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US 6,630,033 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for conserving water in a car washing apparatus
OwnerLouis Colicchioinventor
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Abstract
A high pressure car wash apparatus providing economy of both water and detergent by the recirculation of a portion of the water and detergent being utilized to a holding tank for reintroduction into the system.
Claims9
A method for conserving water in a portable car washing apparatus comprising:
- (a) supplying wash water from a tap to a pump inlet via a second supply conduit;
- (b) injecting cleaning agents into the second supply conduit;
- (c) dividing wash water from a pump outlet into two discharge conduits, a second discharge conduit directed to a high pressure dispenser for washing the car and a first discharge conduit directed to a reservoir inlet, said first discharge conduit guiding a first stream and said second discharge conduit guiding a second stream;
- (d) regulating flow of the wash water in the first discharge conduit with a first valve means;
- (e) storing said second stream in the reservoir during washing thereby conserving some of the wash water;
- (f) returning some of the second stream from a reservoir outlet to the second supply conduit via a first supply conduit;
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- (g) regulating flow of the wash water in the first supply conduit with a second valve means.
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A method for conserving water in a portable car washing apparatus comprising:
- (a) conducting water from a tap via a first supply conduit;
- (b) conducting liquid from a reservoir via a second supply conduit, wherein said first supply conduit and said second supply conduit are in communication with a pump;
- (c) dividing wash water from the pump into two streams, a first stream directed to a nozzle for washing a car and a second stream directed to the reservoir;
- (d) storing said second stream in said reservoir during said washing thereby conserving some of said wash water;
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- (e) returning some of said second stream from said reservoir to said pump to be used as said wash water.
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A method for conserving water in a portable car washing apparatus comprising:
- (a) conducting water from a tap via a first supply conduit;
- (b) conducting liquid from a reservoir via a second supply conduit, wherein said first supply conduit and said second supply conduit are in communication with a pump;
- (c) dividing wash water from the pump into two streams, a first stream directed to a nozzle for washing a car and a second stream directed to the reservoir;
- (d) regulating flow of said second stream from the pump to the reservoir;
- (e) storing said second stream in said reservoir during said washing thereby conserving some of said wash water;
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- (f) returning some of said second stream from said reservoir to said pump to be used as said wash water.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.