Shower apparatus

Abstract

A shower apparatus comprises a head, a base end portion, and a multi-spherical bendable joint pipe disposed between the head and the base end portion, the pipe comprising a plurality of spherical joints provided consecutively. Each joint has a male or female spherical surface for rotationally fitting with adjacent joints each other. The spraying direction of shower water is freely changeable by adjusting the direction of the head through a flection of the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe. The shower apparatus allows a jet direction of shower water to be changed widely three-dimensionally compared with a conventional shower apparatus, and thus the present invention provides a user-friendly shower apparatus.

1 . A shower apparatus comprising:
 a head provided with a water-spraying portion,   a base end portion for coupling with a water supply source, and   an angle-adjusting means disposed between the head and the base end portion, for changing a direction of the water-spraying portion to allow for change of a spraying direction of shower water.   
     
     
         2 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the angle-adjusting means comprises:
 a bendable pipe being bendable repeatedly and retaining a bent form, and   a bendable water passage being bendable following bending of the bendable pipe to guide water in a direction from the base end portion toward the head.   
     
     
         3 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the bendable pipe is a multi-spherical bendable joint pipe comprising a plurality of spherical joints disposed consecutively, each joint having a male or female spherical surface for rotationally fitting with adjacent joints each other. 
     
     
         4 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe comprises:
 a female-male pipe member having a first end having a female spherical surface and a second end having a male spherical surface,   a female pipe member having at least a first end having a female spherical surface, and   a male pipe member having at least a first end having a male spherical surface,   wherein these pipe members are joined with the male spherical surfaces and the female spherical surfaces rotationally fitted to compose the plurality of the spherical joints.   
     
     
         5 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe comprises:
 a male-male pipe member having first and second ends, each having a male spherical surface, and   a pair of female pipe members, each having at least a first end having a female spherical surface,   wherein these pipe members are joined with the male spherical surfaces and the female spherical surfaces rotationally fitted to compose the plurality of the spherical joints.   
     
     
         6 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe comprises:
 a female-female pipe member having first and second ends, each having a female spherical surface, and   a pair of male pipe members, each having at least a first end having a male spherical surface,   wherein these pipe members are joined with the male spherical surfaces and the female spherical surfaces rotationally fitted to compose the plurality of the spherical joints.   
     
     
         7 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe has an adjusting means for adjusting a frictional force on the male spherical surface and the female spherical surface in the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe. 
     
     
         8 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe comprises:
 a pair of female pipe members, composed of first and second female pipe members, each having a first end having an internal female spherical surface and a second end having a joining screw thread,   a pair of male pipe members, composed of first and second male pipe members, each having a first end having an external male spherical surface fittable and rotationally and slidingly contactable with the female spherical surface and a second end having a joining screw thread; the first and second male pipe members, each received from the joining screw thread side of each female pipe member, being joinable through the joining of the joining screw threads of the male pipe members; and   an adjusting means having an internal female spherical surface fittable and rotationally and slidingly contactable with the male spherical surface of the male pipe member and an external adjusting screw thread for screwing to the joining screw thread of the female pipe member;   whereby the multi-spherical bendable joint pipe comprises the plurality of the spherical joints.   
     
     
         9 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the water passage is comprised of a flexible hose. 
     
     
         10 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the flexible hose disposed in the inside of the bendable pipe. 
     
     
         11 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the flexible hose has at least a first end rotationally joined to one of the head and the base end portion. 
     
     
         12 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 9 , wherein the flexible hose surrounds the bendable pipe to be disposed to the outside of the bendable pipe, and the water passage is disposed in the inside of the flexible hose. 
     
     
         13 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the bendable pipe has a watertight structure and has an internal space constituting the bendable water passage. 
     
     
         14 . A shower apparatus according to  claim 13 , wherein the bendable pipe has a tube or a film integrally attached to an internal surface or an external surface thereof to form the watertight structure.