Patent ID: 7594291
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: A46B

Abstract:
1. A paint brush cleaning device for cleaning paint brushes and paint rollers, said paint brush cleaning device comprising: (a) a hollow cylindrical reservoir having an outside surface, an inside surface, a bottom, a center, and an open top; (b) a motor compartment for housing a motor; wherein the motor compartment is disposed at the bottom of the reservoir and has a top surface; (c) a plurality of top reservoir wings disposed on the inside surface of the reservoir at the top; wherein the top reservoir wings extend perpendicularly to the inside surface of the reservoir and extend inward toward the center of the reservoir; (d) a plurality of middle reservoir wings disposed near the top surface of the motor compartment; (e) a plurality of cylindrical side brushes, each side brush having a first end and a second end; wherein the first end of each side brush is attached to a top reservoir wing and the second end of each side brush is attached to a middle reservoir wing; (f) a plurality of bottom brushes attached to the top surface of the motor compartment; (g) a lid removably attached to the top of the reservoir; wherein the lid has a top surface, a bottom, and an outer edge; wherein a handle is disposed on the top surface of the lid; (h) a brush storage rack component insertable into the reservoir via the open top; wherein the brush storage rack comprises a brush storage rack disc having a top surface, a bottom surface, a center, and an outer edge; (i) a plurality of brush attachment spokes extending perpendicularly from the bottom surface of the storage rack disc; wherein each attachment spoke has a first end and a second end, the first end being attached to the bottom surface of the storage rack disc; wherein each attachment spoke is attached near the outer edge of the storage rack disc; wherein the attachment spokes are for holding the paint brushes or the rollers via an attachment means; (j) a spinning component extending downward perpendicularly from the center of the bottom surface of the storage rack; wherein the spinning component has a first end and a second end; wherein the second end of the spinning component connects to the motor via a motor connecting component that extends from the motor through the top surface of the motor compartment; wherein the motor causes the spinning component to spin; (k) a storage rack disc notch disposed on the top surface of the storage rack disc; wherein the storage rack disc notch is for engaging the bottom of the lid; and (l) a drain component disposed in the reservoir so as to allow drainage of a cleaning solution from within the reservoir; wherein when the spinning component spins the side brushes and the bottom brushes brush the paint brushes and the rollers.