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US 5,702,525 AGranted
Paint roller device
OwnerSam Foo Liouinventor
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Abstract
An improved paint roller device includes a semi-enclosed trough for holding paint, a paint roller disposed in the trough, a uniform roller above the paint roller and in contact therewith, a roller next to the uniform roller and in contact therewith, and a substantially U-shaped frame joining these rollers to the trough. The paint is transferred by the paint roller in the trough to the uniform roller before it is transferred to the roller. The paint is uniformly distributed so that an evenly painted surface may be achieved. Paint dripping and scraping may be eliminated.
Claims5
An improved paint roller device, comprising:
- a hollow paint roller having a pivot pin at each end;
- a trough body for holding paint material, said trough body having a front rim provided with an inwardly extending baffle plate, a bearing seat at each lateral side for receiving and positioning said paint roller such that said paint roller may freely rotate, and a pair of symmetrical lugs at an upper portion thereof at both ends, said lugs each having a pivot hole;
- a uniform roller having pivot pins at each end;
- an outer roller having an inner resilient foam layer and a surface layer with fibrous filaments, said outer roller having a pivot pin at each end;
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- a substantially U-shaped frame with two side arms, each of said side arms having a projecting pivot extending inwardly with respect to the other side arm, said side arms being extendible so that said projecting pivots may fit into said pivot holes of said lugs of said trough body to join said frame to said trough body, said projecting pivots each having a longitudinal through hole for receiving said pivot pins of said uniform roller, said side arms each further having a transverse slot at a front end thereof for receiving said pivot pins of said outer roller,
- whereby said uniform roller and said outer roller are connected with said frame and said trough body such that said uniform roller and said paint roller in said trough body and said outer roller are in contact and drive one another such that said outer roller causes said uniform roller and said paint roller to roll therewith so that said paint roller transfers said paint material to said uniform roller, said uniform roller then transfers said paint material to said outer roller for painting purposes.
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