Decorative texture for wall and ceiling surfaces
OwnerCarl Schillerinventor
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Abstract
A texture material applicator and a method for applying texture material to a wall or ceiling surface to produce a desired surface texture and appearance. A selected one of several different rotary dispenser inserts is rotated within a chamber in a body of the applicator, picking up a quantity of texture material on each of a plurality of spatter elements. The spatter elements are resiliently bent by a regulator and throw bits or drops of texture material out from the chamber and radially outward through an outlet opening in the body of the applicator as the spatter elements spring away from a release edge of the regulator. Different textures may be provided by using different rotary dispenser inserts having different spatter elements differently located on the rotary dispenser.
Claims13
A texture material applicator for forming a texture on a flat surface, comprising:
- (a) a body including a dispenser housing defining a chamber and an outlet opening from the chamber, the chamber further including a texture material control valve connected to a lever and a scale adjacent to the lever on the exterior of the housing, the lever together with the scale is arranged to regulate passage of texture material through the inlet conduit, the scale representing the degree to which the valve is open;
- (b) a receptacle mounted on top of the body, the receptacle communicating with an inlet conduit leading into the chamber and configured to receive and hold an open mouth of a container of texture material;
- (c) a rotary dispenser mounted in the body, the rotary dispenser including a central body located within the chamber, and the central body of the rotary dispenser being supported for rotation about a central axis extending through the chamber;
- (d) a plurality of resiliently flexible spatter elements carried on the central body in respective original positions in which the flexible spatter elements extend in a helical manner away from the central axis, the flexible spatter elements having outer ends collectively defining a diameter of the rotary dispenser insert;
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- (e) a regulator having a top and bottom portion, the top portion mounted in the body directly above the outlet opening, adjacent to the receptacle and extending into the outlet opening, the top portion further including a tab extending perpendicular to the exterior of the body, and the bottom portion including a spatter element release edge extending into the upper margin of the chamber and into paths of the outer ends of the flexible spatter elements during rotation of the rotary dispenser, so that rotation of the rotary dispenser within the chamber bends ones of the flexible spatter elements resiliently against the bottom portion of the regulator, until the ones of the outer ends of the flexible spatter elements move past the spatter element release edge of the regulator and are released, allowing the ones of the flexible spatter elements to spring resiliently toward their respective original positions.
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