Diverse Discharge Outlets For Mixed And Unmixed Fluids Respectively Patents (Class 239/312)
  • Patent number: 11833553
    Abstract: A spray wand for use with a chemical or chemical formulation in solid form. The wand hose end has a wand hose end valve for control of water flow from a hose. A refill cartridge having a swirl chamber may be attached to the hollow tube. The refill cartridge has at least one nub, indent and/or external channel or groove on its external surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: W.M. BARR & COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin Andrew Kavchok, Matthew Michael Petkus, Alana Byrd, Rachel Ann Farmer
  • Patent number: 11278922
    Abstract: A portable dispensing system for dispensing a solution of a fluid and a solid product includes a fluid line, a dispenser, and a cartridge. The fluid line includes a first and second fluid line ends and a fluid source connection at the first fluid line end. The dispenser is at the second fluid line end. The dispenser includes a body and a fluid outlet. The cartridge houses the solid product and includes a fluid inlet and a solution outlet. The cartridge is removably connected at the fluid inlet to the fluid outlet of the dispenser. The cartridge is configured to receive fluid from the fluid outlet of the dispenser such that fluid contacts the solid product housed in the cartridge and dissolves at least a portion of the solid product forming the solution. The cartridge is also configured to output the solution at the solution outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Ecolab USA Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew Sarnstrom, Matthew D. Lausted, Karl A. Heinbuch, Peter T. Swenson
  • Patent number: 10900207
    Abstract: A shower head has upper and lower ends and a side wall in a frusto-conical configuration. An intermediate plate with a plurality of apertures is positioned between the upper and lower ends forming upper and lower chambers. A positioning ball has a lower portion within the upper chamber and an upper portion above the upper chamber. A hole is in the lower portion of the positioning ball. A cartridge supporting a quantity of therapeutic liquid is removably received in the lower chamber of the shower head. The therapeutic liquid is dispensed from the cartridge into a path of travel of shower water flowing through the shower head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventor: James J. Slaughter
  • Patent number: 10610715
    Abstract: Illustrative embodiments of the disclosure are generally directed to barrier-piercing firehose nozzle assemblies suitable for selective application of water and/or other extinguishing liquid to an open fire or piercing a ceiling, floor or other barrier and applying the liquid to a fire concealed above, below or on the other side of the barrier. An illustrative embodiment of the barrier-piercing firehose nozzle assemblies may include a nozzle inlet housing having an inlet housing interior. A spray nozzle may be disposed in fluid communication with the inlet housing interior. A barrier-piercing applicator may be disposed in fluid communication with the inlet housing interior. The barrier-piercing applicator may be selectively deployable between a retracted position and an extended position. At least one discharge opening may be provided in the barrier-piercing applicator. A selector valve may be provided in the inlet housing interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Inventor: Michael Taylor
  • Patent number: 10154763
    Abstract: A pump assembly for generating and dispensing of particles of a solid material with or without dispensing of a fluid. The pump assembly preferably includes a fluid pump which in a cycle of operation draws the fluid through a fluid inlet and dispenses the fluid out a fluid outlet. The pump assembly carries a block of the solid material coalesced together and a rasp member, which during the cycle of operation, moves relative the rasp in engagement with the block whereby the rasp member disengages particles of the solid material from the block which particles drop under gravity downwardly adjacent the fluid outlet, for example, onto a user's hand as in the case that the fluid is a hand cleaning fluid and the solid is a solid soap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: OP-Hygiene IP GmbH
    Inventors: Heiner Ophardt, Andrew Jones, Zhenchun Shi
  • Patent number: 9085006
