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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225834 | Recreational vehicle valve and connector assembly for rinsing a sewer hose A valve and connector assembly for interconnection with and rinsing of sewage hoses including sewage discharge hoses and connectors for Recreational Vehicles. The assembly comprises a connector for interconnection with a sewage hose having connectors compatible with... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7216820 | Faucet spray head assembly A faucet spray head includes a diverter valve that has a diverter stem constructed and arranged to control water flow patterns. The stem includes a neck and a head that is larger than the neck. A shell encloses the diverter valve, and the shell has an opening throug... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7137575 | Fire hose nozzle A nozzle for use with a fire hose is capable of varying a discharge pattern while maintaining the total water discharge amount at a fixed level. A first tube 4 is connected to a fire hose, a second tube 5 is screwed onto the first tube, and a throttle ... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7124965 | Spraying gun A spraying gun includes a gun body, a handle, a sealing gasket, a connecting member, a control valve, a control handle, an outer control tube, a control shaft, a catch block, an inner control tube, a control ring, a drive ring, and a nozzle assembly. The nozzle asse... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7097120 | Hose nozzle apparatus and method A device and method are provided for regulating two types of flow from a nozzle. The first flow is a deluge stream and the second flow is a fog spray. The deluge stream is controlled by the nozzle operator using a first flow control valve, such as a ball valve. The ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7056099 | Tire pressure maintenance unit A portable and hand-held unit is used to pump air into vehicle tires to a pre-set pressure and to remind a vehicle owner to monitor the pressure of the tires on the vehicle. The unit includes a light, a power source, an air pump, and a one-way valve and is used by c... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7028994 | Pressure blast pre-filming spray nozzle Disclosed is a nozzle assembly having a nozzle housing and a valve element axially slidable therewithin between a closed and an open position. The nozzle housing has a housing inlet and a housing outlet fluidly interconnected by a plurality of housing passages. The ... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6962298 | Showerhead Showerhead having suction cleansing facility, incisive pinpoint massage and continuous flow shower spray in one hand-held apparatus. ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6938837 | Faucet spray head assembly A faucet spray head includes a diverter valve that has a diverter stem constructed and arranged to control water flow patterns. The stem includes a neck and a head that is larger than the neck. A shell encloses the diverter valve, and the shell has an opening throug... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6877676 | Firefighting nozzle A firefighting nozzle capable of selectively producing only a solid stream, only a fog pattern or a combination of both. The passage for the fog liquid can be opened to a flushing position for flushing debris therefrom. A solid stream sleeve is removably attached to... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6808130 | Spray head kitchen faucet A spray head kitchen faucet essentially comprised of a body including base holder, adapter, and inner tube, inner cylinder, cartridge, guide, diverter, retaining ring, wave generator unit, spout, and control handle, wherein, displacement of the guide being regulated... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6738996 | Pullout spray head with pause button A spray head for a faucet or the like has a wand body defining a flow path from an inlet to first and second outlets. Diverter seats are provided so a face seal on a diverter spool can direct flow to the first or second outlet. The spool is positioned by a trigger a... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6651910 | High pressure water control device A high pressure water control device comprising a water inlet, a high pressure water outlet, a low pressure water outlet and a valve for selectively communicating the inlet with one or other of the outlets. The valve is a spool valve comprising a sleeve a... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6641061 | Spray assembly for use in a kitchen A spray assembly for use in a kitchen includes a body with a first section and a second section extending from the first section. The body includes an inlet defined in a first end of the body and connected to a water source. A first chamber is defined in ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6619567 | Structure of a flexible water tap A structure of flexible water tap with a nozzle having an extension pipe that can be pulled out from the water outgoing pipe to facilitate the rinsing and water supply, wherein the middle of the outgoing water section of the inner nozzle has an axial pipe... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6565014 | Wave generator A wave generator including a base seat and an annular adjustment seat. A bottom face of the base seat is formed with a bubbling hole. Multiple sprinkling holes are formed along the circumference of the bubbling hole. The bottom edge of the adjustment seat... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6370713 | Pull-out shower head for kitchen A pull-out spray head, which is connectable with a faucet by a flexible hose, has a water conveyance body disposed within an outer enclosure. The water conveyance body has a cavity which is arranged substantially transversely to the water delivery directi... | 04/16/2002 |
