Patent ID: 6408862
Filing Date: 2002-06-25
Classification: A46B,B44D,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for receiving fluid from the hose member of a fluid source to clean a paint roller brush of the type that rotates on a paint roller frame, the paint roller frame having a handle, an arm, and a mandrel rotatably positioned on the arm, the paint roller brush being secured on the mandrel, the apparatus comprising:(a) a housing member, the housing member having a cylinder, the housing member having a paint roller brush receiving end, for receiving the paint roller brush into the housing member cylinder, the housing member further having a slot for fluid communication into the cylinder, the housing member further having a discharge end for discharging fluid from the housing member cylinder, the housing member further having a keyway, the keyway being adapted to closely receive the paint roller frame arm; (b) a disc attached to the housing member discharge end, the disc having at least one aperture for allowing fluid to exit the housing member cylinder; (c) a closing member for opening and closing the housing member receiving end, the closing member having a keyway, the closing member keyway being alignable with the housing member keyway such that the paint roller frame arm is retained when the housing member is closed, the closing member further having a retaining channel, the retaining channel closely receiving the paint roller frame arm, and aligning the paint roller frame arm for roller brush rotation within the housing member cylinder; and (d) a fluid source guide member for receiving and securing the fluid source hose member, the fluid source guide member being positioned adjacent the housing member slot such that the fluid source hose member is slidable along the housing member slot, such movement directing the fluid through the housing member slot and onto the paint roller brush, causing the paint roller brush to rotate on the paint roller frame arm; (e) said fluid source hose member being of the type having a pair of parallel and opposing flanges, the fluid source guide member further comprising a first and second side, each of the fluid source guide member sides having a ridge, each such ridge being loosely received by the fluid source hose member flanges, such that the fluid source hose member is slidably and rotatably held within the fluid source guide member, causing the angle at which the fluid strikes the paint roller brush to vary.