Car hand spray washer

Abstract

A device for mixing a cleaning agent such as soap or a detergent with a stream of water flowing thru the wand of a hand held spray wand for washing cars. A container is mounted on a valve member which, in turn, is mounted on a car washing wand. When a button the valve member is depressed, a flow passageway is established which allows soap to flow from the container, thru the valve, and into the water flowing thru the wand.

Description

Claims

1. In a spray washer of the type wherein a wand has a brush at one end and is connected to a source of water under pressure at the other end, and a liquid soap container is connected to the wand such that liquid soap flows from the container into the wand through a hole therein to mix with water flowing through the wand, the improvement comprising: a valve body connecting the liquid soap container to the wand, said valve body including: a valve chamber having aligned inlet and outlet holes and an opening through an upper portion; a cavity extending from the outlet hole to the exterior of the valve body; a valve adapted to fit slidingly in said chamber between said holes and having a passageway therethrough which can be aligned with said holes, said valve also having a threaded shank extending through said opening, a button screwed onto a threaded end of the shank, and a spring disposed on said shank between the button and the upper portion of the valve chamber; a first cap extending outwardly from said valve body for holding the liquid soap container; a needle-like tube extending outwardly from said valve body into the liquid soap container and aligned with said inlet hole; a pair of guide pins extending outwardly from said valve body into the liquid soap container, one of the pins having a hole near the valve body to regulate the air in the container permitting free flow of soap out of the container; and, a second cap snugly fit into said cavity and extending outwardly into the hole in the wand, the second cap having holes therein, whereby depression of the button against the spring aligns the passageway in the valve with the inlet and outlet holes permitting liquid soap to flow from the container through the needle-like valve, the inlet hole, the valve passageway, the outlet hole and the cavity into the second cap wherein the liquid soap is mixed with the water flowing through the wand.