Applicatory-liquid feeding and applying apparatus

Abstract

Abstract THE SPECIFICATION DISCLOSES A PRESSURIZED APPLICATORYLIQUID FEEDING AND APPLYING APPARATUS INCLUDING A PRESSURIZABLE STORAGE RESERVOIR ADAPTED TO CONTAIN AN OPENTOPPED CAN OF PAINT THEREIN IN A MANNER WHEREBY MOST OF THE INTERIOR OF THE RESERVOIR IS EFFECTIVELY SEALED FROM THE PAINT ADAPTED TO BE CONTAINED WITHIN THE OPEN-TOPPED PAINT CAN SO AS TO PREVENT THE APINT FROM GETTING ON MAJOR PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR OF THE RESERVOIR, WHICH WOULD SUBSEQUENTLY REQUIRE EXCESSIVE CLEANING EFFORT. THE APPARATUS INCLUDES A LENGTH OF FLEXIBLE FEED TUBING EXTENDING FROM THE PRESSURIZED OPEN-TOPPED PAINT CAN WITHIN THE RESERVOIR TO AN APPLICATORY BRUSH MEANS FOR CONNECTION TO A COUPLING MEANS (IN A PREFERRED FORM EITHER OF TWO DIFFERENT COUPLING MEANS) CARRIED BY THE BRUSH MEANS AND EXTENDING THEREINTO AT A LOCATION LATERALLY ADJACENT AND OFFSET FROM THE FORWARD END OF THE HANDLE AND ITS JUNCTION TO THE REAR END OF A BRUSH BODY PORTION IN A POSITION SUCH AS TO PROVIDE MINIMUM INTERFERENCE WITH A HAND HOLDING THE HANDLE AND BRUSH. IN A PREFERRED FORM OF THE INVENTION, THERE ARE TWO PARALLEL COUPLING MEANS AT EACH SIDE OF THE FORWARD END OF THE HANDLE, MAKING IT POSSIBLE TO CONNECT THE FLEXIBLE FEED TUBING AT EITHER SIDE OF THE HANDLE FOR USE BY A RIGHTHANDED PERSON OR A LEFT-HANDED PERSON. THE COUPLING MEANS IS EFFECTIVELY A PART OF AND IN COMMUNICATION WITH A CENTRALLY ANGULARLY FORWARDLY DIRECTED INTERIOR FLOW PASSAGE MEANS WHICH, AT A CENTRAL POSITION WITHIN THE BRUSH BODY PORTION, IS PROVIDED WITH A NORMALLY FINGER OR THUMB OPERABLE VALVE AT A SYMMETRICALLY CENTRALLY POSITIONED LOCATION SUITABLE FOR OPERATION BY A CONTROL FINGER OF EITHER A PAINTER''S RIGHT HAND OR LEFT HAND, THUS FACILITATING THE EASY PRESSURIZED FEEDING AND APPLICATION OF PAINT OR OTHER LIQUID TO A SURFACE BY EITHER A RIGHT-HANDED OR A LEFTHANDED PAINTER.

Inventors

• 👤 Paul W Kirch

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