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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2000
John Alexander Galbreath, Reisterstown, MD (US);
Other;
Abstract
The invention includes a method of cleaning a paint roller. The cleaning tool used in this method includes a flat, disc-shaped main body (,) having cleaning apertures (,&,) located thereon. Cleaning apertures (,&,) have diameters suitably smaller than the outside diameter, including the nap covering, of various popular roller sizes and nap thicknesses, such that a friction fit between the nap covering of such a roller and a cleaning aperture (,or,) is provided. Four access notches (,&,) extend from the circumference of cleaning apertures (,&,) respectively, to the circumference of main body (,). In this method, a cleaning tool is placed over the handle end of a roller, with the wire portion of the handle passing through one of the access notches (,or,) and into the center of one of the cleaning apertures (,or,). The cleaning tool is then drawn down over the nap surface of the roller, and the friction fit between the cleaning aperture (,or,) and the nap surface of the roller acts to wipe paint or solvent from the roller.