Abstract: A boom for the supply hose of a fluid used in a car wash is rotatable around a vertical axis in a horizontal plane. Flexibilty of the boom out of the horizontal plane is provided by a spring wire having a loop turned through more than 360.degree. partway along the length of the wire with a leveller device engaging upper edges of inner and outer portions of the wire on either side of the loop and an underside of the inner turns of the loop so as to hold down the outer portion of the wire and locate the boom in the required horizontal plane. Rotation in one embodiment is provided by a vertical portion at the inner end of the wire mounted within a suitable bearing and provided with a coil spring acting to bias the boom to a required angular orientation around the vertical portion of the wire. In a second embodiment for use with 360.degree.

Abstract: The present invention provides a shower brush and liquid soap dispenser combination for use in a shower. The soap dispenser has an inlet end which is connectable to the main water supply of the shower and an outlet end which is connectable to the brush. The inlet end of the dispenser includes a venturi feed to a liquid soap container in the dispenser such that water flowing through the water supply and into the soap dispenser draws liquid soap by suction through the venturi feed from the liquid soap container. The liquid soap is mixed with the water to form a soap and water mixture which is then fed by the water supply through the dispenser to the brush.

Abstract: An undercarriage sprayer is provided for automobiles and the like. The sprayer has a T-shaped frame with a castor wheel at the base of the T and two steerable wheels at the ends of the cross bar. A handle connected to the frame at the intersection of the T is used to manipulate the sprayer and to steer the wheels through the use of a rotating hand grip. Spray nozzles are spaced along the base arm of the T-frame and may be arranged to pivot from side to side under the control of an operator. In other embodiments, the nozzles may be rotating spray heads.

Abstract: An apparatus for pneumatically discharging a liquified building material includes a first source of liquid hardener and injection means for injecting the liquid hardener perpendicularly into the air-entrained building material at the discharge nozzle. The liquid hardener may be supplied through an atomizer and injected through openings that are enlarged. A second source of liquid hardener may be provided to supply a second hardener mixed with the airstream that entrains the building material. A flexible tubing may be provided between the aeration fitting and discharge nozzle to require that only the discharge nozzle be lifted by the operator.

Abstract: A nozzle assembly for discharging a desired substance such as adhesives is disclosed. The nozzle assembly includes a mechanism for discharging a substance. The discharge mechanism is associated with a supply source to introduce the substance into the discharge mechanism. A mechanism is associated with the discharge mechanism to provide the discharge mechanism with resilient movement in response to forces exerted on the discharge mechanism. The mechanism to provide resilient movement deflects in response to forces applied to the discharge mechanism. The mechanism to provide resilient movement returns the discharge mechanism to substantially the original position of the discharge mechanism before the forces were exerted on the discharge mechanism. The mechanism to provide resilient movement is substantially rigid when the assembly is in a non-deflected position.

Abstract: A bidet attachment is provided for the underside of a toilet seat with selectively actuated outlets at the front and rear side thereof and connected to the hot and cold water pipes with control valves for temperature adjustment. The outlets comprise a plurality of small conduits bunched together and leading to the main conduits so that a spray head configuration is obtained. An air stream adjustable as to temperature may also be provided at the front and rear of the seat adjacent the water outlets, said air being provided by air conduits leading to a source of air under pressure.

Abstract: A showerhead adaptor means comprising three integral molded parts, including a middle body member for frictional mounting on a water outlet pipe, a knob on the same axis as that of the body member for frictional grasping of the outlet pipe, a socket receiving member rotatable about the axis of the body member and having a tapered internal surface on an axis intersecting the access of the body member and transverse thereto for receiving a cone shaped coupling member on an end of a flexible tube connected at the other end to the water outlet pipe. The socket member and the coupling member are releasably retained in frictional engagement by a spring biased ball detent means.

Abstract: A remote dispenser is provided for use in a pressurized fluid-dispensing assembly including a base unit, which may be an aerosol container having a fluid release device to which the remote dispenser is connected by a supply tube inserted into a discharge outlet of the base unit. A resilient, wire clip is secured to the supply tube, resiliently engages a retainer seat on the base unit and holds the release device in its open, fluid discharging position. Inadvertent disengagement of the supply tube from the base unit also disengages the wire clip, to allow the release device to automatically return to its normal, closed position. The clip exerts positive gripping strength and has a stop to hold it against pivoting. These factors serve to reduce the likelihood of inadvertent disengagement of the clip by pulls on the supply tube.

