Paint roller
AssigneePadco, Inc.
InventorRobert I. Janssen
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Abstract
A paint roller for producing texture paint surfaces having a cylindrical core with a paint applying and texturing cover bonded to the outer surface of the cylindrical core. The paint applying and texturing cover is an open web of interengaged continuous crinkled coarse filaments of resilient material. The open loops of the open web carry the texture paint material, apply it to the surface being painted, and texture it in essentially a single motion. During application, the loop elements are actually immersed in the texture paint material and lift it into peaks, thereby producing deeper textures than has generally been possible in the past.
Claims15
A paint roller comprising:
- a cylindrical core having an outer surface;
- and
- a cover bonded to the outer surface of the cylindrical core, the cover comprising an open web of a plurality of interengaged continuous crinkled coarse filaments of resilient polymeric material, and a coating over the filaments to permanently bond the filaments together at points where they touch, to form a plurality of open loop elements having substantial interstitial open areas wherein the cover has inner and outer surfaces with portions of the cover proximate the inner surface having a higher concentration of filaments than portions proximate the outer surface, and wherein the inner surface is bonded to the outer surface of the cylindrical core.
A paint applicator comprising:
- a cylindrical core substrate member having a first surface;
- handle means connected to the substrate member;
- and
- a cover bonded to the first surface of the substrate member, the cover comprising an open web of a plurality of interengaged filaments of crinkled coarse resilient material bonded together at points where they touch to form a plurality of open loop elements having substantial interstitial open areas.
A method of forming paint rollers, the method comprising:
- providing a cylindrical core having inner and outer surfaces and having a length greater than a desired paint roller length;
- bonding, with a two part epoxy, an open web of a plurality of interengaged continuous crinkled coarse filaments of resilient thermoplastic polymeric material bonded together at points where they touch to form a plurality of open loop elements having substantial interstitial open areas spirally to the outer surface of the cylindrical core, wherein the open web has first and second major surfaces with portions of the web proximate the first major surface having a higher concentration of filaments than portions proximate the second major surface, and wherein the first major surface is bonded to the outer surface of the cylindrical core;
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- cutting, from the core having the open web bonded thereto, paint rollers of the desired paint roller length.
A method of producing a texture surface with texture paint material, the method comprising:
- applying texture paint material to a texture paint roller having a cylindrical core and a cover bonded to its outer surface, the cover comprising an open web of a plurality of interengaged continuous crinkled coarse filaments of resilient material which are bonded together at points where they touch to form a plurality of open loop elements having substantial interstitial open areas;
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- applying the texture paint material to a surface by rolling the texture paint roller over the surface, the open loop elements creating surface texture effects in the applied texture paint material as the texture paint roller is rolled.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.