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US 5,419,003 AGranted
Paint roller with free end feeding
OwnerTonis Tollaseppinventor
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Abstract
A paint roller has a rotatably mounted resilient foam roller on an apertured sleeve. The sleeve is mounted on the free end of a shaft. The foam roller projects beyond the free end of the shaft and contains a normally, slit passage leading to the sleeve. The slit passage allows the insertion of a paint feed nozzle but closes when the nozzle is withdrawn to serve the function of a valve. Also the arrangement allows feeding the paint from the free end, rather than the handle end, of the roller.
Claims6
Paint roller including:
- paint roller including a handle;
- and a roller assembly extending from a handle end to a free end,
- said roller assembly comprising:
- a tubular axle attached to said handle and extending therefrom to a free end,
- said axle being open at its free end,
- said axle being apertured in its side walls to allow the escape of paint outwardly therethrough,
- a resilient sleeve dimensioned to form a bearing with, and to slidably rotate on said axle,
- said sleeve being apertured to allow the passage of paint outwardly therethrough,
- a resilient open celled foam cylinder having an axial inner extent and an axial outer extent,
- said inner extent including an axial bore dimensioned to receive and resiliently attach said cylinder to said sleeve,
- said outer extent provided with a normally closed axial slit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.