted fluid supply A mailing machine base comprising: a housing including an upper wall and a depending skirt wall, the housing including at least one bracket spaced below the upper wall and apart from the skirt wall, a hollow container made of a resilient plastic material,... | 08/14/1990 |
| 4933999 | Massage-action shower head and massaging/shower apparatus A massage-action shower head comprising a housing provided with a hot water entrance, a plurality of bores through which hot water is showered and a hole through which mixture of hot water and air is jetted, a first passage line formed in said housing and... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4914759 | Adjustable shower holder An adjustable showerhead assembly is provided being composed of an elongated member having a slot therein through which a showerhead assembly passes. Locking means are provided for adjustably positioning the showerhead. Different embodiments of the device... | 04/10/1990 |
| 4907963 | Burner bracket A method and apparatus for adjusting horizontal, vertical, and horizontal and vertical angular positions of tubes without need to re-position an entire mounting bracket assembly or mounting bracket baseplate. Such adjustable mounting bracket assembly may ... | 03/13/1990 |
| 4902153 | Control for foam brush for coin operated car wash A brush holder for unattended car wash bays which releases the brush for the period paid for by coin deposits and locks the brush upon termination of that period.... | 02/20/1990 |
| 4883451 | Paper scoring apparatus A water scoring apparatus includes one or more needle assemblies adjustably carried upon a displaceable support bar transversely disposed atop a machine through which a sheet or web of paper is passed. A needle removably attached to a holder is in turn co... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4875652 | Oil squirt with wall holder An oil squirt (10) mountable to a wall holder in a predetermined supporting position exhibits an elastically bendable nose (24,28). A closure cap (64) is firmly fixed or releasably clamped to the wall holder (16) at the point (at 38) where the nose tip (2... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4858695 | Safe entry apparatus A safe entry apparatus is mountable in a first compartment on a wall separating the first compartment from a second compartment. The apparatus is provided for receiving a nozzle to permit a fluid from the nozzle to be transferred into the second compartme... | 08/22/1989 |
