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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8171596 | Roller applicator An application roller for applying liquid or semi-liquid substances on surfaces comprises a frame having a shaft including a handle thereon for grasping by a user and a cross axle oriented at a right angle to the shaft. A cylinder having first and second ends rotata... | 05/08/2012 |
| 6954964 | Paint brush scrubber The Paint Brush Scrubber is a two sided device, for left and right handed use. It has a multiple notched scrub board on each side and a semicircular cutout on one edge. It cleans regulator and sponge paint brushes, paint rollers, and paint pad applicators. Can also ... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6829803 | Devices, methods and systems for handling and cleaning roller paint brush covers Devices, systems and methods for removing a roller paint brush cover from a handle framework and cleaning the roller paint brush cover, having a gripping device for gripping the roller paint brush cover, a holding device for receiving the roller paint brush cover fr... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6530109 | Paint roller cleaning and reconditioning tool A device for cleaning and re-conditioning the nap of a paint roller includes a circular collar with a plurality of resilient fingers. The fingers define a circular opening through which a paint roller is inserted. During back and forth movements of the de... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6284318 | Painting method with long-napped wool covered rollers A paint applicator and method for applying a decorative finish to a surface including a dual roller handle and a pair of roller covers formed from long-napped wool, each roller cover mounted for independent rotation on the dual roller handle. When at leas... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6280531 | Method for cleaning a paint roller The invention includes a method of cleaning a paint roller. The cleaning tool used in this method includes a flat, disc-shaped main body (10) having cleaning apertures (11a,b,c,&d) located thereon. Cleaning apertures (11a,b,c,&d) have diameters suitably s... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6125497 | Paint roller cleaning tool The device comprises a flat, disc-shaped main body 10 having cleaning apertures 11a,b,c, and d located thereon. Cleaning apertures 11a,b,c, and d have diameters suitably smaller than the outside diameter, including the nap covering, of various popular rol... | 10/03/2000 |
| 5832557 | Paint roller remover tool A tool for removing used, paint soaked, rollers from roller frame assemblies without the user's hands having to touch the paint soaked roller. The tool includes a handle, an enlarged C-shaped head having a semicylindrical inner surface, and a member secur... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5830534 | Method for preparing draw-down samples A method for preparing draw-down samples of paint using a draw-down applicator is provided. The draw-down applicator comprises a drawing plate having a bottom drawing surface and a bottom fluid delivery surface; a first support or arm having a bottom slid... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5661865 | Cleaner for paint rollers A cleaner for cleaning the compressible media portion of a fluid transfer member including an apertured liquid holding receptacle, the aperture of which is provided with a flexible rim adapted to compress the media portion therefrom when passed therethrou... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5546625 | Multipurpose painter's tool A multipurpose painter's tool having a blade and handle. The blade has an essentially circular aperture at the base edge thereof defining a collar for stripping roller sleeves from paint roller tools and is provided with an arcuate surface in a side edge ... | 08/20/1996 |
| 5539948 | Paint roller cleaning adapter An adapter for a rotating device such as a manually operated spinner or electric drill is disclosed for the cleaning and drying of paint rollers. In painting, small rollers known as "weenie rollers" or "slim jims" are employed to permit paint to be applie... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5515567 | Paint roller cleaning device A hand operated paint roller cleaning apparatus (10) which extracts residual reusable paint (33). Mechanically advanced by a one-way drive (25) the roller brush (32) is conveyed longitudinally through the aperture (26). The aperture (26) supports a circul... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5452734 | Paint roller cleaner A pressure cleaning device for cleaning paint from a paint roller is described. An elongated housing of any selected cross section having an open end and a closed end is provided with a solvent inlet either adjacent to or in the closed end and a flexible ... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5335392 | Tool for stripping excess paint from a paint roller A tool for stripping excess paint from a paint roller is an arcuate hook having the radius of the paint roller. The hook is set on a handle at an angle for the user to use the hook against the paint roller to strip paint out of it in longitudinal strokes.... | 08/09/1994 |
| 5272782 | Multi-purpose painter tool The tool of the invention includes an integral body having a flat scraper part, a collar part, and a comb part. The tool body is made from a resilient, yet substantially rigid material. The scraper part is to be used as a trowel by a painter. The collar p... | 12/28/1993 |
| 4982471 | Multi-use paint tool This invention concerns accessories for use with painting tools. Such an accessory may comprise an elongate member having means to suspend a paint brush vertically into an open topped vessel, means to scrape excess paint out of a paint roller, and a means... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4667361 | Paint roller cleaner and remover A tool for scraping paint from the nap of a roller and for providing a hand grip by which a paint roller can be slid off a mandrel which holds it on the paint roller handle. The tool is in the form of a cylindrical tube slit at one side and has an integra... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4324018 | Paint equipment cleaning tool A paint applicator cleaning tool for cleaning painting equipment, such as a paint roller, paint pads, and paint pans. The tool comprises a flat base having a first side with a first arcuate notch having an uninterrupted edge and curved to substantially co... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4287631 | Paint remover for paint rollers and paint brushes A spring metal rod is bent in the general shape of an elongated U having opposed concave curves in the sides of the U-shape and having outwardly inclined sides with opposed inwardly bent end bars at the upper portion of the U-shape. The distance between t... | 09/08/1981 |