    Abstract: A fragrance shower has a shower unit having a body and an outlet cover. The outlet cover covers the body to form a waterway, further includes a fragrance unit connected to the shower unit. The fragrance unit includes an impeller, an accommodating room, a perfume pouch, a fan and a cover. The impeller is disposed inside the shower unit in rotating way and is coupled to the waterway. Water flows through the waterway to rotate the impeller. The cover is disposed with air holes and covers the accommodating room. The perfume pouch and the fan are placed inside the accommodating room, the rotating shaft of the fan is connected to the shaft of the impeller in a driving way, the impeller rotates to drive the fan to rotate. The fan rotates to blow the fragrance of the perfume pouch out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignees: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yulin Wu, Jianmin Chen, Honghuang Xiong, Huasong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9050613
    Abstract: An improved shower soap dispenser for use with liquid soap, gels and body washes. It consists of a soap storage reservoir, main body containing control valves that intersects and connects directly to a conventional shower pipe and shower head. It mixes an adjustable amount of liquid soap with air into the flowing water. Its improved main valve, through incorporation of a truncated cone, provides greater vacuum and water flow to make it compatible with a wider range of water pressure and soap density and viscosity. The improved main valve also provides the capability for the user to clean out water passages of the dispenser without disassembly or removing any parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Inventor: Robert A Bishop
  • Patent number: 8632021
    Abstract: The patent application relates to a pump head assembly. The pump head assembly includes a pump head which at least has a water inlet and a first water outlet between which a pressurizing unit is provided, and the pump head further includes a second water outlet, a throttle orifice is provided between the water inlet and the second water outlet, the throttle orifice is provided with a water outlet end and a water inlet end, the throttle orifice is provide with a liquid suction port, and a one way valve is provided on the liquid suction port. The pump head assembly realizes cleaning liquid suction by self-pressure of tap water, which lowers energy consumption, and effectively and reasonably saves energy sources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Inventors: Jiang Li, Bo Wang, Yingtang Ling
  • Patent number: 8490891
    Abstract: A washing fluid supply structure of a water outlet device and a shower device, is arranged in the water supply pipeline of the water outlet device. It has a container for washing liquid, and a fluid supply device disposed in a main body which is a water flow pipeline. The upper end of the water flow pipeline is connected with a water supply pipeline, and the lower end of the water flow pipeline is connected with the water outlet device. A connecting pipe connects the container to the fluid supply device. The washing liquid flows into the fluid supply device through a pathway of one-way valves. The fluid supply device is connected to the water outlet device through a washing fluid delivery pipe. The washing liquid in the fluid supply device flows into the water outlet device through the pathway.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Assignee: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tianyu Chen
  • Patent number: 8425686
    Abstract: A liquid processing apparatus is provided which can reduce the amount of liquids used and reduce the difference of the process level between objects to-be-processed. The liquid processing apparatus includes a main pipe, a liquid supply device, a main valve, a plurality of branch pipes, and a plurality of processing units. The liquid supply device includes a mixer, a first liquid supply pipe, and a second liquid source supplying a second liquid and supplies a mixed liquid prepared by mixing the first and second liquids in the mixer to one end of the main pipe. The main valve is configured to close the other end of the main pipe opposite to the liquid supply device when the object to-be-processed is processed in the processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
    Inventor: Kazuhisa Matsumoto
  • Patent number: 7909268
    Abstract: A container for a substance to be sprayed, wherein the container comprises a reservoir for the substance, wherein the container is provided with operable spraying means connected to the reservoir for spraying the substance, wherein the spraying means are provided with at least two spaced apart outflow openings which can be brought into fluid communication with the reservoir for spraying the substance in at least two spray beams to surroundings. The invention further relates to a cap, evidently destined for such a container. Additionally, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing such a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Sara Lee/DE N.V.
