Extensible paint roller frame

Claim 2

In a paint roller having an extensible frame for applicator sleeves of various lengths: an elongated spindle having an outermost free end; a first frame unit rotatable on said spindle; retainer means on said spindle remote from said free end and confining said first unit against movement axially of the spindle, said spindle having an unobstructed longitudinal stretch thereof extending from its free end inwardly toward said retainer means; and a second frame unit having an elongated shank rotatably and telescopically supported by said unobstructed stretch independently of said first unit for free, uninhibited displacement of the second unit along said stretch from a normal position in which the second unit is proximal to the first unit to any one of a number of other selected position in which the units are spaced apart or in which the second unit is completely removed from the spindle, each of said units including a pair of axially spaced-apart, interconnected rollers having outer peripheries disposed for frictionally engaging and retaining a sleeve placed over the units, the two most spaced-apart rollers of said units each having a lip for engaging a corresponding end of the sleeve.

Claim 3

The invention as claimed in claim 1, said shank being tubular and slidably receiving said spindle, said unobstructed stretch being on the exterior of said spindle.

Claim 4

The invention as claimed in claim 2, said first unit having an opening therein for said spindle and enlarged with respect to the latter a sufficient extent to shiftably accommodate said shank during displacement of the second unit in either direction along said stretch.

Claim 5

The invention as claimed in claim 1, said first unit being spaced inwardly from said end of the spindle, said second unit having a closed end wall outboard of said end and intersecting the axis of sAid spindle to preclude access to said end when the second unit is on the spindle.

Claim 6

In a paint roller having an extensible frame for applicator sleeves of various lengths: an elongated spindle having an outermost free end; a first frame unit rotatable on said spindle; retainer means on said spindle remote from said free end and confining said first unit against movement axially of the spindle, said spindle having an unobstructed longitudinal stretch thereof extending from its free end inwardly toward said retainer means; and a second frame unit having an elongated shank rotatably and telescopically supported by said unobstructed stretch independently of said first unit for free, uninhibited displacement of the second unit along said stretch from a normal position in which the second unit is proximal to the first unit to any one of a number of other selected positions in which the units are spaced apart or in which the second unit is completely removed from the spindle, each of said units including a pair of axially spaced-apart, interconnected rollers having outer peripheries disposed for frictionally engaging and retaining a sleeve placed over the units, the rollers of each unit having central hubs for the spindle and the shank respectively, the hubs of the first unit rotatably receiving said spindle and those of the second unit fixedly receiving said shank.

Claim 7

In a paint roller having an extensible frame for applicator sleeves of various lengths: an elongated spindle having an outermost free end; a first frame unit rotatable on said spindle; retainer means on said spindle remote from said free end and confining said first unit against movement axially of the spindle, said spindle having an unobstructed longitudinal stretch thereof extending from its free end inwardly toward said retainer means; and a second frame unit having an elongated shank rotatably and telescopically supported by said unobstructed stretch independently of said first unit for free, uninhibited displacement of the second unit along said stretch from a normal position in which the second unit is proximal to the first unit to any one of a number of other selected positions in which the units are spaced apart or in which the second unit is completely removed from the spindle, each of said units including a pair of axially spaced-apart, interconnected rollers having outer peripheries disposed for frictionally engaging and retaining a sleeve placed over the units, the rollers of each unit having central hubs for the spindle and the shank respectively, the hubs of the first unit rotatably receiving said spindle and those of the second unit fixedly receiving said shank.

Claim 8

The invention as claimed in claim 6, said shank being tubular and slidably receiving said spindle, said unobstructed stretch being on the exterior of said spindle.

Claim 9

The invention as claimed in claim 7, the roller of the first unit which is nearest said end of the spindle having the opening in its hub enlarged with respect to said spindle a sufficient extent to shiftably accommodate said shank between said hub and the spindle.

Claim 10

The invention as claimed in claim 1, said shank extending substantially beyond the rollers of the second unit for disposition within said first unit when said second unit is in the normal position thereof, said unobstructed stretch extending into said first unit at least to the point at which the extremity of said shank is located when said second unit is in said normal position.

Claim 11

The invention as claimed in claim 9, said first unit being spaced inwardly from said free end of the spindle whereby said shank may be shifted from disposition within said first unit when the second unit is in its normal position to disposition outside of the first unit when the second unit is displaced out of said normal position.