Abstract: A paint strainer of conical configuration provided with peripherally-spaced discharge openings in the side wall above the tip, a secondary opening located between the peripherally-spaced openings, and a discharge opening at the tip located in the side wall between the secondary openings and the tip. The openings are covered with mesh.

Abstract: A dispenser for conical strainers having diametrically-projecting ears comprising elements defining a vertically-elongate, tubular structure open at its lower end and of a predetermined cross section wherein the distance between opposite corners exceeds the distance between the ears at diametrically-opposite sides of the strainers to be dispensed therefrom and supports at the open lower end of the structure located in diagonal corners comprising a single support positioned diagonally of one of the corners and spaced, parallel supports positioned diagonally of the other of the corners such as to support the rim of a strainer with its ears disposed in said corners and wherein the corner at the latter corner side is apertured to expose the ears at that corner.

Abstract: A paint strainer in the form of a frustoconical structure, to the lower smaller diameter open end of which is applied a screening material with a portion crossing the open end lying in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the structure and a portion folded over the edge of the opening onto the arcuate surface of the structure and bonded thereto.

Abstract: A paint stirrer paddle comprising a long, narrow, corrosion-resistant metal blade having lengthwise thereof portions displaced from the plane of the blade, said portions being concavo-convex in transverse sections, of different length and of different width, and the part of the blade containing the displaced portion of lesser width and length constituting the handle of the paddle.

Abstract: A paint filter comprising a conical wall structure of sheet material embodying top and bottom portions and intermediate the top and bottom portions diametrically disposed wall openings covered with a foramenous webbing and intermediate the wall openings wall portions which connect the top and bottom portions of the structure characterized in that one of the wall portions of the structure intermediate the wall openings contains a secondary opening also covered with said foramenous webbing which is located substantially at the apex of the bottom portion.

Abstract: A paint strainer comprising a conical receptacle having a truncated lower end within which there is an upwardly concave bottom wall, the convex interior side of which constitutes the bottom of the receptacle and openings in the conical wall covered with a fine mesh gauze. The openings extend down to the base of the interior convex bottom wall.

Abstract: A dispenser for conical paint strainers comprising a vertically elongate hollow structure having an open lower end and front and back supports at the open lower end for removably supporting a stack of cones in the structure with their apices uppermost for removal of cones one or more at a time while leaving the remaining cones supported therein.