Patent ID: 6116255
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: B44D,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for cleaning and spin drying various types of paint rollers in common use without removing a paint applicator element from a handle comprising:a wand for delivering a jet of solvent at 90 degrees to a wand axis for deep cleaning and for inducing roller spin, wherein said wand consists of an elongated tubular element with connecting means to a standard hand control valve for an operator to hold, control, and deliver solvent under pressure into a tubular device, wherein a terminal end of said tubular device is sealed off and perforated a short distance from said terminal end with a spray orifice penetrating perpendicularly to form a fluid communication between a hollow center of said tubular device and an outer surface, wherein said wand delivers a high velocity jet of solvent for cleaning said paint roller and for inducing a high speed spin for a spin drying process;an enclosure means for containing a cleaning process to protect said operator and a cleaning area from solvent and paint residue splatters, wherein said enclosure means consists of an open ended cone section suitable in diameter to contain said wand alongside an installed paint roller without physical contact of the paint roller with either said wand or an inner surface of said enclosure means, wherein said cone section is suitable in length to serve as entrapment means of solvent and paint splatters, wherein said cone section has a slope which is suitable for efficient nesting of a plurality of enclosure elements;a handle means for holding both said enclosure means and said paint roller in a necessary and fixed position relative to each other during the cleaning process and the spin drying process while affixed firmly by means of an operator's hand of choice, wherein said handle means is provided with means for attachment to said enclosure means in a wide range of slide and angular positions to accommodate different positioning requirements of paint rollers of differing handle shaft shapes and dimensions, wherein a palm side of said handle means features means for defining a position of a segment of a paint roller handle shaft such that an operator's hand grasp provides means for holding both the paint roller and said enclosure means firmly in an adjustably fixable relative position by grasping conjoined handles in the operator's hand of choice.