# US 4,398,839 A · Depth displacement squeegee with loading device

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- Number: US 4,398,839 A
- Document ID: US4398839A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 06/255,060
- Filed: 1981-04-17
- Granted: 1983-08-16
- Earliest claimed: 1981-04-17
- Inventors: Robert S. Kluck
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US4398839A

## CPC

- B05C 17/12: Other hand tools for producing patterns
- A47L 13/11: Squeegees
- B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08)
- A47L: DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING (brushes A46B; cleaning quantities of bottles or of other hollow articles of one kind B08B9/00; laundry D06F); SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL (cleaning in general B08)

## Abstract

Constituting a serrated or comb style squeegee blade that provides the depth displacement pressure required when applying a pattern to an irregular surface, such as a textured wall or ceiling, by means of a multi positional screen transfer device, the unit also incorporating a movable paint plough to sequentially advance a slow drying color medium paste to the forward top edge of the squeegee's serrated blade following each pass over the screen, thereby minimizing spillage and dripping when using the device in an overhead position. Additionally, a dispsensing device for easy loading of the color medium onto the squeegee's serrated blade when it is to be used in overhead applications.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An applicator for applying a viscous medium to a surface, said applicator comprising, in combination, (a) a squeegee blade, the working edge of which bears a plurality of closely-spaced slits perpendicular to the plane of said blade; (b) a relatively rigid body member receiving the non-working edge of said blade; and (c) a bar mounted on said body member and bearing against and extending across the upper surface of said blade, said bar being capable of being moved toward the working edge of said blade.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

An applicable as defined by claim 1 including handle means extending from said body member in a direction substantially opposite from the working edge of said blade.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

An applicator as defined by claim 2 including means integral with said bar and extending rearwardly therefrom toward the forward portion of said handle means, whereby said bar can be advanced toward the working edge of said blade by pressure exerted against the rear end of said means.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

An applicator as defined by claim 3 wherein the rear portion of said handle means extends downwardly at an angle to the plane of said body member.

### Claim 5

An applicator for applying a viscous medium to smooth or irregular surfaces, said applicator comprising, in combination:
(a) An elongated, flexible resilient blade, the working edge of which bears a multiplicity of closely spaced slits perpendicular to the plane of said blade;
(b) an elongated body member receiving the non-working edge of said blade;
(c) a substantially rigid bar slideably mounted on said body member and bearing against and extending across the upper surface of said blade;
(d) at least one rigid member, integral with said bar, extending rearwardly therefrom whereby said bar can be advanced toward the working edge of said blade by applying pressure to the rear end of said member; and
(e) an elongated handle extending rearwardly from said body member at an angle to the plane of said body member.