Paint roller cover cleaner
AssigneeRoller Blaster Limited
InventorStephen Robert Bentley
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Abstract
A paint roller cover cleaner including an enclosure for a roller cover, a high pressure pump and a nozzle supplied with pressurised fluid which directs a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to rotate the roller cover and facilitate cleaning. In one embodiment a carriage moves the nozzle along the length of the roller cover to effect cleaning along the length of the roller cover. In another embodiment a plurality of controllable nozzles are provided at intervals along the length of the roller cover. In another embodiment the nozzle includes an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve which relatively rotate to align apertures in the respective sleeves to produce jets sequentially along the nozzle.
Claims20
A portable paint roller cover cleaner to clean a paint roller cover on a paint roller handle, the cleaner comprising:
- a. an enclosure that may be opened to place a roller cover within the enclosure and closed to contain the roller cover within;
- b. a high pressure pump receiving fluid from a fluid supply and capable of producing a fluid supply at a pressure of between 200 to 4000 psi;
- c. a nozzle supplied with pressurized fluid from the pump positioned to direct a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to rotate the roller cover and facilitate cleaning;
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- d. a carriage that moves the nozzle along the length of the roller cover to effect cleaning along the length of the roller cover;
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- wherein the enclosure includes a clamp to engage the paint roller handle to maintain the roller cover in a fixed position relative to the carriage.
A paint roller cover cleaner to clean a paint roller cover on a paint roller handle, the cleaner comprising:
- a. an enclosure that may be opened to place a roller cover within the enclosure and closed to contain the roller cover within;
- b. a clamp which clamps a roller handle to the enclosure so that the roller cover is held in a desired position within the enclosure;
- c. high pressure pump;
- d. a nozzle supplied with pressurized fluid from the pump configured to produce a fan shaped jet that defines a plane, the plane intersecting a longitudinal axis of the roller cover at a substantial angle and positioned to direct a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to rotate the roller cover and facilitate cleaning;
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- e. a carriage that moves the nozzle along the length of the roller cover to effect cleaning along the length of the roller cover.
A paint roller cover cleaner to clean a paint roller cover on a paint roller handle, the cleaner comprising:
- a. an enclosure that may be opened to place a roller cover within the enclosure and closed to contain the roller cover within;
- b. a high pressure pump capable of producing a fluid supply at a pressure of between 200 to 4000 psi;
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- c. a nozzle supplied with pressurized fluid from the pump configured to produce a fan shaped jet that defines a plane, the plane intersecting a longitudinal axis of the roller cover at a substantial angle and positioned to direct a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to rotate the roller cover and facilitate cleaning;
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- d. a carriage that moves the nozzle along the length of the roller cover to effect cleaning along the length of the roller cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.