Paint roller cover cleaner

A paint roller cover cleaner comprising:

• an enclosure for receiving a roller cover;
• a roller cover-cleaning nozzle configured to direct a first jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to facilitate cleaning of the roller cover;
• and
• an enclosure-cleaning nozzle configured to direct a second jet of fluid at an inner surface of the enclosure for cleaning the enclosure;
• wherein the enclosure-cleaning nozzle is configured to move about a cavity within the enclosure to direct the second jet of fluid at different areas of the interior of the enclosure.

A paint roller cover cleaner comprising:

• an enclosure for receiving a roller cover;
• a nozzle configured to direct a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to facilitate cleaning of the roller cover;
• and
• a lid coupled to the body of the paint roller cover cleaner such that it can move between a closed position in which it closes a mouth of the enclosure and an open position in which it does not close the mouth of the enclosure;
• wherein in the open position a lower portion of an inner surface of the lid is aligned with the mouth of the enclosure so that fluid falling from the lower portion will fall into a cavity within the enclosure.

A paint roller cover cleaner comprising:

• an enclosure for receiving a roller cover;
• a nozzle configured to direct a jet of fluid at the nap of the roller cover to facilitate cleaning of the roller cover;
• and
• a lid coupled to the body of the paint roller cover cleaner such that it can move between a closed position in which it closes a mouth of the enclosure and an open position in which it does not close the mouth of the enclosure;
• wherein the path of movement of the lid from the closed position to the open position is substantially parallel to a plane defined by a longitudinal axis of the roller cover and the vertical direction.