Patent ID: 6761135
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: B08B

Abstract:
A combination capable of functioning as a ground heater and a pressure washer comprising a fuel tank, an internal combustion engine, a generator, a pump, a water tank, a float tank, a burner, a water-tube boiler, a ground heater hose, a pressure washer hose, an electrically powered reel for the ground heater hose, a manually operated reel for the pressure washer hose, and a control panel whereinthe fuel tank is adapted to provide fuel to operate the engine and the burner; the engine is adapted to supply power to the generator and the pump; the generator is adapted to generate and deliver electricity to the burner and the ground heater hose reel; the pump has sufficient capacity and is adapted to deliver water from the water tank or the float tank to the boiler and thence to either the ground heater hose or the pressure washer hose; the water tank and the float tank are adapted to store and supply water selectively to the pump in sufficient quantity for ground heater or pressure washer use; the burner has sufficient capacity for ground heater use and is adapted to supply radiant heat to the boiler; the float tank is adapted to modulate water obtained from an outside source; the boiler is adapted to provide coiled tubing through which water can be circulated and heated by radiant heat circulated over the tubing by the burner and thence to either the ground heater hose or the pressure washer hose separately; the powered ground heater hose reel is adapted to store, extend and retract the ground heater hose; the manually operated reel is adapted to store, extend and retract the pressure washer hose; the ground heater hose is adapted for ground heater use; the pressure washer hose is adapted for pressure washer use; and the control panel is adapted to receive electrical power from the generator to control the burner and the motor for the ground heater hose reel.