Patent ID: 7704004

Claim:
An applicator for applying paint to a surface, the applicator including a body for paint, paint distribution means to distribute paint in use onto a surface by contact with that surface, the paint distribution means having a head comprising a roller and hood, the body including paint biasing means to bias, in use, the paint toward the distribution means, and configured to act in association with operating control means for control of the bias means and so the flow of paint to the paint distribution means, the applicator characterized in that the paint biasing means acts by applying incremental axial displacement of the paint; the head includes mounting means for rotably mounting in the hood the roller with a roller surface which in use contacts the surface to be painted, the head includes flow regulation means to regulate the flow of paint to the roller surface in association with the biasing means and the flow regulation means includes a gap defined between a distribution means surface of the roller and the hood, achieved by positioning of the mounting means within the head.