Abstract: A device for performing controlled cleaning of paint rollers of a hollow tubular form, comprising a housing (6, 7) for containing fluid transport tubing and spray heads (3, 4) spray heads (4) for expelling high pressure spray, which is directed at the sides of said paint roller thereof producing a spinning action. Fluid transport tubing (3) is in fluid communication through the wall of lower housing (6) with gate valve and female coupling housing (2, 1) supplying fluid to spray heads (4). A funnel (5) functions for collection and downward channeling waste fluid, and is mounted circumferentially inside and just below the top rim of lower housing (6) with the spout portion pointing downward, allowing for convenient single stream drainage of waste fluid.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaner is constructed of a container defining an enclosed internal chamber adapted to receive and contain a paint roller, a lid for enclosing the upper end of the container, a drain at the lower end of the container providing a liquid discharge passage, and a water supply conduit arranged to direct a stream of water into the chamber for impingment upon a roller contained therein for cleaning the same.

Abstract: A shield for a paint roller is adapted for washing a paint roller while the roller is mounted within the shield. The paint shield includes a splash guard that when not being used for washing, is rotated into a splatter guard. When the roller is to be washed, the spray shield is rotated to cover the opening defined by the splatter guard. The spray shield has openings defined therein so that wash water may drain therethrough while through which little or no watery paint spray may pass. A water hose is attached to the splatter guard which supplies water to a chamber which includes a slot extending the length of the roller and which includes holes positioned to direct sprays of water at the roller bearings. In a preferred embodiment, a second chamber is provided to have liquid soap placed therein which mixes with the water to aid in cleaning the roller.

Abstract: The wash shield disclosed herein comprises a sheet material in substantially cylindrical shape having a slot running parallel to the axis of the cylinder, in which cylindrical shape a paint roller may be enclosed while a stream of wash water is directed to the surface of the roller for the purpose of removing paint therefrom. This improved wash shield has a support or centering means against which a corner of the handle of the paint roller may be pressed or abutted so as to position the axis of the roller in a desired location inside the wash shield. This centering means may be attached to and extended from the side wall of the shield or where the shield has a cover, this centering means may be situated on the inside surface of this cover. Such a cover may be at one end of the cylinder which is at the top when the cylinder is held in a vertical position, and the opposite end or bottom end is open and extends about 0.75 inch or more beyond the end of the roller contained therein.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a paint roller cover removed from its handle. The apparatus has a cylindrical housing with a transverse end wall at one end carrying a tubular bushing and an opening at the opposite end. A shaft is snugly but slidably received in the end wall bushing and it extends longitudinally inside the housing and terminates short of the housing's end opening. A support for a roller cover is rotatably mounted on the shaft. This support can be slidably assembled frictionally to a paint roller cover. The asssembled paint roller cover, support and shaft can be inserted and removed as a unit through the end opening of the housing. A water spray tube inside the housing sprays water onto the roller cover on the support and shaft.

Abstract: A system for storing, cleaning, and sterilizing soft and rigid contact lens. The system utilizes the circulation of cleaning fluid to clean lens which are suspended. The system consists of a container for housing a pair of off-set lens carriers and for functioning as a chamber for cleaning and sterilizing; a cap with apertures for providing a generally water-tight seal for the container and for supporting the lens carriers, and a base/pump housing connected to the bottom of the container for retaining the cleaning fluid and providing a pump mechanism for propelling the cleaning fluid into the cleaning chamber. The container has a floor with a plurality of angled apertures for providing a helically shaped spray of cleaning fluid onto the lens carriers upon manipulation of the base and pump housing.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning a paint roller having a handle, connecting arm (17) and roller cover (18), the apparatus consisting of a hollow cylindrical housing (1), a water outlet member (10), and a locating clip (6) with three pairs of fingers for resiliently holding the connecting arm (17) of the paint roller in a predetermined position while water under pressure from the water outlet member (10) is directed so as to strike the roller cover (18) such that the roller cover (18) rotates thereby cleaning the paint roller.

Abstract: This is a cleaning device for removing water soluble paint from a paint roller. The roller to be cleaned is shoved over a roller holder which is rotatably mounted in a vertical position in a container such as an open top bucket. A plurality of fan type jets are supported from an inlet water manifold. These fan jets are adjusted in position to direct a thin wall of water essentially tangentially against the paint roller to cause the roller to rotate and to contact every point on the roller.

Abstract: A device for cleaning paint rollers having a handle and roll utilizing housing for enclosing the roll. The roll is mounted in the housing permitting rotation of the roll in relation to roller handle. A nozzle directs paint cleaning fluid to the rotatably mounted roll in the housing for removal of the paint from the roll.

