Patent ID: 6749135
Filing Date: 2004-06-15
Classification: A01K,A47L

Abstract:
A spray nozzle assembly to be hand held and attached to the end of a flexible pressurized liquid supply hose,said nozzle assembly including an elongated dispensing head with a nozzle structure means for discharging liquid longitudinally from the front end of said dispensing head, an elongated handle encircled by a user's thumb and fingers during use, said handle having one end connected to the back end of the dispensing head, means for connecting the other end of the handle to said liquid supply hose, flow control means in said nozzle assembly for transferring a pressurized rinsing liquid from the pressurized liquid supply hose through said handle and through said dispensing head for discharge from the front end of said dispensing head, a liquid soap reservoir in said handle including means for the user to fill the reservoir with soap liquid, and a soap pump in said handle for pumping soap liquid from said soap reservoir, outlet means extending through said dispensing head for discharging pumped soap liquid from the front end of said dispensing head independently of discharge of said rinsing liquid, said flow control means including a valve unit in the handle with a trigger actuator at the front side of the handle for actuation by one finger of a hand grasping said handle, said soap pump having a trigger actuator at the front side of the handle for actuation by another finger of the same hand while maintaining a grasp on the handle; said dispensing head having at its distal end a generally cylindrical shell portion, said nozzle structure being supported within said shell portion and connected to said shell portion rearwardly of the forward end of the shell portion by means forming a generally unobstructed cylindrical space to accommodate and hold a cylindrical supporting portion of an accessory to be attached to the dispensing head, further including manually engageable latching means at said cylindrical space to secure an accessory to the dispensing head, said latching means includes resilient displaceable elements molded integrally with circumferentially spaced parts of said cylindrical shell portion and having latching portions displaceably projecting into said cylindrical space, said displaceable elements include unlatching means comprising manually depressible lever portions accessible at the outside of said shell portion for manually unlatching a cylindrical accessory support latched in said space.