Wall paper pasting and paper hanging apparatus

Claim 1

IN A WALL PAPER PASTING APPARATUS, IN COMBINATION, SUPPORT MEANS; A PASTE CONTAINER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS; A PASTE APPLYING ROLLER MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS ABOVE SAID PASTE CONTAINER SO THAT A PORTION OF SAID ROLLER DIPS INTO SAID PASTE CONTAINER, SAID PASTE APPLYING ROLLER BEING TURNABLE ABOUT ITS AXIS; MEANS FOR GUIDING A WALL PAPER OR THE LIKE INTO CONTACT WITH A PORTION OF THE ROLLER SPACED FROM SAID AFOREMENTIONED PORTION; ELONGATED DOCTOR MEANS FOR CONTROLLING THE THICKNESS OF THE LAYER OF PASTE APPLIED TO THE PAPER, SAID ELONGATED DOCTOR MEANS HAVING A LONGITUDINAL AXIS EXTENDING SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID PASTE APPLYING ROLLER AND HAVING A PLURALITY OF RIBS OF DIFFERENT HEIGHT EXTENDING RADIALLY AWAY FROM THE AXIS THEREOF OVER THE WHOLE LENGTH OF SAID DOCTOR MEANS, SAID DOCTOR MEANS BEING MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT MEANS TURNABLE ABOUT ITS AXIS BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS IN EACH OF WHICH A SELECTED ONE OF SAID RIBS EXTENDS TOWARDS THE OUTER SURFACE OF THE PASTE APPLYING ROLLER TO FORM BETWEEN THE FREE END OF SAID RIB AND SAID SURFACE A GAP OF SELECTED WIDTHS SO AS TO CONTROL THE THICKNESS OF THE PASTE REMAINING ON THE PASTE APPLYING ROLLER; AND INDEXING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID DOCTOR MEANS FOR TURNING THE LATTER ABOUT ITS AXIS BETWEEN SAID PLURALITY OF POSITIONS AND FOR FIXING SAID DOCTOR MEANS IN ANY OF SAID POSITIONS THEREOF.