    Inventor: Johannes Antonius G. W. Zigmans
  • Patent number: 7905429
    Abstract: Dispensing systems for dispensing one or more materials into a fluid flow conduit, during the conveyance of fluid through the conduit are configured to connect to a fluid conduit, such as a standard pipe of a shower arm and dispense a material into the water flow in the shower arm. The system includes a first tube member having a restrictor flow passage to provide a pressure differential, as fluid flows through the tube member. The pressure differential created within the restrictor passage by the fluid flow is communicated to a flask, to provide a pressure differential between the interior and the exterior of a flexible container within the flask. The pressure differential causes material within the flexible container to be drawn out and conveyed to the fluid flowing through the tube member. The flask may be connected to the first tube member, through an extension portion that is rotatable around the first tube member for convenient positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: Water Pik, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan David Somerfield, Thomas Jay Sandusky
  • Patent number: 7568636
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a portable sprayer for applying a diluted product to a surface to be treated. The sprayer includes a housing including an inlet for supplying pressurized water to the sprayer, a first water only outlet, and a second diluted product only outlet. A mixing chamber is located within the housing. The mixing chamber is dimensioned to securely hold the product and is in fluid communication with the second outlet. A first flow passage extends through the housing. The first flow passage is in selective fluid communication with the inlet and the first outlet. A second flow passage extends through the housing. The second flow passage is in selective fluid communication with the first flow passage and the mixing chamber. A wall of the second flow passage is configured to direct the pressurized water flowing through the second flow passage into the mixing chamber to evenly dissolve the product and provide a generally consistent product to water ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2009
    Assignee: Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig M. Saunders, Lindsey Tufts, Jr., Charles Peter Althoff, Jeffrey Kalman, Donald C. Fuchs, Jr., Michael P. O'Toole
  • Patent number: 7490783
    Abstract: A spray nozzle (10) includes a nozzle body (12) and a chemical containing cartridge (28) releasably attached to the nozzle body (12). The cartridge (28) can be adapted to be releasably secured to the nozzle body (12) at the outlet end (16), the inlet end (14), or on the nozzle body (12) itself, in order to dispense a chemical contained within the cartridge into a water stream flowing through the nozzle. The nozzle (10) also includes a dispensing mechanism utilized to control the amount of the chemical dispensed into the water stream. The dispensing mechanism can be disposed on the nozzle body (12), or directly on the cartridge (28) itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Idea Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: John R. Mueller, Patricia M. Mueller
  • Patent number: 7458523
    Abstract: A foam-dispensing faucet for dispensing a quantity of foam soap and separately dispensing a flow of water according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a faucet body having a dispensing opening, water supply means integrated into the faucet body for delivering water to the foam-dispensing faucet, liquid soap means integrated into the faucet body for delivering liquid soap to the foam-dispensing faucet, air supply means integrated into the faucet body for delivering air to the foam-dispensing faucet, the interior of the faucet body being configured for processing liquid soap from the liquid soap means and air from the air supply means into a foam soap, and control means for timing and sequencing the dispensing of water and foam soap from the foam-dispensing faucet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Inventor: William J. Hyslop
  • Patent number: 7320442
    Abstract: An on-off shower head, comprising an outer enclosure and a jet opening and closing device, further comprising water conveyance means arranged within the enclosure and adapted to prevent any contact of the water with the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: AMFAG S.p.A.
    Inventor: Orlando Bosio
  • Patent number: 7178740
    Abstract: A system and method for injecting a low-pressure spray of solution into a high-pressure spray of liquid produced by a pressure washing system. The system comprises a liquid storage tank for the solution that is operable to be pressurized. The system comprises a wand that is coupled to the liquid storage tank and securable to a high-pressure wand. The system may comprise a high-pressure pump that is operable to produce a high-pressure flow of fluid to the high-pressure wand. The pressure stored in the liquid storage tank provides the force to drive the solution to the discharge of the high-pressure wand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2007
    Inventor: David K. Williams
  • Patent number: 7104467
    Abstract: A liquid flow restrictor in the supply line of an eductor or other dilution or dispensing device has a rotatably mounted disc with opposite faces and a plurality of apertures or holes, which provide different flow restrictions between the faces, and a pair of flow conduits sealingly engaging against the faces, whereby on rotation of the member the zones are selectively brought into communication with the conduits to provide a desired flow restriction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: JohnsonDiversey, Inc.
