Fluid supply mechanism for standard paint roll equipment

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A COATING MATERIAL TO A SURFACE COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALL U-SHAPED YOKE HAVING GENERALLY PARALLEL ARMS, AN ELONGATED MANIPULATING HANDLE CONNECTED TO SAID YOKE, SHAFT MEANS CONNECTING SAID ARMS ADJACENT TO THE FREE ENDS THEREOF, A COATING ROLLER HAVING A RELATIVELY SOFT OUTER SURFACE AND BEING FREELY ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT MEANS, A BRACKET CARRIED BY EACH OF SAID ARMS, A TUBULAR HEADER EXTENDING FROM ONE BRACKET TO THE OTHER AND CONNECTED THERETO IN SPACED GENERALLY PARALLEL RELATION TO SAID ROLLER, MEANS ON SAID BRACKETS FOR ADJUSTABLY POSITIONING SAID HEADER TOWARD AND FROM SAID ROLLER, MEANS FOR SUPPLYING COATING MATERIAL TO SAID HEADER, AND SAID HEADER HAVING MEANS FOR DISCHARGING MATERIAL THEREFROM ONTO SAID ROLLER, WHEREBY SAID HEADER CAN BE MOVED TOWARD AND FROM SAID ROLLER WHILE REMAINING IN SPACED RELATION THERETO AND COATING MATERIAL WILL BE DISCHARGED FROM SAID HEADER ONTO SAID ROLLER SO THAT WHEN THE ROLLER IS MOVED OVER A SURFACE THE COATING MATERIAL WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE SURFACE.