Paint guide apparatus

Paint guide apparatus having paper movable thereon, comprising, in combination:

• roller housing means;
• a blade secured to and extending outwardly from the roller housing means and having side edges and a front edge;
• handle means adjustably secured to and extending outwardly from the roller housing means oppositely from the blade;
• a supply holder connected to the roller housing means on one side of the blade for holding a supply of paper;
• a takeup roller in the roller housing means on the other side of the blade to receive paper from the supply holder;
• ratchet means connected to the take-up roller to incrementally advance the roller and the paper from the supply holder, around the front edge of the blade, and onto the takeup roller;
• brake means disposed against the paper to keep the paper taut around the front edge of the blade;
• said ratchet means including a ratchet gear secured to the takeup roller, a spur engaging the ratchet gear, lever means connected to the spur for moving the ratchet gear and the takeup roller, and means for biasing the lever means against movement thereof;
• said brake means including a brake flange disposed against the paper and a release lever adjacent the handle means for moving the brake flange away from the paper;
• and
• said handle means including a grip, a face on the grip disposed adjacent the roller housing means, a pin extending outwardly from the face, a locking end cap rotatably secured to the grip, and
• rod means securing the grip and the locking end cap to the roller housing means.