Abstract: A manual sanding tool has a block for holding a sheet of sand paper and a housing which may be attached to the block. The block has two ridges, each with a convex top surface. The two ridges are proximate opposed sides of the block; a shaft projects from the block inwardly of, and adjacent to, each ridge. An inverted box shaped member associated with each ridge has an elongate slot which receives the shaft such that the box member may be wiped over the top of the ridge to a position on the back surface of the block. In wiping over the top surface of the ridge, the box shaped member pulls on the end of any sandpaper between it and the ridge in order to tighten the sandpaper on the block. A nut may then secure the box shaped member in place on the back surface of the ridge. A passageway through a clip attached to the housing may receive a smaller diameter hook. The hook terminates in a socket for receiving a pole.

Abstract: A paint applicator comprises a frame with a flat side which carries an absorbent pad; the other side of the frame supports a handle. The axles for a pair of rollers depend from a hinged mount supported on the handled face of said frame; the axles are parallel and are inclined toward one margin of the frame. The angle of the hinged mount with respect to the frame is adjustable. The rolling face of the rollers may have a circumferential groove such that, in use, the applicator may edge the paint on a surface adjacent a narrow moulding with a circumferential groove of the rolling surface of the rollers abutting the bevelled corner of the moulding. In another embodiment, the rollers have a knife-edged rolling face which abuts in the inside corner between the surface to be painted and the moulding. In a further embodiment, the rollers are replaced with a stationary knifed-edged abutment which is also intended to abut the inside corner between the surface to be painted and the moulding.

Abstract: A paint applicator comprises a frame with a flat side which carries an absorbent pad; the other side of the frame supports a handle. The axles for a pair of rollers depend from a hinged mount supported on the handled face of said frame; the axles are parallel and are inclined toward one margin of the frame. The angle of the hinged mount with respect to the frame is adjustable. The rolling face of each of the rollers have a circumferential groove and the edge of the rolling distal from the frame has a circumferential flat surface which converges toward the axle of the roller in a direction away from the frame. The applicator may be used to edge the paint on a surface adjacent a narrow moulding with a bevelled corner by positioning the applicator so that the pad is against the edge of the surface with the grooved rolling face cupping the bevelled edge of the moulding. The incline of the rollers may need to be adjusted to achieve this.