Abstract: A manipulative device capable of remote operation has a nozzle head having one or more nozzles adapted to eject a fluid stream having a component at right angles to the axis of the nozzle head. There is a flexible elongate hose for connecting the nozzle head to a source of remote operation, such as a joystick arrangement. Also valves capable of operation by tendons parallel to the flexible elongate hose enables spatial positioning of the nozzle head by remote differential operation of the tendons. The device may be used in various applications for example borehole mining, paint spraying etc.

Abstract: A low pressure vibrator sprinkler is suspended by a flexible hose below an elongated horizontal elevated pipe. The pipe is mounted for movement upon a plurality of vehicles. The flexible hose is telescoped within a U-tube at the bottom so that the sprinkler is in a vertically upright position. The height of the sprinkler is adjusted by forming a loop in the tube. A band holds the loop to any given circumference.

Abstract: A device for automatically rinsing private parts of the user's body after urination and/or defecation is disclosed. The device is comprised of a main body including a unit of temporarily securing the user's body to the device while also covering their private parts such as anus or urethra, an inlet port for introducing a rinsing liquid for rinsing the private parts, and a drainage port for discharging the used rinse liquid long with discharge materials out of the main body. The main body also includes a sensor unit for sensing urination and/or defecation; a unit for discriminating defecation and urination from each other on the basis of outlet signals from the sensor unit and a unit for releasing a rinsing liquid for a predetermined time towards the private parts on the basis of discrimination by the discriminating unit.

Abstract: A faucet fixture for mounting over the faucet opening in sink structure and including a valve body capable of being pulled upwardly of the faucet fixture housing to an elevated position for inspection or maintenance. The faucet fixture includes an upper mounting plate having a threaded central bore for receiving a threaded sleeve for securement of the plate and sleeve to the sink structure. The valve body is removably secured to the mounting plate, and a potable water conduit attached to the valve body extends slidably through the sleeve for distance at least equal to the height of the housing which supports the valve body in position so that the valve body can be inspected. In one embodiment the sleeve also slidably accommodates inlet and outlet waste water conduits associated with a reverse osmosis unit so that an airgap arrangement attached to the valve body can be raised and inspected by sliding the three conduits upwardly through the sleeve.

Abstract: A drain unclogging and clearing apparatus providing an elongated rigid tube having a constricting nozzle at one end capable of increasing the velocity of water flowing through the tube and ejecting such water in a jet, the nozzle being surrounded by a flared resilient splash guard. The opposite end of the tube is provided with a quick acting manually controlled ball plug valve connected to a supply hose which, in turn, is connectable to either a male or female threaded faucet. An oval ring-shaped handle is adjustably mounted on the tube approximately one-third of the length of the tube from the valve and is provided with studs for carrying male and female hose adapters.

Abstract: A pre-rinse unit incorporates a normally closed water shutoff valve connected to the lower end of a vertical riser pipe carrying a source of water. An outer tube is rotatably and longitudinally slidable on the riser pipe. A pair of rotatable arms are mounted for rotation at one end to the upper end of the vertical riser pipe above the outer tube for rotation about a horizontal axis and the arms carry cams contacting a cam follower ring whose lower surface abuts the outer tube. A concentric coil spring surrounding the vertical riser pipe and interiorly of the hollow tube, abuts a lower collar fixed to the riser pipe, interiorly of the tube, at its lower end and its upper end abuts the cam follower ring. Stop means carried by the riser pipe limits pivoting of the arms.

Abstract: An apparatus for conducting hot gases from an exhaust pipe has an elongated, flexible conduit with an inlet end and an outlet end. An inlet fitting on the inlet end of the conduit is shaped to tightly engage the exhaust pipe. An outlet fitting on the outlet end of the conduit is shaped to direct the hot gases to an object to be heated. The conduit may have a portion comprising a flexible, spirally wound conduit which is flexible when twisted in one direction and locks in a desired position when twisted in a direction opposite the one direction. The inlet fitting may have a seal for fitting exhaust pipes of different sizes. The seal comprises a resilient annular member having a central aperture for receiving the exhaust pipe.

