Shop Vac Corporation

Mars Gb Ltd.

Cambra International Ltd.

Mars, Incorporated

Michael B Woodhall

Terence W Gander

Mark F Jennings

Peter H Oakley

Jonathan Miller

Brian Gough

Matthew Miller

Michael F Standley

Russell G Wilcox

In a liquid pumping apparatus, such as a pressure washer, the outlet is selectively connectable to one of two different conduits. The pump for the apparatus is an electric pump and is connected with an electric switch. A manually operable button operates the switch between its pump activated and pump inactivated positions. A spring is selectively urged against the switch lever to bias the switch lever to the pump inactivated position through a pivoting plate. The pivoting plate is pivoted toward or causes the spring to bias the switch lever by a tang extending from one of the conduits for transmitting liquid from the apparatus outlet. Operation of the pump then requires continuous pushing on the switch operating button by the operator. With a different conduit in place and/or no contact of the tang with the spring contacting plate, the spring relaxes away from abutting the switch lever. The switch operating button is manually movable to the pump activated position and the button and the switch lever will remain in that position until manually returned to the pump inactivated position.

Operational mode conversion for pressure washer spray

Carpet cleaner

An attachment for the intake hose of a suction cleaner for dispensing liquid to the surface to be suctioned, near the intake to the suction nozzle. A liquid supply tank is supported near the suction nozzle. A valve dispenses the liquid. In one embodiment, a surface engaging brush or roller communicates with the valve. When the surface engaging element engages the surface, it opens the valve to dispense liquid from the tank to a liquid dispensing bar. A second embodiment uses a float valve which normally closes the communication between the inlet to the valve and the outlet from the valve to the dispenser bar. An additional conduit communicates with the nozzle to supply suction to the float valve, and when the suction inlet to the suction nozzle is partially obstructed, e.g. against the surface being suctioned, this increases the vacuum above the suction nozzle. The suction communicates through the additional conduit to the float valve to open the communication from the valve inlet to the dispenser bar. A third embodiment uses a pinch valve. When the valve is open, liquid flows downward over shelves in a progressively wider pattern until the liquid reaches the surface to be cleaned. The valve is normally opened when the irrigator rests on the surface to be cleaned. However, the pinch valve can be locked in a closed position by a slide switch.

Washer attachment for a suction cleaner

Beverage dispensing machine

A carpet cleaning attachment, for use with existing carpet cleaning devices having a flexible attachment hose and a unit capable of extracting both wet and dry materials, the attachment comprising a hollow, elongated, hand-held wand configured at a connection end thereof for connection to the hose and provided at the opposite end with a suction nozzle for being moved across a carpet; a cleaning fluid reservoir mounted on the wand; and a cleaning fluid delivery system carried on the wand for delivering cleaning fluid from the reservoir to a region of the carpet in advance of the moving nozzle.

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Maidenhead, United Kingdom

Michael B Woodhall