Patent ID: 6905080
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: B05B,B08B,F16B,F16L

Abstract:
1. A pressure washing apparatus comprising: a) a telescoping tube section comprising a rear end portion and a forward end portion, and defining a hose carrying passageway, said telescoping tube section having a longitudinal center axis extending along said tube passageway, and comprising at least a rear tube member and a front tube member; b) a control section located at the rear end portion of the telescoping tube section and having a water supply inlet connector adapted to be connected to a water supply line, a hose inlet connector adapted to be connected to a rear end of a hose that extends through the telescoping tube section, and a control mechanism to control water flow from the water supply inlet connection to the hose inlet connector; c) a forward outlet section mounted to the forward end of the telescoping tube section and comprising a hose outlet connection arranged to have a releasable connection to a forward outlet end of a hose in the hose passageway, said forward outlet section being arranged to permit access to the releasable connection, whereby a hose in the telescoping tube section can be connected and disconnected to the hose outlet connection and the hose inlet connector for insertion of the hose into an operating position in the telescoping tube section and removal therefrom; d) at least one tube member having at an end portion thereof a releasable connector comprising a tube engaging section comprising: e) a compression nut having a tapered inwardly facing compression surface arranged to extend around the gripping portion, said tapered inwardly facing compression surface of said compression nut having interior threads tapering outwardly in rearward direction and being arranged to come into threaded engagement with the exterior threads of the forward gripping portion.