Abstract: A spray nozzle extension is affixed to the output of a conventional spray gun apparatus to allow an operator to spray a polymeric elastomer into enclosed spaces of an integral fuel tank cavity such as to form an in situ tank within the cavity. The nozzle tip is extended from the spray gun by a flexible hose and the complete unit includes variously arranged in-line filter and swivel connectors to achieve dispersion of lumps in the spray material and axial, yaw, and pitch rotation of the nozzle tip respectively.

Abstract: A spray head assembly is made from a very few number of injection molded parts. Preferably a pair of elongated housing shells fit together in face-to-face confrontation, with a spring biased actuator arm or control lever pivotally mounted between them. The lever has a metal shaft extending therefrom, which passes through a flexible cone in a rubber bulkhead to maintain a waterproof seal. In front of the bulkhead is a solid plastic plate having mounted therein a reciprocally slidable member controlled by the lever. In one embodiment, the sliding member contains a generally triangular or tapered opening or openings having a sector of a circle for a base. Depending upon the position of the slide, the opening moves up or down to open or close a water passageway through the spray head. The sliding member first presents the smaller sectors of the opening or openings to an associated sealing ring to minimize the abruptness of any change in discontinuity of water flow at the edge of the opening.

Abstract: A hose arrangement for use in a car wash of the type which provides a hose with a spray nozzle on the end and means for mounting the hose for rotation around a central pivot point including a boom which extends away from the pivot point and rotates around the pivot point. The boom is formed of a pair of flexible wires arranged on either side of the central pivot and each having coils at a position intermediate the length so as to allow the wire to flex downwardly out of the horizontal plane when the hose is pulled. The central pivot can be arranged to pivot about an axis at a small angle to the vertical whereby the boom has a lowermost position at one point in its rotation to which it tends to rotate.

Abstract: An exteriorly mounted and positionable spray coating nozzle assembly for a spray coating system wherein a series of workpieces to be coated, such as bottles, are conveyed into a spray cabinet, along a path through a spray chamber, and past a bank of spray nozzles which apply a coating to the workpieces. A nozzle assembly support which is pivotally mounted to the outside of the spray cabinet permits the entire assembly to be swung to laterally position the nozzles relative to the length of the workpieces. The nozzles in turn are carried on a pivotal nozzle block which further permits the nozzles to be turned to adjust the aim of the nozzles with respect to the workpieces. The two pivotal movements provide for accurate aiming of the nozzles with greater lateral adjustability of the nozzles for spraying different length workpieces.

Abstract: A spray head assembly is made primarily from a very few number of injection molded parts. Preferably a pair of elongated housing shells fit together in face-to-face confrontation, with a spring biased actuator arm or control lever pivotally mounted between them. The lever has a metal shaft extending therefrom, which passes through a flexible cone in a rubber bulkhead to maintain a waterproof seal. In front of the bulkhead is a solid plastic plate having mounted therein a reciprocally slidable member controlled by the lever. The sliding member contains a generally triangular or tapered opening having a sector of a circle for a base. Depending upon the position of the slide, the opening moves up or down to open or close a water passageway through the spray head. The sliding member first presents the apex of the opening to an associated sealing ring to minimize the abruptness of any change in discontinuity of water flow at the edge of the opening.

Abstract: A shower fitting for a domestic installation comprises a shower head, which can be held in the hand, and which comprises inlet connections adapted to be connected by flexible conduit to supplies of hot and cold water. The shower head comprises a body, the interior of which is formed to provide a mixing chamber to which hot and cold water is delivered, and from which water flows to a spray outlet of the shower head. The temperature of the water flowing from the shower head is controlled by a thermostatic control member on the body, which includes means for positively shutting off the flow of water from the shower head.

Abstract: High tint residual carbon black is produced in a vortex flow, venturi oil furnace carbon black reactor by charging the liquid feed or make hydrocarbon axially as a solid jet into a swirling mass of hot combustion gases upstream from the venturi and passing the hydrocarbon feed and hot combustion gases under carbon black forming conditions through the venturi section of the carbon black reactor.