    Inventors: Garry William Crossdale, Brian Peter Onufryk, Dean Alan Percival
  • Patent number: 7051955
    Abstract: A chemical sprayer system includes a three-way valve that includes an inlet port coupled to a fluid source, a first outlet port in fluid communication with a first elongated fluid passage, a second outlet port in fluid communication with a second elongated fluid passage, and a control. The control allows a user to place the three-way valve into one of a first ON state in which the first outlet port is in fluid communication with the inlet port, a second ON state in which the second outlet port is in fluid communication with the inlet port, and an OFF state in which substantially no fluid is allowed to exit the inlet port. The first elongated fluid passage terminates in a nozzle adapted for spraying foam. The second elongated fluid passage terminates in a nozzle adapted for spraying liquids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2006
    Inventors: Joseph D. Horner, Kevin L. Clerk
  • Patent number: 6598802
    Abstract: An apparatus for creating a fine liquid mist includes a container capable of holding fluid; one of a perforated basket and a porous bag disposed in the container; a liquid supply connector connected to the container; a mixing chamber connected to the container; and at least one convergent/divergent nozzle connected to the mixing chamber. A method of forming an effervescent fine liquid mist includes mixing liquid and chemical reactant to form non-toxic, noncombustible gas bubbles; mixing the liquid and the gas bubbles to form a two-phase fluid flow; and directing the two-phase fluid flow through at least one convergent/divergent nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Joseph E. Wolfe
  • Patent number: 6378789
    Abstract: A combination spray apparatus which allows for the selection of several different flowable materials to be sprayed from a single unit and at the site of the unit itself. In the preferred manner, the spray apparatus includes a trigger nozzle as well as the selection of two different materials to be sprayed through a second barrel portion. An eductor it utilized to draw selected materials into a spray stream. The combination spray apparatus is operable with water pressures which are customary to most cities and industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2002
    Assignee: S. C. Johnson Commercial Markets, Inc.
    Inventors: Charles E. Seaman, Jr., Jeffrey Y. Chen, John A. Boticki, Carey W. Zimmerman
  • Patent number: 6260772
    Abstract: The present device relates to a dispensing and rinsing gun (100) for use with a hose member (209 and 210) to dispense either a diluted product or water through the same dispensing and rinsing gun (100) without having to attach different nozzles. A selector (156) operatively connected to the gun (100) allows the gun (100) to dispense either a diluted product or water by rotating the selector (156) to the appropriate push button valve (154) controlling the desired product or water, and the selector (156) may be operated with one hand. A trigger (103) controls the type of spray used when the dispensing and rinsing gun (100) is used in the water rinse mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Ecolab Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Hennemann, Jr., Eddie D. Sowle, Roberto Inchaustequi, Vincent C. Patrignani
  • Patent number: 6233756
    Abstract: An assembly for dispensing condensed liquids, powders, soap bars or soap chips into shower water being sprayed onto a user, by way of a triple shower spray and dispensing reservoir. The assembly is connected to water outlet supply in wall of bathing enclosure utilizing three conventional shower heads alined horizontally, equidistance from each other coupled thereto in a cross shape piping, controlled by four separate valves enabling the selective open and close passage of fluid therethrough. Two conventional flexible reservoirs, in vertical position containing bathing solutions, may be attach by threaded connection to piping on either side of center cross piping, being controlled by two of the valves, thus dispensing contents of reservoirs into shower water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Inventor: Alan E. Holbrook, Sr.
