Roller type apparatus for carrying, feeding, and applying an applicatory liquid

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ROLLER TYPE APPARATUS FOR CARRYING, FEEDING, AND APPLYING AN APPLICATORY LIQUID, COMPRISING: RESERVOIR MEANS ADAPTED TO CONTAIN AN APPLICATORY LIQUID AND HAVING A FORWARDLY OPEN LIQUID-EGRESS PORTION PROVIDED WITH, AND EFFECTIVELY ROTATABLY MOUNTING AND AT LEAST PARTIALLY RECEIVING THEREIN, SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS HAVING AN AXIS OF REVOLUTION TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED ACROSS SAID LIQUID-EGRESS PORTION WITH AN ARCUATE PORTION OF SAID ROLLER MEANS LYING INSIDE OF SAID EGRESS PORTION AND EXTENDING REARWARDLY THEREFROM TOWARD THE INTERIOR OF SAID RESERVOIR MEANS, AND WITH A REMAINING FORWARD ARCUATE PORTION OF SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS LYING SUBSTANTIALLY OUTSIDE OF SAID EGRESS PORTION AND EXTENDING FORWARDLY THEREFROM INTO AN EFFECTIVELY PROJECTING POSITION FOR CONVENIENT APPLICATION OF SAID APPLICATORY LIQUID TO ANY DESIRED SURFACE, SAID LIQUID-EGRESS PORTION HAVING SPACED, SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL, TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED, DISPENSING EDGES EFFECTIVELY COOPERABLE WITH CORRESPONDING ARCUATE DISPENSING SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS ALONG SPACED LONGITUDINAL TRANSVERSELY DIRECTED DISPENSING PARTS THEREOF ADJACENT TO, AND IN OPPOSITION TO, SAID DISPENSING EDGES FOR NORMALLY PREVENTING THE INADVERTENT ESCAPE OF SAID APPLICATORY LIQUID FROM WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR MEANS THROUGH THE LONGITUDINAL JUNCTION REGIONS DEFINED BETWEEN SAID EDGES AND SAID OPPOSED DISPENSING PORTIONS OF SAID ROLLER MEANS BUT ADAPTED TO ALLOW EGRESS OF SAID APPLICATORY LIQUID FROM WITHIN SAID RESERVOIR MEANS IN RESPONSE TO APPLICATORY ROTATION OF SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS; AND MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLY ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID DISPENSING EDGES FOR CORRESPONDINGLY VARYING THE DISPENSING CLEARANCES BETWEEN SAID DISPENSING EDGES OF SAID LIQUID-EGRESS PORTION AND SAID DISPENSING SURFACE PORTIONS OF SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS, SAID MEANS FOR CONTROLLABLY ADJUSTING THE POSITION OF SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS INCLUDING RESILIENT MOUNTING MEANS FOR RESILIENTLY CONTROLLABLY REARWARDLY DISPLACEABLY MOUNTING SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS IN SAID POSITION FOR CONTROLLABLE FORCED REARWARD DISPLACEMENT THEREOF DURING APPLICATORY USE OF THE APPARATUS, AND FURTHER INCLUDING FORCE-APPLYING MEANS EFFECTIVELY CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID APPLICATORY ROLLER MEANS AND A FIXED REFERENCE LOCATION POSITIONED THEREBEHIND.