Abstract: A fluid delivery valve extender has a telescopable rod comprising at least two telescoping sections and having a first end and a relatively movable second end. An adapter is connected to the first end of the rod and includes a fluid passage having an inlet and an outlet. The adapter is releasably connectable to a fluid delivery valve outlet to put the inlet of the fluid passage in fluid communication with the valve outlet. A normally contracted, elastically deformable, coiled hose is disposed coaxially and loosely around the rod and has one end connected to the outlet of the fluid passage in fluid communication therewith the other end of the hose is connected to said second end of the rod for movement therewith and a discharge nozzle is connected in fluid communication with the hose to effect discharge of fluid passing through the hose. The fluid discharge nozzle is disposable at desired distances from the delivery valve by the extension of the rod and the expansion of the coiled hose.

Abstract: A water distributing assembly for use with a section of upwardly bowed rigid conduit supported at the opposite lower ends thereof by wheeled towers so that its longitudinal axis is disposed within a vertical plane for movement over a field in a direction transverse to said vertical plane. The water distributing assembly includes an inverted T-shaped pipe assembly for containing water under pressure having a plurality of sprinkler heads fixedly mounted in longitudinally spaced relation. A flexible hose assembly is provided for communicating the water under pressure in the conduit to the pipe assembly and sprinkler heads so as to accommodate five different adjustable movements between the pipe assembly and conduit provided by a clamping assembly.

Abstract: An adjustable shower assembly in which the shower head is connected by way of an elongated flexible hose or tube to a source of fluid under pressure in which the flexible hose is supported under a substantially constant and uniform tension to thereby permit selective vertical adjustment of the shower head while preventing flexing, twisting or vibration of the flexible hose due to the forces applied thereto during adjustment of the shower head or due to fluid pressures within the hose.

Abstract: A remote delivery nozzle assembly is adapted to be releasably connected to a pressurized container to permit delivery of the pressurized contents thereof to a location remote from the container. A cap assembly is connected through a flexible conduit to a wand for delivery of the pressurized contents of the container. Upon seating of the cap assembly on the container, the valve of the container is opened pressurizing the wand through the flexible conduit. The wand includes a flexible membrane which when depressed by finger pressure opens a valve between the pressurized inlet and an outlet passage to deliver the pressurized fluid.

Abstract: A flexible plastic nipple for coupling a sprinkler head to a sprinkler system pipeline. The nipple includes an elongated plastic tube having a resilient center section and a pair of end sections. The center section has a uniform set of annular undulations which provides both rigidity and flexibility to the nipple. Each end section includes a rigid portion, a flexible threaded section, and a snub portion for mating the nipple with a connector fitting on the sprinkler head or pipeline. The threaded portions have sufficient flexibility to prevent rupturing or stripping when a force is transmitted to the nipple. In addition, the center section will bend before the force transmitted to the threaded portions becomes excessive and will rebound to its original position when the excessive force is removed.

Abstract: An apparatus for raising a liquid aeration apparatus having a carrier element 62 which can be guided to a position engaging an air distributing pipe 36 to raise same by means of a guide rod 66. The movement of the guide rod is controlled by a guide device 64 disposed on the free end of a boom 52 suspended vertically above the air distributing pipe, such that the movement of the guide rod is restricted to a plane perpendicular to the air distributing pipe, thus preventing contact with and damage to aeration tubes 38 extending from the air distributing pipe.

Abstract: A sheet metal vehicle chassis supporting a container of liquid to be sprayed is provided on at least one of its wheels with cam rollers fixed to the wheel for rotation. The roller cams compress a loop of pump hose at spaced locations to siphon liquid from the container by way of a suction hose and discharge liquid through a discharge hose connected to respective hose barbs projecting through a hose barb mounting plate overlying the roller cams and having opposite ends coupled to said loop. An orthogonally adjustable nozzle support tube, connected at one end to the discharge hose, insures a varying density and pattern spray of liquid on the underlying floor during movement of the vehicle in self-pumping operation over said floor.

