Pressure washing system and method
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a system and method for operating a surface pressure washer with a wand component. The method may include the steps of cleaning a first surface through a first fluid path, where the first fluid path includes a pump, a pressure regulating valve, a diversion block, and a spray gun, while spray nozzles are not discharging fluid to a second surface, actuating a valve connected to the diversion block, thereby reducing the pressure available to the first fluid path and creating a second fluid path, where the second fluid path includes the pump, the pressure regulating valve, the diversion block and the spray nozzles, where the spray nozzles are configured to rotate above the second surface when the second fluid path is open, and cleaning a second surface underneath the pressure washer system through the second fluid path.
1 . A pressure washer system having a handle for pushing the system, comprising:
a pump;
a means for diverting, where the pump provides a fluid to the means for diverting, the means for diverting including a valve trigger being depressible into a fluid valve;
a spray gun;
a first fluid path, where the first fluid path includes the pump, the means for diverting, and the spray gun;
a system handle connected to a deck housing for pushing the system; and
a rotary nozzle system, where the actuation of the means for diverting creates a second fluid path, where the second fluid path includes the pump, the means for diverting, and the rotary nozzle system, and wherein the rotary nozzle system includes one or more rotating spray nozzles when the second fluid path is open,
wherein the second fluid path is blocked when the means for diverting is not actuated and the means for diverting may be actuated without an operator's hands moving from the system handle.
2 . The pressure washer system of claim 1 , where the fluid pressure available to the first fluid path is reduced when the means for diverting is actuated.
3 . A method of washing flat surfaces and surfaces adjacent to the flat surface, the method including the steps of:
cleaning a first surface that is not underneath a pressure washer system through a first fluid path, where the first fluid path includes a pump, a means for diverting, and a spray gun, while spray nozzles are not discharging fluid to a second surface, the means for diverting including a valve trigger being depressible into a fluid valve;
actuating the fluid valve, thereby reducing the pressure available to the first fluid path and creating a second fluid path and creating a second fluid path, where the second fluid path includes the pump, the means for diverting and the spray nozzles, where the spray nozzles are configured to rotate above the second surface when the second fluid path is open, and the second fluid path may be actuated without an operator's hands moving from a system handle connected to a deck housing; and
cleaning the second surface underneath the pressure washer system through the second fluid path.
4 . The pressure washer system of claim 1 , wherein the means for diverting further includes,
a trigger base that pivotally secures a valve handle to position the valve trigger to actuate the fluid valve when the valve handle pivots about the trigger base, such that the fluid valve may be actuated by pulling a horizontal portion of the valve handle toward a horizontal portion of the system handle.