Paint roller of the fountain type

Claim 1

A PAINT ROLLER COMPRISING A HANDLE PROVIDED WITH A SHAFT, AN ABUTMENT COLLAR ON SAID SHAFT, A CYLINDRICAL PAINT CONTAINER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT WITH AN END THEREOF ADJACENT SAID COLLAR, SAID CONTAINER BEING FORMED WITH AT LEAST ONE SLOT EXTENDING A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE LONG ITS LENGTH, OUTWARDLY PROJECTING ABUTMENT MEANS AT SAID END OF THE CONTAINER, A PAINT SPREADING CYLINDER CONCENTRICALLY AND ADJUSTABLY MOUNTED ON SAID CONTAINER WITH ONE END ENGAGING SAID ABUTMENT MEANS AND HAVING AN OUTER LAYER OF YIELDABLE POROUS MATERIAL, SAID CYLINDER BEING FORMED WITH APERTURES REGISTRABLE WITH SAID SLOT, A CIRCULAR COVER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT AND ENGAGED IN THE OPPOSITE END OF SAID CONTAINER, SAID COVER HAVING A PERIPHERERAL FLANGE ENGAGEABLE AGAINST THE OTHER END OF SAID CYLINDER, AND A NUT THREADED ON THE SHAFT OUTWARDLY ADJACENT THE COVER AND BEING ADAPTED TO EXERT INWARD FORCE ON THE COVER, WHEREBY TO URGE THE CYLINDER AGAINST THE ABUTMENT MEANS AND TO HOLD THE CYLINDER IN ADJUSTED POSITION RELATIVE TO THE CONTAINER.