Paint applicator

A paint applicator comprising:

• a paint applying roller;
• a shaft for said roller, said roller being freely rotatable about the axis of said shaft;
• a handle rigidly connected with said shaft for maneuvering said roller;
• an elongated housing pivotally mounted about said axis and enclosing said roller and having its inner walls spaced from said roller, said housing being open on one side along a plane parallel to said axis, said roller having a radius greater than the distance from said axis to said plane whereby said roller extends outwardly beyond said opening for engagement with a wall surface to be painted;
• a pair of flat straight paint spreading elements one along each longitudinal edge of said opening and each having its outer edge extending beyond the respective side wall of said housing, and having their flat paint smoothing surfaces lying in the same plane and arranged for alignment with the outer face of said roller projecting through said opening whereby when said applicator is positioned against a surface to be painted said housing is fully and effectively closed along both longitudinal sides and is maintained in substantially the same position with respect to the wall to be painted throughout the engagement of said roller with the wall regardless of the angular position of said handle with respect to said housing and the direction of movement of said roller;
• said spreading elements being soft and without tendency to throw paint during use and the outer edge portions of said spreader elements affording application of paint to a wall surface up to an adjacent wall at a corner between walls;
• each of said paint spreading elements comprising a strip of long napped cloth and a rigid attaching element;
• said applicator including flanges on said housing extending outwardly from said opening of said housing and in the same plane and means for detachably securing said spreader elements to said flanges.

A paint applicator comprising:

• a paint applying roller;
• a shaft for said roller, said roller being freely rotatable about the axis of said shaft;
• a handle rigidly connected with said shaft for maneuvering said roller;
• an elongated housing pivotally mounted about said axis and enclosing said roller and having its inner walls spaced from said roller, said housing being open on one side along a plane parallel to said axis, said roller having a radius greater than the distance from said axis to said plane whereby said roller extends outwardly beyond said opening for engagement with a
• a pair of flat straight paint spreading elements one along each longitudinal edge of said opening and each having its outer edge extending beyond the respective side wall of said housing, and having their flat paint smoothing surfaces lying in the same plane and arranged for alignment with the outer face of said roller projecting through said opening whereby when said applicator is positioned against a surface to be painted said housing is fully and effectively closed along both longitudinal sides and is maintained in substantially the same position with respect to the wall to be painted throughout the engagement of said roller with the wall regardless of the angular position of said handle with respect to said housing and the direction of movement of said roller,
• said spreading elements being soft and without tendency to throw paint during use and the outer edge portions of said spreader elements affording application of paint to a wall surface up to an adjacent wall at a corner between walls;
• each of said paint spreading elements comprising a strip of long napped cloth and a rigid attaching element;
• said applicator including skids on said housing positioned for engagement with the surface to be painted after the nap of the cloth has been engaged therewith and been pressed slightly against the surface for preventing crushing of the nap.