Abstract: A dispensing valve unit (12) is provided (which may be a part of a cleaning brush unit (10)) having a stationary inner tubular assembly (22), a telescopically interfitted shiftable outer tubular assembly (24) and an inner dual valve assembly including valve body (26) operatively coupled with the outer assembly (24) and engageable with a shoulder (48) forming a part of the inner tubular assembly (22). The inner assembly (22) has a soap entry port (54) through a wall thereof, whereas the outer assembly (24) is equipped with a portion (90) adjacent the port (54) and having an opening (92) therethrough which is selectively registrable with the port (54). A cam mechanism (40, 80) between the inner assembly (22) and outer assembly (24) effects axial shifting of the outer assembly (24) upon rotation thereof.

Abstract: An apparatus for dissolving and dispensing liquid dissolvable material includes a container having a mixing chamber defined therein. The apparatus also includes a body removably secured to an upper portion of the container. The body has a fluid inlet, a first fluid outlet, a second fluid outlet, and a central passage defined therein. The central passage is in fluid communication with each of the fluid inlet, the first fluid outlet, and the second fluid outlet. The central passage is also in fluid communication with the mixing chamber such that each of the fluid inlet, the first fluid outlet, and the second fluid outlet is in fluid communication with the mixing chamber. Moreover, the apparatus includes a cap secured to the first fluid outlet of the body so as to prevent fluid from advancing through the first fluid outlet. Yet further, the apparatus includes a sprinkler assembly secured to the second fluid outlet of the body.

Abstract: The present invention is a Continuation-In-Part (CIP) of the originally filed U.S. Pat. application Ser. No. 08/820,751, and relates to the plumbing industry and more specifically to the personal showering portion of that industry, in which the device of the present invention is installed between the existing shower water delivery pipe and whatever showerhead the user may choose. The device of the present invention includes a liquid soap angled inlet elbow, screw in holding means on the top of the angled liquid soap inlet elbow to hold a standard liquid soap bottle with a on-off valve closure that releases the liquid into the water stream. The liquid soap is released by merely lifting the standard soap bottle which opens the on-off valve closure, the soap is introduced into the shower water stream coming from the water delivery pipe by a venturi effect and gravity flow.

Abstract: A metering dispenser for bubble bath which may be optimally positioned and anchored within a drain of a bath tub is disclosed. The bubble bath dispenser comprising: a container body having a bottom portion having a bottom sidewall and adapted to closely seat within and across the bath tub drain; a central portion adapted to peripherally surround the drain and sealingly seat on the interior bottom side portion of the bath tub; a top wall portion extending upwardly above and around the central portion; and, a cover adapted to seat on the top wall portion of the container body. In the preferred embodiment the dispenser has an overall disk shape and a layered appearance decorated with light markings giving it an unidentified flying object appearance which appeals to young children.

Abstract: The device is used to generate foam and is installed between a conventional shower head and the corresponding water pipe. The device features a foam generator that uses air, water and a foaming liquid to generate foam inside a chamber located in the body of the device. A method for generating foam is also disclosed. In the device, the chamber is located under the container that provides the foaming liquid and is provided with a jet that receives deviated water and atomizes the water therein. Air is drawn inside the chamber. Foam is generated as the air, water and foaming liquid are mixed inside the chamber. The foam then flows out of the device through a spout. Operation of the device is achieved through the use of a rotative manual selector, by which the user selects various modes, including a soaping mode where only foam is generated. The device can allow a water economy of up to 75% of the water that could have been used otherwise and thus prevents natural resources from being wasted.

Abstract: A shower head comprises a hot-water treating mechanism accommodated in a water passage formed in a shower head case of the shower head. The hot-water treating mechanism has coral sand and active carbon fiber, and has calcium sulfite if necessary. These materials are arranged serially along a water-flow direction in the shower head. For example, these materials are arranged concentrically, through which hot water is made to flow from the center to the periphery. In order to realize this concentrical arrangement of these materials, these materials are made to be a sheet structure, and are overlaid and wound to form a sheet roll. Acrylic active carbon fiber can be used as the active carbon fiber. The shower head can effectively remove chlorine from a large flow rate of hot water having a temperature of about 40 degrees of centigrade. Further, it is possible to reduce in weight of the shower head having a hot-water treating mechanism below 300 grams.

