Roller cover end plug
OwnerCollin Budroninventor
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Abstract
The plug is proposed for insertion into a hollow core of a roller cover to keep water from traveling through the hollow core, the plug comprising a body sized and configured to be received in the hollow core, and the body incorporating a peripheral lip thereon to keep the plug from being pushed into the hollow core by water pressure applied thereagainst.
Claims7
For use in a device for cleaning painting accessories comprising at least a housing having an inner cavity configured to receive a roller cover therein for creating cleansing fluid flow through a nap portion of the roller cover during use in cleaning of the roller cover and a spray head top for supplying water therethrough engaged thereto, a plug inserted into a top end of a hollow core of the roller cover which is of a length less than that of the housing for directing fluid through the nap of the roller cover by diverting the water away from the hollow core, the plug comprising a hollow cylindrical body having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being separated from the second portion by a diametric wall extending across a diameter of the body, the second portion being of smaller diameter than the first and having at least one flange along a peripheral outer surface thereof, and the first portion having a peripheral lip along a free top end thereof, the peripheral lip abutting against an end edge of the hollow core into which the plug is seated.
A plug inserted into a top end of a hollow core of a roller cover inserted into a housing of a paint accessory cleaning device, the plug comprising a body sized and configured to be received within the hollow core, and the body incorporating a peripheral lip thereon to keep the plug from being pushed into the hollow core by water pressure applied thereagainst, wherein the body is a hollow cylinder comprised of two portions and the portions are created to either side of a diametric wall extending across a diameter of the body within the hollow cylinder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.