Wallpaper applicator
AssigneeShur-Line, Inc.
InventorsJudy L. Edney, Dennis J. Edney, Clayton Cottrell, Louise Cottrell
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Abstract
An improved wallpaper applicator (10) includes a shaft (11); a cup-shaped member (12) mounted on the shaft and having a reservoir (33); a spindle (13) also mounted on shaft (11) and having a tubular portion (35) and a flange portion (36); and a resilient ring (14) mounted on the shaft below the cup-shaped member. A wallpaper border roll (53) is mounted on the flange portion and is wrapped about the tubular portion. An end of the roll (54) is inserted through a slit (46) in the tubular portion. As more wallpaper is desired from the roll, spindle (13) freely rotates about shaft releasing wallpaper.
Claims9
An applicator for rolled wallpaper, comprising:
- an elongated shaft;
- an annular cup-shaped member movably mounted on said shaft and functioning as a reservoir for excess fluid from said wallpaper;
- a spindle journaled on said shaft, said spindle having a tubular portion surrounding said shaft and a flange portion extending outwardly therefrom, said tubular portion having a longitudinal slit;
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- abutment means positioned on said shaft preventing movement of said cup-shaped member along said shaft in one direction;
- whereby said wallpaper is adapted to rest on said spindle flange wound about said tubular portion, and said wallpaper has an end placed through said slit to reduce slippage of said wallpaper while being dispened, and whereby excess fluid from said wallpaper collects in said cup-shaped member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.