Paint roller cleaner

Details Paint roller cleaner Paint roller cleaner

1998-11-16

2000-06-27

Coe, Philip R.

Cleaning and liquid contact with solids

Apparatus

With non-impelling fluid deflector or baffle other than...

134900, B08B 304

Patent

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060794291

ABSTRACT:
A paint roller cleaner includes a generally tubular housing having one end open and the other end tapered to join a faucet coupling adapted to be releasably secured to a water source. The diameter of the housing is dimensioned to receive the roller with minimum clearance therebetween for pressurized water flow. The length of the housing is slightly greater than the roller. Adjacent to the open end of the housing, a pair of holes are disposed to removably secure a retaining pin. A roller cap includes one end adapted to be removably secured in an open end of the paint roller, and the other end of the cap includes an outwardly protruding, concentrically disposed cone. To use the paint roller cleaner, the roller cap is inserted in one open end of the paint roller The paint roller is placed into the open end of the housing with the capped end thereof extending innermost. Thereafter, a pin is extended through the opposed holes near the open end to retain the paint roller. The faucet adapter is secured to a water source, and water under pressure is admitted into the housing. The protruding conical portion of the cap diverts the water flow uniformly in the radial direction toward the inner surface of the housing and longitudinally between the paint roller core and the inner surface of the housing, due to the minimal clearance therebetween, and thus is directed through the roller nap. The pressurized water flow quickly cleans and flushes the paint from the roller nap fibers, leaving the paint roller clean and ready for reuse.

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