Paint applicator
AssigneeBlack & Decker Inc.
InventorsAndrew Walker, Daniel Bone, Jonathan Armstrong
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Abstract
A paint applicator including an applicator head for carrying an applicator attachment, a substantially rigid elongate support having a hollow interior for supplying paint to the applicator head, a pivot mechanism interconnecting the elongate support and the applicator head, and a flexible conduit interconnecting the hollow interior of the elongate support and the applicator head. The pivot mechanism includes a detent arranged such that it releasably secures the applicator head in any of a plurality of discrete preset orientations with respect to the elongate support.
Claims18
A paint applicator, comprising:
- (a) an applicator head for carrying an applicator attachment;
- (b) a substantially rigid elongate support having a hollow interior for supplying paint to the applicator head;
- (c) a pivot mechanism interconnecting the elongate support and the applicator head;
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- (d) a flexible conduit interconnecting the hollow interior of the elongate support and the applicator head;
- wherein the pivot mechanism includes a detent arranged such that it releasably secures the applicator head in any of a plurality of discrete preset orientations with respect to the elongate support;
- wherein the plurality of discrete preset orientations comprise at least one orientation substantially perpendicular to the elongate support and at least one orientation at an acute angle to the elongate support;
- wherein the applicator head may be rotated in a first direction from the orientation substantially perpendicular to the elongate support to the at least one orientation at an acute angle to the elongate support;
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- wherein the applicator head cannot be rotated from the orientation substantially perpendicular to the elongate support in a second direction, opposite the first direction, to another discrete preset orientation.
A paint applicator, comprising:
- (a) an applicator head;
- (b) a roller applicator attachment having a longitudinal axis and being attached to the applicator head;
- (c) a substantially rigid elongate support having a hollow interior for supplying paint to the applicator head;
- (d) a pivot mechanism interconnecting the elongate support and the applicator head;
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- (e) a flexible conduit interconnecting the hollow interior of the elongate support and the applicator head;
- wherein the pivot mechanism is arranged such that it releasably secures the roller applicator attachment in an orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the roller applicator attachment is substantially perpendicular to the elongate support, and in at least one orientation such that the longitudinal axis of the roller applicator attachment is at an acute angle to the elongate support;
- wherein the roller applicator attachment is configured to rotate about an axis perpendicular to both the substantially rigid elongate support and the longitudinal axis of the roller applicator attachment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.