Abstract: A waterpower pressure washer (16) comprising an elongated tapered barrel (18). A hollow cylindrical body (20) is integral with and fluidly connected at a slight angle to the elongated tapered barrel (18). A structure (22) is for coupling the hollow cylindrical body (20) to a source of pressurized water. The pressurized water can travel through the hollow cylindrical body (20) and the elongated tapered barrel (18). A nozzle (24) is at a distal end of the elongated tapered barrel (18). The pressurized water can be sprayed from the nozzle (24) to clean a surface of an object (26).

Abstract: A showerhead and soap dispensing system which has improved properties of soap lathering and control thereof. This system includes a frusto-conical body having an internal annular channel in fluid communication with a soap-containing enclosure via a soap-receiving input conduit. This channel has a plurality of output apertures associated therewith. The system also includes a frusto-conical plug having an upstream hollow portion with a multiplicity of exit apertures and a downstream solid portion. The solid portion of the plug and the body form therebetween a lathering chamber. The axial position of the plug will control the lather and water flow characteristics.

Abstract: A resolvation system for an active-ingredient-containing liquid solution includes an amount of solid having an active ingredient and container structure for holding both the solid and a first volume of liquid solvent. The solvent is capable of solvating a first portion of the solid to release a first charge of the active ingredient into the first volume of solvent to make a first active-ingredient-containing solution. Also included is liquid-emission structure associated with the container structure and including actuator substructure actuable by such user to emit a desired amount of the solution to a desired target area. The amount of solid exceeds that which can be dissolved into the first volume of solvent, and the container structure includes a removable closure device.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a liquid dispensing apparatus such as those used in the application of liquid chemicals to a lawn. The liquid dispensing apparatus is comprised of a first wall, which can also serve as a handle, with a first inlet portion for receiving a pressurized fluid from an outside source, a first outlet portion for dispensing fluid into a container, a second inlet portion for receiving fluid from the container and a second outlet portion for dispensing a fluid from the liquid dispensing apparatus. An attachment on either or both ends of the first wall allows the apparatus to be removably attached to an external pressurized fluid supply source and an external dispensing apparatus such as a lawn sprinkler. Included in the first wall is a means for removably attaching the liquid distribution system to the exterior of a container through an opening or openings within the exterior of the container.

Abstract: A pressurized solution dispenser made of pressure rated piping components so that attachment to source flow provides inlet flow into pressure rated storage tank and out of tank and back into flow line. Outlet line will have a flow control nozzle in line before the junction of the crossover piping as well as after the junction with the crossover piping. Crossover piping between the inlet and the outlet lines with a flow control valve to allow control of the dilution of the mixture going into the flow line and the duration of the dispensing period.

Abstract: A sprayer is provided for preferably permanent attachment to a container containing a chemical product to be diluted by a carrier stream. The sprayer comprises a nozzle member having a mechanism for attachment of the nozzle member to a source of the carrier stream. The nozzle member also includes a control mechanism for controlling flow of the carrier stream. The sprayer also includes a control member having a product aperture and an inlet or vent port disposed therein. The sprayer further comprises a cap member, including a means for attaching the cap member to the container. The cap member is slideably attached to the control member and includes a corresponding product channel and an inlet or vent channel. Preferably, the control member and the control mechanism for controlling the flow of the carrier fluid are operatively connected such that a single motion can simultaneously open or close both the flow of carrier fluid and the chemical product.

Abstract: A device and method for the controlled release of a soapy water concentrate into a sink or basin for providing a sink full of soapy water for institutional pot, pan and dishwashing applications. The device is implemented as a container filled with semi-solid, water-soluble soap concentrate. The container has a base which allows it to freely stand at the bottom of the sink being filled with water. A stream of water from a sink faucet is directed into an inlet aperture on an upper surface of the container. The water enters the inlet aperture, commingling and interacting with the semi-solid soap to dissolve a fractional portion thereof and form a soapy water concentrate solution. The solution is ejected under pressure by the entering water out through a plurality of outlet apertures defined in the container, thereby filling the sink with soapy water concentrate.

