| 摘要 |
The present invention relates to a paint brush cleaning device in which a paint brush is located through an exit region of an elongated cavity of a nozzle-like housing, the exit region defining an inner area which is much larger than that of the entry region through which the cleaning fluid, viz., water enters the cylindrical sectional. The cylindrical neck section includes a hub having an interior side wall surface threaded for connection to a conventional garden hose, a central region that includes a valve for control of the passage of water and a throat region that marks the intersection between the cylindrical neck section and a flared exitway of which the exit region previously mentioned is associated. The flared exitway serves a dual purpose: (i) in a first direction looking toward the cylindrical section from the exit region of the flared exitway, the exitway is formed of a flared construction relative to the axis of symmetry of the device to capture the ends of the bristles of the brush along a banded section thereof. Result: a gentle repositioning of the bristles toward the axis of symmetry of the device occurs during the cleaning process and (ii) in a second direction opposite to the first, the exitway allows the water to expand outwardly through the flared entryway whereby the water passes through the bristle ends and then to the heel in paths that permit easy and gentle cleaning of paint from the bristles, whether the latter uses a water-base or oil-base solvent as the paint carrier.
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