Chemical mixing station
A molded plastic mixing station housing for mixing water and chemical for car wash applications comprises a generally right hexahedron having a deep top recess which visually divides the housing into parallel spaced apart towers. A cylindrical mixing reservoir is recessed into the front of the housing such that a Hyrominder can be mounted in the top recess to overlie the open top of the mixing reservoir. A stand-off welt wraps around the entire housing just below the vertical center line to provide a stand-off feature for both wall mounting as well as the mounting of a control panel on one of the side surfaces of the housing. Mounting bracket slots are provided in the four upper corners of the housing for both wall mounting and control panel mounting. A deep recess runs down the back side to provide space for an overflow tube. The housing is preferably rotocast from high density polyethylene and may be color coded to match with the supply for a particular chemical.
1. A wall mountable chemical mixing station for carwashes comprising:
a molded plastic housing having a general shape of a right hexahedron with a top surface, a bottom surface, opposite planar parallel side surfaces, a front surface and a rear surface;
a recess formed in the top surface and extending between the front and back surfaces so as to visually separate the top portion of the housing into two parallel upstanding towers;
a generally cylindrical, open top mixing reservoir integrally molded into the front surface between the side surfaces;
mounting apertures molded into said housing in complemental pairs at the top corners of said side surfaces; and
a molded-in wraparound welt which extends outwardly from each of said front rear and opposite planar parallel side surfaces and is integral with said reservoir.
2. The wall-mountable mixing station defined in claim 1 wherein said plastic is high-density polyethylene.
3. The wall-mountable chemical mixing station defined in claim 1 further including a vertical recess formed in said rear surface and extending fully between said bottom and said recess formed in said top surface.
4. Wall-mountable chemical mixing station as defined in claim 1 herein said apertures take a form of slots opening to said front and rear surfaces and extending into said opposite planar parallel side surfaces to receive fastener assemblies.
5. The wall-mountable chemical mixing station defined in claim 4 further including fastener assemblies for at least two of said slots wherein said fastener assemblies comprise rigid plates which slide into said slots from the side openings thereof and have threaded holes formed therein to receive threaded fasteners.
6. The wall-mountable chemical mixing station defined in claim 1 wherein said mixing reservoir is recessed into said front surface, said front surface above said reservoir and between said towers having a semi-cylindrical concave shape which follows the contour of said reservoir.
7. A wall-mountable chemical mixing station as defined in claim 1 further including a control panel secured to one of said side surfaces by means of said apertures.
8. A wall-mountable chemical mixing station as defined in claim 1 further including a control panel attached to one of said opposite planar parallel side surfaces by means of said apertures and having a rear surface which bears against said welt so as to stand off of said parallel side surface.
9. A wall-mountable chemical mixing station as defined in claim 1 wherein said housing is distinctively colored so as to color-codeable to a chemical to be mixed with water in said reservoir.