Briggs & Stratton, LLC

James A Louden

Richard J Gilpatrick

John A Fiorenza

Steve Crouch

A spray device, such as one used with a pressure washer, includes a housing, a chemical container coupled to the housing, and a chemical conduit coupled to the container. The chemical conduit has an inlet and an outlet forming a chemical flow path therebetween. The spray device further includes a chemical flow controller allowing a user to adjust a chemical flow rate through the chemical conduit. Further, the spray device includes a water conduit forming a water flow path through the housing, the water conduit terminating at a spray orifice. The chemical flow path and the water flow path merge at a point proximate the orifice.

Chemical injector for spray device

A nozzle for use with a sprayer, such as a spray gun for a pressure washer or a garden hose system, includes a body, which has an inlet for receiving a pressurized flow of water. The nozzle further includes first and second outlets, and first and second passages. The first and second outlets are formed in an end of the body. The first passage extends between the inlet and the first outlet, and the second passage extends between the inlet and the second outlet. The first and second passages are substantially straight and parallel to one another. During operation of the nozzle, the pressurized flow of water from the inlet is split, passes through the first and second passages, and exits the body from the first and second outlets.

Nozzle for a pressure washer

An assembly for controlling water turbulence through a high pressure cleaning machine includes a nozzle body, which has an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path. The nozzle body has a fastening end that is designed to couple the nozzle body to a pressure washer, at an end of a spray gun shaft, for example. The nozzle body also includes a plurality of conduits (e.g., an array of tubules) arranged in parallel with each other along the flow path and located between the inlet and the outlet. Additionally the nozzle body may include a screen or screens positioned along the flow path. The plurality of conduits and the screens are designed to reduce a turbulence of a water flowing through the assembly.

Turbulence control assembly for high pressure cleaning machine

A pressure washer, connected to a water source by a hose, includes a frame, an engine supported by the frame and having a crankshaft, a pump driven by the engine, a wheel supported for rotation relative to the frame, an input configured to receive water from the hose and discharge the water against the wheel to cause the wheel to rotate, and a spring having a first end that is coupled to the crankshaft and a second end that is rotatable about an axis relative to the first end in response to rotation of the wheel to wind the spring. The wound spring is released to rotate the crankshaft to start the engine.

Engine starter assembly

An engine starter assembly, coupled to a rotatable member of an internal combustion engine, includes an accumulator device coupled to the rotatable member for storing energy, an input device impinged by a fluid stream, and a fluid input receiving the fluid stream and directing the fluid stream toward the input device. Energy from the fluid stream is stored in the accumulator device due to the impingement of the fluid stream on the input device. The stored energy in the accumulator device is thereafter released to rotate the rotatable member to start the engine.

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James A Louden