Fluid pulse generating apparatus
CA 2082298 C · Owner: Kohler Co. · Inventors: Tempas, Jeffrey F.; Dekeyser, Kathleen S.; Steinhardt, Michael D.
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An apparatus for pulsing water flowing to a shower head includes a housing with a chamber, first and second water inlets to the chamber and a water outlet. The second inlet and the outlet are located through a wall of the housing at one end of the chamber. A valve has a plate with a plurality of apertures. The valve disposed within the chamber so that water flowing through the first inlet urges the valve into close proximity to the housing wall where rotational movement of the valve alternately opens and closes the water outlet. That action creates a pulsed flow of water through the outlet. Water flowing into the chamber through the second inlet moves the valve plate away from the housing …
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- Filed November 6, 1992 and granted April 16, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 6, 2012.
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