  • Patent number: 6131831
    Abstract: An improved portable automobile undercarriage washing/cleaning device consisting of an ovoid, bowl-like body portion on the top surface of which is centered a detachable water spray nozzle and an accompanying nearby small tube, which itself connects the interior fluid chamber/reservoir, the fluid consisting of a mixture of detergent and water, with the exterior of the body, the same tube directing a pressurized mixture of detergent and water into the water spray pattern emanating from the nozzle, the mixture then being admixed with the spray, the whole of which when attached via a side connection on the body, to a rigid, non-flexible water pipe, which is itself connected to a garden-type hose via a pistol-grip water control valve, produces a pressurized water spray pattern capable of removing accumulated road salt and debris deposited onto the underside of an automobile or other wheeled vehicle and effecting a rapid removal of the debris from the undercarriage of the automobile or other wheeled vehicle and it
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Inventor: John S. Lawrence
  • Patent number: 6116521
    Abstract: A sprinkler head for scattering diluted medical fluid, such as fluid fertilizer and nutritive agents, on cultivated vegetables comprising a main body connected at one end to a sprinkler head and at another end to a faucet supplying water. The main body includes a plurality of water flowing passages, an open passage connected to a medical fluid bottle, and a mixing passage. The open passage includes a passage narrowing portion for sucking medical fluid from the medical fluid bottle by increasing water flow speed relative to the rest of the open passage. The medical fluid sucked into the open passage is stirred and diluted by water flowing down the open passage. The diluted medical fluid in the open passage then flows into the mixing passage, where it can be further diluted by water flowing down the plurality of water flowing passages. The dilution ratio of the medical fluid is controlled by individually opening and closing the plurality of water flowing passages with valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Inventor: Masaharu Miyake
  • Patent number: 6006374
    Abstract: A showerhead attachment is used for generating aromas. The showerhead attachment holds an aroma containing material such as a gelatin type capsule to be intermixed with a portion of the running water and discharged through a discharge orifice. The showerhead attachment comprises a housing, a dispensing chamber, a removable and attachable cylinder, and a filter assembly. As water begins to flow through a water supply conduit, it will exit the conduit and enter into an inlet port of the housing to course through the housing and around the dispensing chamber and on through an outlet port, where the water will the flow through the showerhead into a cleansing stream raining down upon the bather. As the water enters the housing and flows around the dispensing chamber, a small portion of the total volumetric flow will enter an inlet orifice and will thus be diverted into an auxiliary water stream flowing into the dispensing chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Inventors: Harold G. Winnett, Bernard Ilan Urfig
  • Patent number: 5957387
    Abstract: Nozzle (10) for showers with a sprayer (30) comprising a mixing chamber (51) in which is placed a soluble toilet product in tablet form (80), replaceable, said chamber being connected to said nozzle (10) by a pair of threads on the sides which, on rotating said sprayer (30) in one direction or the other, cause the chamber to move axially between a washing position when water passes through said mixing chamber (51) and dissolves the toilet product (80), and a rinsing position when the water passes through an annular chamber (32) that surrounds said mixing chamber (51).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 28, 1999
    Inventors: Giovanni Porta, Paolo Luca Porta
  • Patent number: 5850973
    Abstract: A double barrel sprayer for applying a diluted product such as a diluted cleaning solution to a surface for cleaning thereof and rinsing the diluted product from the surface by spraying a water-only rinse onto the surface. The sprayer can include an insert having passages therein for providing a desired product dilution ratio. To provide different spray patterns for the water-rinse or diluted product, the sprayer can include a shroud having suitably shaped exit holes. The sprayer includes separate flow paths for the water-only rinse and the diluted product. The flow path for the diluted product includes a mixing chamber in which concentrated product is siphoned from a container and mixed with water supplied by a garden hose. Prior to mixing with the water, the concentrated product passes through the insert to provide a substantially constant water/product ratio over a wide range of water pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1998
    Assignee: Armor All Products Corporation
    Inventors: Lance Liljeqvist, Edward Kozlowski
  • Patent number: 5842645
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 1, 1998
    Inventors: Gilles Degongre, Denis Degongre
  • Patent number: 5595345
