Pressure washing system and method

Abstract

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.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A pressure washer system, comprising:
 a pump;   a pressure regulating valve;   a diversion block, where the pump provides a fluid to the diversion block;   a spray gun,   a first fluid path, where the first fluid path includes the pump, the pressure regulating valve, the diversion block, and the spray gun;   a valve;   a valve trigger;   a trigger base that pivotally secures the valve trigger to position the valve trigger to actuate the valve when the valve trigger pivots about the trigger base;   a rotary nozzle system, where the actuation of the valve creates a second fluid path, where the second fluid path includes the pump, the pressure regulating valve, the diversion block, the valve 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 valve is not actuated.   
     
     
         2 . The pressure washer system of  claim 1 , where the fluid pressure available to the first fluid path is reduced when the valve 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 pressure 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.