Multi-container pressure washer and related product selecting valve
AssigneeBriggs & Stratton Power Products Group, LLC
InventorsHerb Hoenisch, Peter Nushart, Wes Sodemann
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Abstract
A pressure washer including a first container adapted to contain a first liquid, a second container adapted to contain a second liquid, a valve, a first conduit fluidly connecting the first container to the valve, and a second conduit fluidly connecting the second container to the valve. The pressure washer also includes a single engine-powered pump and a mixing device. The pump is adapted to receive water from a water source, and the mixing device adapted to receive water from the pump. The mixing device is adapted to mix at least one of the first and liquids received from the valve with the water received from the pump.
Claims20
A pressure washer comprising:
- a first container adapted to contain a first liquid therein;
- a second container adapted to contain a second liquid therein;
- a valve;
- a first conduit fluidly connecting the first container to the valve;
- a second conduit fluidly connecting the second container to the valve;
- a single engine-powered pump adapted to receive water from a water source;
- a mixing device adapted to receive water from the pump and adapted to mix at least one of first liquid and the second liquid received from the valve with the water received from the pump.
A method for operating a pressure washer comprising:
- driving a single pump with an engine;
- pumping water from a water source with the pump through a mixing device;
- positioning a valve to direct a first liquid from a first container, through a first conduit and the valve, and to the mixing device;
- mixing the first liquid with the water within the mixing device;
- positioning the valve to direct a second liquid from a second container, through a second conduit and the valve, and to the mixing device;
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- mixing the second liquid with the water within the mixing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.