Mobile washing apparatus for vehicles or aircraft having chemical mixing means therein

• US 3,322,350 A
• Filed: 12/14/1964
• Issued: 05/30/1967
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1964
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: SP Industries Limited Partnership
• Original Assignee: Gerald A. Mcdonnell, Kurt J. Heinicke
• Inventors: Heinicke, Kurt J., Mcdonnell, Gerald A.
• Application Number:
  US04/417,921
• Time in Patent Office: 897 Days
• US Class Current: 239/172
• CPC Class Codes: B60S 3/044 Hand-held cleaning arrangements with liquid or gas distributing means B60S3/045 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 4/903 Shower head with material dispensing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/4807 Tank type manifold [i.e., one tank supplies or receives from at least two others]

Claims

1. A WASHING APPARATUS FOR CLEANING RELATIVELY LARGE VEHICLES OR AIRCRAFT THAT IS SUPPORTED UPON A MOBILE CONVEYANCE, THE APPARATUS INCLUDING A MAIN WATER SUPPLY TANK THAT IS PRESSURIZED AND WITH THE MAIN TANK HAVING A TAKEOFF PIPE THAT IS CONNECTED TO A MIXING CHAMBER AT ONE END, THE MIXING CHAMBER AT ITS OPPOSITE END BEING CONNECTED TO A FLEXIBLE HOSE THAT IS COUPLED TO A HAND CONTROLLED NOZZLE, A PLURALITY OF CHEMICAL CONTAINING TANKS FOR CONTAINING VARIOUS CHEMICALS TO BE MIXED WITH THE WASHING FLUID AND WITH EACH OF THE CHEMICAL TANKS HAVING A TAKEOFF PIPE AT THEIR LOWER ENDS THAT ARE COUPLED TO THE MIXING CHAMBER, EACH OF THE TAKE-OFF PIPES BEING PROVIDED WITH A SOLENOID VALVE FOR CONTROLLING THE FLOW OF CHEMICAL FROM ANY SELECTED TANK TO THE MIXING CHAMBER, A REMOTE CONTROL APPARATUS SUPPORTED WITHIN THE CONVEYANCE AND MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAND NOZZLE FOR REMOTELY CONTROLLING ANY SELECTED SOLENOID VALVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PARTICULAR CHEMICAL TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE WASHING FLUID, THE REMOTELY CONTROLLED APPARATUS BEING ACTUATED BY A KNOB CARRIED UPON THE HAND NOZZLE AND WHEREBY THE KNOB ACTUATES THE REMOTELY CONTROLLED DEVICE TO ENERGIZE EITHER OF THE SOLENOID VALVES AND CUT-OFF MEANS CARRIED BY THE NOZZLE FOR INTERRUPTING THE FLOW OF FLUID FROM THE HOSE, THE HOSE PERMITTING A JET SPRAY OF WASHING FLUID TO REMOTE PARTS OF THE VEHICLE OR AIRCRAFT AND WHEREBY THE KNOB OF THE NOZZLE MAY REMOTELY CONTROL THE MOVEMENT OF EITHER OF THE SOLENOID VALVES REGARDLESS OF THE POSITION OF THE OPERATOR WITH RESPECT TO THE CONVEYANCE AND AN IMPULSE DEVICE DISPOSED WITHIN THE HOSE LINE AND WHEREBY TO VIBRATE AND ALSO ROTATE THE FLUID PASSING THROUGH THE HOSE LINE FOR DISCHARGE FROM THE NOZZLE AND TO IMPART A PUSHPULL ACTION UPON THE FLUID FROM THE NOZZLE AND TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF DEPOSITS UPON THE VEHICLE OR AIRCRAFT.