Paint roller sleeve washer

Claim 1

A paint roller sleeve washer comprising an elongated housing including at least longitudinal opposite side walls and a longitudinal top wall extending between and interconnecting the upper marginal portions of said side walls, support means carried by said housing for removably supporting a paint roller sleeve within said housing for free rotation about its center axis and with the latter extending longitudinally of said housing, one of said walls having a longitudinal slot formed therein, a nozzle body removably slidably engaged in said slot for guided movement therealong and including a liquid passage therethrough with an inlet end accessible from the exterior of said housing and adapted to have the discharge end of a liquid pressure supply line coupled thereto and an outlet end oriented relative to said axis so as to be adapted to discharge a jet of liquid along a path lying on a chord of a paint roller sleeve supported on said support means, said support means including a shaft, an elongated support member journaled on said shaft and adapted to have a paint roller sleeve telescoped thereover for support therefrom, the end portions of said shaft and said housing including first and second coacting means removably supporting said support member in said housing, said housing including opposite end walls from which said support means are supported, said second coacting means being carried by the inner surfaces of said end walls, said second coacting means comprising a pair of support blocks supported from said end walls, one of said blocks having a bore formed therein opening toward the other block and the other block being constructed of resilient material and having a keyhole opening formed therein whose lower portion opens downwardly through the lower marginal portion of said resilient block, said first coacting means including end portions on said shaft seatingly receivable in said bore and keyhole opening.