Paint roller cleaner

Claim 1

A PAINT ROLLER CLEANER FOR CLEANING PAINT ROLLERS OF THE TYPE HAVING A ROLLER ELEMENT ROTATABLY SECURED AT ONE END TO A HANDLE, THE HANDLE EXTENDING AROUND THE END OF THE ROLLER, THENCE PARALLEL WITH THE LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF THE ROLLER AND THENCE OUTWARDLY FROM THE ROLLER TO FORM A HAND-GRIPPABLE ELEMENT, SAID PAINT ROLLER CLEANER COMPRISING A TROUGH-SHAPED ENCLOSURE TO RECEIVE THE ROLLER ELEMENT, SAID TROUGH-SHAPED ENCLOSURE DEFINING FRONT AND BACK WALL PORTIONS, THE FRONT WALL PORTION OF THE ENCLOSURE BEING RECEIVABLE BETWEEN THE ROLLER ELEMENT AND THE PORTION OF THE HANDLE EXTENDING PARALLEL THERETO, GRIPPING MEANS ON THE EXTERIOR OF THE ENCLOSURE FOR ENGAGING THE PAINT ROLLER HANDLE IN A POSITION TO MAINTAIN THE ROLLER ELEMENT IN SPACED APART RELATIONSHIP WITH RESPECT TO THE INTERIOR SURFACE OF THE ENCLOSURE, AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING FLANGE PROJECTING INWARDLY FROM ONE LONGITUDINAL EDGE OF THE TROUGH-SHAPED ENCLOSURE, THE UPPER EDGE OF THE FRONT WALL PORTION BEING LOWER THAN THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BACK WALL PORTION SO THAT THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF THE ROLLER ELEMENT EXTENDS BEYOND THE UPPER EDGE OF THE FRONT WALL PORTION AND SAID FLANGE TO PERMIT IMPINGEMENT OF A WATER SPRAY OVER SAID FLANGE TANGENTIALLY ONTO THE ROLLER ELEMENT TO CAUSE ROTATION OF THE ROLLER ELEMENT WHILE THIS ELEMENT IS BEING SPRAYED WITH WATER FOR CLEANSING PURPOSES, SAID FLANGE ACTING AS A GUARD TO CATCH ANY FLUID WHICH IS THROWN OFF THE ROLLER AND TOWARDS THE FLANGE.