Patent ID: 7461664
Filing Date: 2008-12-09
Classification: B08B,B44D

Abstract:
1. 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.