Abstract: Apparatus for washing a surface such as the windshield of a vehicle or the like, which includes a pressurized source of washing fluid having a conduit connected thereto, the conduit extending upwardly in supported relationship with an upstanding selectively positioned support member, the upper end portion of the conduit extending above the upper end of the support member for connection at its end to an extensible flexible hose. The support member supports the hose in an elevated position above a supporting surface for access to the surface to be washed, the other end of the hose having a nozzle thereon by means of which washing fluid transported from the pressurized source may be selectively sprayed on the surface to be washed.

Abstract: A hand-held shower head includes a housing which is cylindrical in shape and has a frusto-conical portion with a single orifice nozzle in the center thereof. A push-button actuator is positioned on the cylindrical side portion which in turn actuates a valve mechanism through a diaphragm seal. Water flows from an inlet opening through a lightly biased, normally closed valve which is operated through a plunger connected via the diaphragm to the push-button actuator, and out through a flow restricter and the single orifice nozzle. The push-button actuator is provided with stop means to limit the depression of the actuator.

Abstract: A connecting device for connecting a water hose to an object. It includes at least two pieces, of which one is connected to the water hose and the second to the object. The first connecting piece consists of a hand shower, part of which is a handle and part a shower head. The hand shower contains a valve device having a valve body which is moveable between at least two positions, and which is designed to be moved to a connected position by means of the second connecting piece. The valve is designed to then allow water to flow from the hand shower to the object while preventing water flow out of the shower head; but the valve allows water to flow from the shower head when the valve body is in its normal non-connected position.

Abstract: This invention relates to apparatus for making use of water for health care. A guide strut is arranged for vertical attachment to a support means which may be a wall or a stand device and a slider cooperates with this guide strut; a spray tube is connected to the slider and a connector is provided on the spray tube to accept a flexible water-supply pipe. There is a drive element associated with the guide strut which is arranged to effect the up and down movement of the spray tube and is fitted with a drive means and a switch; the switch serves to reverse the direction of rotation of the drive means and is arranged to be actuated by two spaced engagement members.

Abstract: An improved retainer clamp is disclosed for selectively and securely supporting a handheld showerhead so to as prevent any accidental dislodgement of the showerhead from the retainer clamp. The handheld showerhead is adapted to be connected, via a flexible conduit, with a source of water under pressure, such as the conventional shower pipe fitting normally found in bathrooms and the like, and may be supported by retainer clamp both while water is being sprayed from the showerhead and when the showerhead is not in use. The retainer clamp may be directly mounted on the shower fitting pipe and also may serve as the interconnection between the flexible conduit and the shower fitting pipe.

Abstract: A drinking fountain which is adjustable in height to accommodate persons of different heights and persons confined to wheelchairs, thereby obviating the need for providing two separate drinking fountains of different heights.

Abstract: Apparatus for conveying fluid from a lower level to an elevated level comprising a flexible fluid conveying tube having at one end a one way valve of simple construction and at the other end a dispensing head. In use the valve is placed below the surface of the fluid at the lower level and the dispensing head is oscillated to cause conveyance of fluid along the tube. Anchoring means are provided for maintaining the valve below the surface of the fluid at the lower level irrespective of the degree or vigorosity of oscillation of the dispensing head.

Abstract: An injection assembly for introducing a plurality of laterally spaced sprays of a normally liquid hydrocarbon feedstock into the cracking zone of a carbon black furnace.

Abstract: A resilient sprinkler riser is described for mounting a pulsating type sprinkler head wherein a nozzle is utilized to direct a spray jet of water in a radial direction from a vertical axis of rotation while a pivoted deflector member operates to rotate the nozzle about the vertical axis. The riser includes a flexible tube that is coaxially mounted within an elongated closed helical tension spring. The spring is fastened at its lower end relative to the tube while its upper end is free to slide coaxially over the tube length. The spring is pretensioned to hold the pipe in an upright condition under the reaction forces exerted by a jet of water exiting through the sprinkler nozzle. However, the spring tension is not sufficient to hold the tube in an upright condition when excessive external lateral forces are applied. When this happens, the riser will deflect in the direction of the force. When the force is removed, the riser will spring back to a normal upright condition.