Abstract: A liquid applicator including a valve body for insertion into the neck of a liquid container, a duct in the valve body, a resilient web formed integrally with the valve body and extending transversely across the duct, a valve seat on one end of the valve body, a valve member secured to the resilient web and having a valve biased into engagement with the valve seat at the end of the valve body, a coating member mounted on the opposite end of the valve body, and a valve stem on the valve member located proximate the coating member for being deflected when the coating member is compressed onto an external surface to thereby unseat the valve and permit liquid to flow through the duct onto the coating member.

Abstract: A paper feeding roller construction including a core of foamed cellular resilient material which has a shore hardness which is not measurable to thereby provide extremely easy compressibility, and an annular skin of a relatively hard elastic material on the core for providing toughness and abrasion-resistance, with the annular skin being coated onto the core so as to retain the cellular structure thereof on its surface to provide air pockets.

Abstract: A paint striper device including a cylindrical striper wheel having an outer annular portion of less width than the hub portion on which it is mounted, a housing portion of substantially complementary mating relationship for receiving segments of the outer cylindrical portion and the hub portion to provide good seals therewith, and alternating slots of different depth on the periphery of the outer cylindrical portion for receiving liquid from a container and depositing it on a surface in the form of a stripe.

Abstract: An applicator for liquid from a container including a flexible resilient inlet portion for placement in communication with the container, a control membrane extending across the inlet portion, a slit in the control membrane, a rib in the inlet portion for bearing on the control membrane when the inlet portion flexes to thereby open the slit and for preventing the inlet portion from obstructing the slit in the control membrane during flexing of the inlet portion, a frame on the opposite side of the control membrane from the inlet portion, fabric mounted on said frame, and a plurality of lugs on the control membrane for maintaining the fabric a relatively fixed distance therefrom to thereby maintain the size of the chamber defined by the control membrane and the fabric substantially constant.