Abstract: The present invention is a device for cleaning a roller of a paint roller applicator, while the roller is secured to a handle of the roller applicator. The cleaning device includes a vertically oriented tubular housing having an open top through which the roller is inserted into the housing for washing, and having an open bottom through which used washing fluid and material exit the housing. A sprayer assembly is provided for directing a stream of washing fluid against the roller when disposed within the housing to clean and rotate the roller on the handle. A cap for closing the top of the housing, is arranged to support the roller applicator so that the roller extends within the housing for washing. The cap has a laterally opening slot through which the handle extends when the roller is disposed within the housing. The cap is further arranged to adjustably fix the position of the handle of the roller applicator to align the roller with the fluid stream.

Abstract: A washing unit has a receptacle for receiving at least one half of the length of a cylindrical cartridge filter for swimming pool filtration systems. An orifice, disposed in the side of the receptacle, directs water against at least the lower half of the external cylindrical surface of the filter to wash off and entrain foreign matter collected thereon upon flow of the water intermediate the filter and the receptacle. A discharge outlet downstream of the filter discharges the water and entrained foreign matter. An upwardly extending mouth at the inlet of the receptacle accommodates manual insertion, withdrawal and manipulation of the filter during washing while containing water splash. A pair of legs extending from proximate the inlet maintain the receptacle inclined to encourage downward water flow along the filter from the orifice to the discharge outlet.

Abstract: A paint roller guard assembly includes a paint shield adapted to support a paint roller, and a separate handle having a solid threaded mounting end which is received in a threaded connector portion of a cover mounted on a side wall of the paint shield to attach the handle to the paint shield during use of the paint guard assembly for painting. The handle is removable from the paint shield to permit a water hose to be connected to the connector portion to supply water under pressure to an inner chamber defined by the cover for discharge through apertures formed through the side wall of the paint shield to impact the paint roller causing it to rotate and simultaneously wash residual paint from the paint roller.

Abstract: A washer for cleaning a disposable cuvette rotor, which has a plurality of anaylsis cuvettes interconnected to form a ring. A stator, on which the ring is positioned for rotation, includes jets that direct flows of cleaning fluid in both horizontal and vertical directions into each of the chambers of the individual cuvettes. The jets are oriented so that turbulent flows of fluid clean the interior walls of each of the various chambers in the cuvettes. As well, the jets that direct the horizontal flow are oriented so as to drive the cuvette rotor rapidly in a circular motion about the stator. A regulator controls both the duration and pressure of the cleaning fluid provided to the jets while a fluid-tight container assures safe and efficient collection of the used cleaning fluid. In an alternate version of the washer, drainage of the spent wash fluid from the cuvettes is enhanced by slightly raising the cuvettes from the stator during a portion, or all, of their rotational travel.

Abstract: Both paint rollers and paint brushes may be cleaned of water base paints within this apparatus which comprises an open ended tubular housing which contains a water manifold which produces a series of water jets which are aligned with the elongated axis of the housing and which impact either the paint roller or the paintbrush in a slightly offset fashion so as to impart a spin thereto. An adjustable clamping means is located on the outside of the housing on the side opposite the location of the water manifold which adapts to a variety of different configurations of paint roller holder rods in order that the paint roller itself may be properly disposed within the interior of the housing such that the axis of the roller aligns with the axis of the housing. The water jets then impact off-center on the pile of the paint roller, washing out the paint, and imparting a spin to the roller which throws off the diluted paint and the wash water.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaning device comprising an annular sleeve adapted to have an interference fit with a pad on a roller of a paint roller, liquid passage means within the sleeve, liquid entry means to said liquid passage means and liquid outlet means communicating with the liquid passage means on the inner surface of the annular sleeve.

Abstract: A paint roller guard assembly includes a paint shield adapted to support a paint roller, and a separate handle having a solid threaded mounting end which is received in a threaded connector formed on a side wall of the paint shield to attach the handle to the paint shield during use of the paint guard assembly for painting. The handle is removable from the paint shield to permit a water hose to be connected to the paint shield to supply water under pressure which is discharged through an elongated slot formed through the side wall of the paint shield to impact the paint roller causing it to rotate and simultaneously wash residual paint from the paint roller.

