Installable and centralized self-contained appliance-like fluid dispensing system

• US 5,279,448 A
• Filed: 02/18/1992
• Issued: 01/18/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/1992
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Eugene A. Zilber, Michael O. Hanlin
• Original Assignee: Eugene A. Zilber, Michael O. Hanlin
• Inventors: Zilber, Eugene A., Hanlin, Michael O.
• Primary Examiner(s): Huson, Gregory L.
• Application Number:
  US07/839,545
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 222/4, 222/135, 222/136, 222/144.5, 222/145, 222/183, 222/325, 222/529, 222/630, 222/132, 239/310, 239/318, 239/526, 239/527, 239/549
• US Class Current: 222/132
• CPC Class Codes: B08B 3/026 Cleaning by making use of hand-held spray guns; Fluid preparations therefor

Abstract

There is disclosed an installable and centralized self-contained, appliance-like fluid dispensing system for selectively dispensing combinations of fluids or fluid and liquid dispersants. The system includes a centralized housing assembly housing sources of liquid dispersant, pumping devices, valve arrangements, manually controlled system devices and arrangement for providing compressed air to a hand held device.

Claims

1. An installable and centralized, self-contained fluid dispensing appliance type system operable for selectively dispensing combinations of fluid or fluid and liquid dispersants, said system comprising:

a self-contained and centralized housing assembly usable in a residential or commercial environment and including at least a storing compartment means and having mounting means in said compartment means;

inlet means in said storing compartment for coupling of said system to a source of water;

at least a source of liquid dispersant including a container for holding the dispersant, said container being mountable in said storing compartment on said mounting means;

pumping means in said storing compartment and operable for pumping water from said inlet means through a pumped fluid delivery line;

means in said storing compartment on said mounting means and being fluidly connectable to said container and said delivery line and operable for facilitating flow of the dispersant from said container by venturi effect when water is passing therethrough;

valve means in said storing compartment and operable between inoperative and operative states such that when in said operative state said container and said venturi means are in fluid communication with each other for allowing discharge of the dispersant from said container;

a flexible hose for conveying the water and dispersant, said hose being storable in said storing compartment;

a relatively small lightweight hand-held fluid applicating device for applying fluid storable in said storing compartment;

operation selecting means mounted on said hand-held device and being operable manually for generating remote control selection signals; and

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system means in said storing compartment means being electrically connected to said selection means and being responsive to the selection signals of said selecting means for producing a plurality of system signals and also being operable in response to operation of at least an independent manual control switch means thereof so as to control operations of said fluid system including said pumping means and said venturi effect means to disperse a desired combination of fluids or fluid and liquid dispersants.

2. The system of claim 1 further including:

means operable for providing compressed air to a hand-held device fluid applying through said hose in response to signals from said switch means, said compressed air means including a compressor and a compressed air tank being housed in said compartment means.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said selection means includes insulated electric cable means for conveying the selection signals to said system means, wherein said cable means passes lengthwise through at least a portion of said hose.

4. The system of claim 3 further including a plurality of sources of dispersants stored in said compartment, each of said sources being independently communicable fluidly to individual solenoid valves, said solenoid valves being connected with said venturi means.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said compartment means includes first and second section means, said first section means housing said hose, said spraying device and said control means, and said second section means housing said pumping means and said source means.

6. An installable and centralized self-contained fluid dispensing appliance type system operable for selectively dispensing combinations of fluid and/or fluid and liquid dispersants, said system comprising:

a self-contained and centralized housing assembly usable in a residential or commercial environment and including at least a compartment means and having mounting means in said compartment means;

inlet means in said compartment means for coupling said system to a residential source of water;

at least a source of liquid dispersant including a container for holding the dispersant, said container being mountable in said compartment means on said mounting means;

pumping means in said compartment means and operable for pumping water from said inlet means through a pumped fluid delivery line;

means mounted in said compartment on said mounting means and being fluidly connectable to said container and said delivery line and operable for facilitating flow of the dispersant from said container by venturi effect when water is passing therethrough;

a relatively small lightweight hand-held spraying device for spraying the water or water and dispersant;

a flexible hose for conveying the water and dispersant under pressure to said spraying device, said flexible hose being storable in said compartment means;

operation selecting means mounted on said hand-held device and being operable manually for generating remote control selection signals;

electrical system means in said housing compartment means and electrically connected to said operation selecting means and being responsive to the selection signals for producing a plurality of system signals and also being operable in response to independent manual control switch means thereof so as to control operation of said fluid system; and

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means operable for providing compressed air to a separate hand-held device through said hose in response to signals from said switch means, said compressed air means including a compressor and compressed air tank being housed in said compartment means.