Methods and apparatus for distributing water in a shower enclosure

摘要

Methods and apparatus provide for installation of a water spraying system into an existing shower enclosure, including: a flexible source tube operating to couple to the water feed; a first array for placement proximate to the first wall, and a second array for placement proximate to the third wall, opposite to the first array, each of the first and second arrays having at least two laterally extending, and vertically spaced apart, spray tubes, each spray tube having a series of apertures extending through a wall of the given tube and permitting water to exit the tube and spray into the shower enclosure.

主权项

1. An apparatus for installation into an existing shower enclosure, the shower enclosure including a first wall through which a water feed extends, a second wall, and third wall opposite the first wall, thereby forming the enclosure, the apparatus comprising:
a flexible source tube operating to couple to the water feed, the source tube having an inside diameter, Ds; a first array for placement proximate to the first wall, and a second array for placement proximate to the third wall, opposite to the first array, each of the first and second arrays having at least two laterally extending, and vertically spaced apart, spray tubes, each spray tube having: (i) a length sufficient to span substantially an entire lateral dimension of the respective first or third wall at which they are disposed, (ii) a series of apertures extending through a wall of the given tube and permitting water to exit the tube and spray into the shower enclosure, and (iii) an inside diameter Di; and a valve system operable to deliver water from the source tube to the respective spray tubes of the first and second arrays, the valve system being operable to adjust respective water flow rates to the first and second arrays, wherein the inside diameter Ds of the flexible source tube is larger than either of the inside diameters Di of the spray tubes of the first and second arrays.