| 5979800 | Sprinkler nozzle A sprinkler nozzle capable of forming various sprinkling patterns. An inner cylinder laterally surrounds an outer periphery of a nozzle body, a gap within the inner cylinder serves as an inner flow passage, and an outer flow passage is provided outside th... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5333792 | A spray gun including a governing ring assembly to provide several different water flow patterns An improved spray gun includes a governing ring, wherein an inner thread and plural guiding ribs are installed in the center of the governing ring. A netted water flow room having a water outlet is positioned at the guiding ribs of the governing ring, and... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5312048 | Regulating nozzle with adjustable effective area baffle A nozzle including a tubular nozzle body forming a centrally located liquid flow path, the body having an inlet end and an outlet end. Mounted centrally in the body within the flow path is a pressure-regulating mechanism including an axially located dual-... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5056718 | Jetting nozzle A jetting nozzle for producing a high velocity fluid has its external surface formed as a fluidic surface and directs a second lower velocity jet of fluid, which may be the same as or different from the fluid of the high velocity jet, onto the external su... | 10/15/1991 |
| 4955546 | Water jet gun A water jet gun includes a gun-like body which has a handle portion and a transverse tubular housing portion enclosing a hollow plug. The tubular housing is provided with a first opening communicated with the handle portion and the hollow plug has a secon... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4909443 | Water spraying nozzle A water spraying nozzle has a horizontal water spraying portion and a handle portion provided on a rear downward portion of the water spraying portion and inclined obliquely rearward. The water spraying portion has at its front portion a water spraying he... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4789104 | High pressure coaxial flow nozzles A high pressure spray nozzle is provided having a central fluid stream that can be converted to a fan shaped fluid stream by rotation of a housing cap. Rotation of a second portion of the housing produces a cone shaped fluid stream which is coaxial with t... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4785998 | Water spraying nozzle A water spraying nozzle of the present invention is constructed of a relatively small number of parts which can be easily assembled to produce the water spraying nozzle at a low cost, which nozzle is easy in handling to enable any user to smoothly operate... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4618100 | Multiple pattern spray nozzle A multiple pattern spray nozzle is provided for connection to a supply of water under pressure, wherein the spray nozzle is adjustable upon movement of a single selector ring to one of several different spray pattern settings. The spray nozzle comprises a... | 10/21/1986 |
| 4541568 | Safety spray wand A safety spray wand with a selectively adjustable or interchangeable tip. The wand will selectively provide a high pressure or a low pressure discharge from a discharge tube. The wand has a handle with a pistol grip in combination with a large squeeze tri... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4330089 | Adjustable massage shower head An adjustable massage shower head comprising, a housing defining a liquid input chamber for receiving a liquid, a flow guide mounted for axial movement in the housing defining a liquid flow passage from the input chamber and a turbine chamber, the flow gu... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4324364 | Adjustable shower head An adjustable shower head for producing adjustable sprays comprising, a housing, a liquid supply connection connected to the housing for the input of liquid into the housing, and a slide bushing mounted for rotation and axial movement in the housing which... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4117979 | Showerhead A showerhead having an axially shiftable valve means to deliver either a continuous steady water spray or an intermittent or pulsating water spray. The head has a peripheral chamber through which water flows to provide the continuous steady shower spray a... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4099674 | Nozzle member for a container washing apparatus A nozzle member for an automatic washing apparatus for containers which nozzles are capable of washing containers in a fast and efficient manner. The containers for which this particular nozzle is fabricated are of the semirigid type and are composed of a... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4095747 | High pressure coaxial flow nozzles A high pressure spray nozzle is provided having a central stream of fluid that can be changed to a coaxial flow of fluid by rotation of the housing cap to thereby produce an outer stream of fluid which is a coaxial to the central stream of fluid.... | 06/20/1978 |