Paint roller cleaner

摘要

A paint roller cleaner has a base for resting in a sink and a knob for receiving on its outside surface the inside surface of a paint-laden paint roller. The knob is adjustable relative to the base, and/or the roller is adjustable relative to the knob, so that the roller is vertical and water filing the roller will evenly and uniformly overflow and clean the roller outer surface. The knob may be an upstanding, tapered, hollow cylinder that rotates about a horizontal axis at its base to adjust its angle relative to the base, wherein the tapered cylindrical surface allows the cleaner to cooperate with variously-sized rollers. In another version, the knob is a hollow sphere, with its top end truncated, and with several spaced-apart vertical slits in its side, like a collet, for flexing/bending to various diameters to cooperate with variously-sized rollers. In another version, the knob is a sphere.

主权项

1. A paint roller cleaning system comprising:
a base comprising a bottom surface, at least a portion of which is flat and on a plane for resting on a sink surface: a knob comprising a longitudinal axis, a generally cylindrical outer surface having a lower diameter at or near a lower end of the outer surface near the base, and an upper diameter at or near an upper end of the outer surface, said upper diameter being smaller than said lower diameter, wherein the knob is pivotally connected to the base on a pivot axis that is perpendicular to said longitudinal axis of the knob; and a paint roller having a longitudinal axis, an internal passageway having an internal diameter, and a cylindrical roller outer surface, wherein a lower end of the passageway receives said knob so that the paint roller longitudinal axis is parallel to the knob longitudinal axis, and the paint roller is held generally upright, and wherein the lower end of the internal passageway has an internal diameter that liquid-seals with the outer surface of the knob at a location between the upper end and the lower end of the knob having a diameter equal to the paint roller internal diameter; and wherein the roller and knob are pivotal relative to the base on said pivot axis to an acute angle relative to said plane to place the longitudinal axes of the knob and of the paint roller vertical when said portion of the base is set on a non-horizontal portion of the sink surface, so that water filling the roller will overflow evenly around a top edge of said roller to clean the entire roller outer surface.