Patent ID: 8276238

Claim:
A paint roller cover cleaning apparatus, comprising: a handle having proximal end and a distal end; a wire coupled to the handle, the wire forming a helix that extends around an axis of the helix more than 360-degrees, wherein a gap circumferentially extends relative to the helix is defined between rotations of the helix between a proximal end portion of the helix and a distal end portion of the helix, a distance between rotations of the helix being sufficient to allow passage of a frame of a paint roller, and wherein the wire is substantially radially equidistant from the axis of the helix along a length of the wire from the proximal end of the helix to the distal end of the helix, the wire being at least partially resiliently flexible to allow an increase in the radial distance between the wire of the helix and the axis, the radial distance being slightly larger than a radius of a paint roller cover so that the helix tightly fits around the paint roller cover; and a tab formed at the distal end of the helix, the tab extending radially away from the axis of the helix and having a width sufficient to prevent the distal end of the helix from jumping another portion of the helix during use.