Abstract: A sprayer is provided for preferably permanent attachment to a container containing a chemical product to be diluted by a carrier stream. The sprayer comprises a nozzle member having a mechanism for attachment of the nozzle member to a source of the carrier stream. The nozzle member also includes a control mechanism for controlling flow of the carrier stream. The sprayer also includes a control member having a product aperture and an inlet or vent port disposed therein. The sprayer further comprises a cap member, including a means for attaching the cap member to the container. The cap member is slideably attached to the control member and includes a corresponding product channel and an inlet or vent channel. Preferably, the control member and the control mechanism for controlling the flow of the carrier fluid are operatively connected such that a single motion can simultaneously open or close both the flow of carrier fluid and the chemical product.

Abstract: A solid product static brake (10) is provided which is employed in cast solid chemical block dispensing systems for slowing a generally downward gravitationally driven movement of the solid chemical block when placed or installed in a chemical dispenser. The brake provides the ability to prevent the destruction of the cast solid during installation due to mechanical shock. The static brake comprises a horizontal base frame (12), and a plurality of rigid blade members (18) extending from the base frame in a generally perpendicular direction. When a new solid block is installed, the blade members contact and slow the solid block as it falls into the dispenser.

Abstract: A one-piece spray nozzle for the metered mixing and dispensing of a carried fluid with a primary carrier fluid comprising a first connection for connecting the nozzle to a source of the carried fluid and a second connection adapted for carrying the nozzle to a source of the primary carrier fluid. A jet passageway communicating with the second connection projects the primary carrier fluid in a stream. A mixing chamber is aligned with the jet passasgeway but is separated from the jet passageway by an air gap or recess. A passage extending between the first connection and the mixing chamber conducts the carried fluid under gravity to the mixing chamber. The mixing chamber is sized so that the stream of the primary carrier fluid does not contact the walls of the mixing chamber but draws a stream of a secondary carrier fluid from the air gap or recess through the mixing chamber. The stream of the secondary carrier fluid draws the carried fluid into the chamber to mix with the primary carrier fluid.

Abstract: A device for preparing and dispensing a product consisting of two components which may be mixed only when the product is being dispensed, one of the components being fluid and said components being packaged in a pressurized container for dispensing in the form of foam through the outlet valve of the pressurized container, while the other component is solid and is placed outside said pressurized container, wherein the valve is controlled by the user by means of an operating device which comprises an ejection duct, and wherein a chamber whose outlet is closed by a grid is arranged onto that end of the ejection duct which is remote from the valve, said chamber enclosing the solid component in particulate form.

Abstract: A spraying device (10) includes a compound fourway rotatable control valve (30), an additive fluid control disc member (84) and a spray selector disc member (104), whereby a primary fluid, such as water, and an additive fluid, such as detergent, can be sprayed or dispensed in various spray patterns separately, or as a mixture having selectively variable concentrations of the additive fluid in the primary fluid. The compound fourway rotatable valve 30 is movable from an inoperative "OFF" position into first, second and third "WATER RINSE", "SOAP-AND-WATER" and "SUDS ONLY" operative positions. The control disc member (84) includes a plurality of orifices (86) of various diameters for controlling the amount of additive fluid dispensed into the primary fluid from a resilient bladder (16) containing the additive fluid as the bladder is collapsed in response to external pressure thereon by the primary fluid.

Abstract: A pressure jet spray cleaning apparatus having a body member or structure with an elongate passageway for air having an inlet for connection to a source of air pressure and a water passageway having an inlet for connection to a source of water supply with each of the water passageway and air passageway having flow control means for selectively controlling the quantity of water and air moving therethrough. At least a portion of the passageways are arranged with the air passageway inside of and concentric with a water passageway with each having a nozzle in line with the discharge of the air nozzle and spaced from the water discharge end to form a venturi therebetween.

Abstract: The invention relates to devices which both aerate and chemically alter water delivered by irrigator apparatus such as shower heads. The device is attached to the shower head and includes a first mixing chamber for mixing water and air and a second mixing chamber for mixing the aerated water with a chemical.