Vaginal applicator

Claim 1

In a hydrotherapeutic applicator for discharging a main pressurized carrier stream, the combination comprising: a nozzle; an attachment means removably secured to a conventional water faucet; diverter means carried on said attachment means for operably and selectively directing said carrier stream to issue from one of a pair of outlets; aerator means carried at one of said outlets; valve means included in said diverter means rotatable about a horizontal axis carried at the other of said outlets; a hose detachably connected to said other outlet at one of its ends and detachably connected at its other end to said nozzle; said diverter means including a body portion having a central passageway extending between its opposite ends; said valve means having a stem rotatably carried on said body portion for rotating about said horizontal axiS extending transversely through said central passageway and further having an open-ended bore formed therein adapted to block said passageway in a first position and to be coaxially aligned with said central passageway in a second position; said bore in its second position conducting said main carrier stream for discharge via said aerator means; said valve means further including a cavity formed in said stem and a hole formed therein for aligning with a secondary passageway in said body portion when said bore is in its first position; a secondary passageway formed in said body portion; a cavity formed in said stem in selective fluid communication with said other outlet; a hole formed in said stem for conducting said main carrier stream into said cavity when said bore is in its second position; a resilient check-valve carried in said cavity and open in response to disposition of a coupling means introduced to said valve means for connecting said hose thereto; said central passageway and said secondary passageway being in parallel spaced apart relationship and said hole being at a 45* angle from said central and secondary passageways when said bore is in its first position; a stop means cooperatively disposed between said body portion and said stem for limiting rotational movement of said diverter means between said outlets; a manually operated push-button valve detachably interconnecting said hose with said nozzle for controlling flow of said main carrier stream therethrough; and said stop means including a quarter-circle channel formed in said stem and a straight pin supported in said body portion through said channel whereby the opposite ends of said channel are flat and limit rotation of said stem upon engagement with said pin.