Fountain brush

A fountain brush comprising a container defining a reservoir for the storage of liquid;

• a piston chamber having a brush end and a reservoir end and disposed at the upper end of and communicating with said container and having at its brush end a first valve defining first annular restricted opening;
• a second valve defining second annular constriction formed in said piston chamber between the ends thereof;
• a valve member vertically independently movable in said chamber between said second valve and the reservoir end of said chamber so that said valve member moves between a second valve engaging and closing position and a valve opening position spaced from said valve in response to the inverted and upright position of said fountain brush respectively and a brush member disposed within said piston chamber and having a length no greater than the distance between said first and second valves and including a brush support piston section proximate said second valve and an outer brush section proximate said first valve, said brush member being longitudinally movable between a retracted position with said brush member being fully housed within said chamber and disengaged from said first valve and an advanced position with said brush section projecting outwardly through said chamber brush end and the end of said piston proximate said brush section engaging said first valve, means to permit said valve member to move between its second valve open and closed positions independently of the position of said brush member.