    Abstract: A double barrel sprayer for applying a diluted product such as a diluted cleaning solution to a surface for cleaning thereof and rinsing the diluted product from the surface by spraying a water-only rinse onto the surface. The sprayer can include a force-fitted orifice plate with a plurality of holes for adjusting the water/product mixing ratio. To provide different spray patterns for the water-rinse or diluted product, the sprayer can include a shroud having suitably shaped exit holes. The sprayer includes separate flow paths for the water-only rinse and the diluted product. The flow path for the diluted product includes a mixing chamber in which concentrated product is siphoned from a container and mixed with water supplied by a garden hose. Prior to mixing with the water, the concentrated product passes through an orifice plate having a plurality of holes to provide a substantially constant water/product ratio over a wide range of water pressures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 21, 1997
    Assignee: Armor All Products Corporation
    Inventors: William D. Chura, Edward Kozlowski, Lance Liljeqvist, Stephen Jones, Mark Thompson, Charles Hawes
  • Patent number: 5425589
    Abstract: A two-piece tool inter-connected by a flexible soap water tube (12) which will perform a quick and clean car wash, void of soap film or streaks. The user simply rinses off the loose dirt and cools down the hot metal surface of a section of the car with one piece of the tool held in one hand (FIG. 18), and then washes with the other piece of the tool held in the other hand. The user again rinses with the other tool in the opposite hand to remove the soap before it dries leaving a soap film or streaks. This process is repeated until the last section of the car is completed. The user can expect about five car washes from one ounce of liquid soap before refilling and will find easy control of the rinse water flow rate and pattern whereby conserving soap and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 20, 1995
    Inventors: Glenn L. Griffin, Grace E. Griffin
  • Patent number: 5312040
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a non-clogging slurry nozzle apparatus and method for avoiding blockages in slurry nozzles associated with the jetting of mixtures of soluble and/or insoluble abrasives and high pressure fluids. The apparatus involves the use of a pressure actuator which opens and closes gates of a valve, permitting a compressed gas to enter the nozzle and remove all abrasive material from a nozzle when jetting is interrupted, thus preventing the abrasive material to remain in the nozzle where it may adhere with residual moisture and form blockages. The present invention lessens the opportunity for abrasive material blockages in slurry nozzles and improves the efficiency of cleaning operations by reducing the need to interrupt blasting operations to remove abrasive blockages from the slurry nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1994
    Assignee: Aqua-Dyne, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Woodward
  • Patent number: 4838457
    Abstract: A lotion blending and dispensing unit is disclosed herein for internally combining and then discharging a composite lotion or solution which includes a cylindrical housing having a storage chamber for enclosing at least a pair of lotion containers removably mounted on a mounting block. The block is provided with at least a pair of orifices on an annular surface having a central projection about which a selector dial rotates. The projection includes at least a pair of passageways in fixed alignment with the orifices so as to conduct lotion therethrough. A regulating disc is movably disposed on the annular surface for revolving about the projection whereby a plurality of different sized apertures may be selectively aligned between the orifices and the passageways. The disc is movable in response to rotation of the selection dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 13, 1989
    Inventors: James C. Swahl, Debra A. Swahl
  • Patent number: 4467964
    Abstract: A mixing device is disclosed for the purpose of mixing a first fluid with a second fluid contained in a pressurized stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1984
    Inventor: Charles Kaeser
  • Patent number: 4341350
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved immediate action chemical injection system for selectively adding a chemical solution to the high velocity water spray discharged by a high pressure water washer. A common supply conduit has an inlet end adaptable for engagement with a low pressure source of water and has a first outlet end attached to the inlet of the high pressure water delivery system of the washer and a second outlet end attached to a completely separate chemical injection system. The high pressure water delivery system emits a spray of highly pressurized water having a substantially fan-shaped pattern which is intersected by a spray of chemical solution emitted from the chemical injection system, with the result being a high velocity spray of water and chemical being provided for use against a work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1982
    Inventor: Otto Wemmer
  • Patent number: 4289276
    Abstract: Improved apparatus for cleaning vehicles includes three water lines each having a pump and a pressure regulator therein. A liquid container is connected to each line upstream of the pump, for adding liquid to the line, by a dosage metering device and a shut-off valve. Two containers are for liquid cleaners, acid and alkaline, respectively, while the third container is for water-repellant rinsing liquid. The two cleaner lines are alternatively connectable downstream of the pumps therein to a compressed air spray nozzle, while the rinsing liquid line is connectable to a separate rinsing nozzle that is also usable for drying by connection to the compressed air source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 1979
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1981
    Assignee: B & B Bologna di Basaglia Rubens e Bollina Ezio S N C
    Inventors: Ezio Bollina, Rubens Basaglia