Ported brush applicator
AssigneeMilspray LLC
InventorsMatthew L. Johnston, Christian E. Steinmetz
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Abstract
A ported brush applicator includes a brush with a ferrule; an applicator base cap attached to the brush, the applicator base cap including a cap section having a cap opening sized and configured for attachment to a container; an applicator base mesa protruding from the cap section and secured within the ferrule, the applicator base mesa having a one tapered through hole and a fluid port having a first end in the brush and a second end in the tapered through hole.
Claims13
A ported brush applicator configured for attachment to a container of liquid material and comprising
- a brush including a plurality of bristles secured by a ferrule having two ends, wherein one of the two ends attaches to an applicator base cap and is generally cylindrical in cross-sectional shape, which tapers to a generally flattened shape at the other end of the ferrule that secures the bristles;
- the applicator base cap attached to the ferrule, wherein the base cap comprises
- a cap section having a cap opening sized and configured for attachment to the container;
- an applicator base mesa that protrudes from the cap section and extends into the ferrule, wherein the applicator base mesa has at least one tapered through hole that extends from an end surface of the base mesa nearest the bristles into the cap opening, and wherein the applicator base mesa further comprises two opposing beveled faces that protrude into the ferrule and contact the flattened portion of the ferrule to inhibit rotation of the brush relative to the applicator base cap;
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- at least one fluid port having a first end in the plurality of bristles and a second end in the at least one tapered through hole, wherein the fluid port is configured to allow the liquid material to flow from the cap opening, through the applicator base mesa, through the at least one fluid port, and into the plurality of bristles.
An applicator base cap for attachment to a container of liquid material, wherein the applicator base cap comprises
- a cap section having a cap opening sized and configured for attachment to the container;
- an applicator base mesa that protrudes from the cap section at a circular mesa base that extends to an oblong mesa end surface, wherein the applicator base mesa comprises two opposing bevel faces that form a generally wedge shape that terminates at the oblong mesa end surface, wherein the wedge shape develops from the two opposing bevel faces and wherein the bevel faces diminish in distance between each other as the faces extend toward the mesa end surface;
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- at least one tapered hole extending from the cap opening to the mesa end surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.