Paint roller with magnet lock
OwnerJames W. Sizemoreinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying flowable material to a work surface includes a frame structure having a handle portion and an axle portion; a roller cover mounting structure rotatably mounted on the axle portion; a roller cover having an outer cover surface and engagingly fitted over the roller cover mounting structure, for gathering a quantity of the flowable material on the outer cover surface and transferring at least part of the quantity of flowable material to the work surface; and a mounting structure locking mechanism for locking the mounting structure against rotation relative to the frame structure. The locking mechanism preferably locks the mounting structure against rotation releasably, so that the roller cover transfers the flowable material by either rotating or by sliding against the work surface.
Claims19
An apparatus for applying flowable material to a work surface, comprising:
- a frame structure having a handle portion and an axle portion;
- first and second support disks rotatably mounted on said axle portion;
- a roller cover having an outer cover surface and engagingly fitted over said first and second support disks, for gathering a quantity of said flowable material on said outer cover surface and transferring at least part of said quantity of flowable material to said work surface;
- and support disk locking means for locking said first support disk against rotation relative to said frame structure, said locking means being disposed completely within a volume formed by the first and second support disks and the roller cover so that it is totally shielded from any contact with said flowable material.
An apparatus for applying flowable material to a work surface, comprising:
- a frame structure having a handle portion and an portion;
- a roller cover mounting structure having radial support means and rotatably mounted on said axle portion;
- a roller cover having an outer cover surface engagingly fitted over and supported by said radial support means of said roller cover mounting structure, for gathering a quantity of said flowable material on said outer cover surface and transferring at least part of said quantity of flowable material to said work surface;
- and mounting structure locking means for releasably locking said mounting structure against rotation relative to said frame structure and having a pin member retaining means fixedly mounted to said frame structure and at least one pin member slidably retained within said pin member retaining means, and wherein said radial support means comprises at least one pin member receiving recess, such that said pin member slides into said receiving recess to lock said radial support means against rotation relative to said frame structure and slides out of said receiving recess to free said radial support means to rotate relative to said frame structure.
The apparatus of clam 16, wherein said pin member retaining means comprises a cylinder fixedly and axially mounted around said axle portion and having a longitudinal pin member passageway extending substantially parallel with and spaced a radial distance outward from said axle portion for slidably receiving said at least one pin member.
An apparatus for applying flowable material to a work surface, comprising:
- a frame structure having a handle portion and an axle portion;
- first and second support disks rotatably mounted on said axle portion;
- a roller cover having an outer cover surface and engagingly fitted over said first and second support disks, for gathering a quantity of said flowable material on said outer cover surface and transferring at least part of said quantity of flowable material to said work surface;
- and locking means for releasably locking and unlocking one of said support disks against rotation relative to said frame structure which locking means includes at least one magnet means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.