Abstract: Apparatus for use in painting and cleaning paint rollers comprises a paint tray and a paint tray lid which can be mounted thereon. The paint tray lid includes a top wall with a pair of side walls and at least one end wall extending therefrom. A paint roller is fastened inside the lid in spaced relationship to the top wall. A water spray manifold inside the lid extends substantially thereacross, and contains a plurality of spaced orifices across its length aimed to direct water evenly across a paint roller fastened in the lid. The force of the water impinging upon the roller causes the roller to rotate, thereby cleaning the roller. Water spraying from the rotating roller cleans the paint tray. One or more separate orifices can be provided to direct water to clean the paint roller bearings. A hose supplies water under pressure to the manifold. A channel formed within the top wall of the lid accommodates and stores the hose when the apparatus is not in use.

Abstract: An improved rotatable dishwasher designed for use in areas having low domestic water pressure which is adapted to be connected to both the domestic hot and cold water supply lines. The dishwasher includes a housing, a rack rotatably mounted within the housing, the rack being adapted to support articles to be washed, a water jet subassembly including a control mechanism for directing jets of water in the direction of the rack to impart rotational movement thereto, the jet subassembly comprising a first collimated jet for emitting a collimated stream of cold water in the direction of the rack for initiating rotation thereof and second and third spray jets adapted to cooperate to sustain rotation of the rack. The second spray jet emits cold water in the direction of the rack while the third spray jet emits hot water in the direction of the rack via a dosing unit which meters an emulsifier into the stream of hot water to assist in the cleaning action.

Abstract: A coplanar fibrous mat is cleaned by directing an aqueous medium into contact with two opposed surfaces of the mat while the mat is positioned on a support to rotate the mat at a sufficient speed to cause particles to leave the mat due to centrifugal force.

Abstract: An improved rotatable dishwasher adapted to be connected to a domestic water supply line including a housing, a rack rotatably mounted within the housing, the rack being adapted to support articles to be washed, a water jet subassembly including a control mechanism for directing a jet of water in the direction of the rack to impart rotational movement thereto, the jet subassembly comprising a first collimated jet for emitting a collimated stream of water in the direction of the rack for initiating rotation thereof and a second spray jet for sustaining rotation of the rack, and safety valving interposed between the unit and the domestic water supply for positively preventing any flow of fluid from the dishwasher in a direction toward the domestic water supply line.

Abstract: A device for cleaning a paint roller which includes a cylindrical cylinder in which the roller may be suspended while it is still attached to its operating handle, and a nozzle fixed to direct a stream of water against the roller in a non-radial direction to wash paint from the roller while at the same time causing it to rotate on its axis to expel water and paint centrifugally.

Abstract: A pair of frustoconical bearings for supporting a roller-type applicator and carried within an elongate cylindrical container. One of the bearings is affixed to the closed end of the container while the other is affixed to a cap detachably securable to the open end. Cleaning fluid is directed to the applicator from a plurality of orifices spaced along conduits extending longitudinally within the container. The axis of each orifice is at a compound angle to urge rotation of the applicator and to urge the applicator toward the closed end of the container.

Abstract: A compact, portable, self-contained dishwasher adapted to be operably connected to a domestic hot water supply. The unit requires no auxillary power, relying solely upon water pressure for operation. The dishes and cookware to be washed are positioned upon a rotatable rack mounted within an upstanding housing. Water jets are directed at the rack to cause rotation thereof and to effectively accomplish the washing action. The water jets comprise a first collimated water jet adapted to initiate rotation of the rack and a second uniquely configured spray jet system adapted to sustain its action. A control valve is provided to control the flow of water through the collimated jet thereby enabling precise regulation of the speed of rotation of the rack. Also forming a part of the apparatus is a metering system for controllably mixing liquid soap or detergent with the water flowing into the jets.

Abstract: A washer/dryer for paint rollers comprises a bucket-like container having pivotally-mounted inside a normally horizontal paint-roller spindle-shaft assembly, including outward resilient supports of a length less than a standard paint roller, to leave the ends of a roller mounted thereon open. An elongated water manifold, fed by a diverter valve, supplies water through primary spray heads to clean the outer side of the roller, and to secondary spray heads, axially outward of the roller and directed substantially parallel to the spindle axis, for cleaning the open ends of the roller. Water is also directed by a jet nozzle onto a turbine coupled for rotation with the paint-roller support; by operation of the diverter valve, water may be supplied to at least the spray heads for washing, to only the jet nozzle for spin drying, or to neither to terminate the wash/dry cycle.

Abstract: A receptacle is provided for receiving a paint roller therein. An elongated horizontal roller support structure is journalled within the receptacle for rotation about a horizontal axis extending longitudinally of the roller support structure. The roller support structure is adapted to have a paint roller lengthwise telescoped thereover for support therefrom and rotation therewith. An elongated horizontal water discharge manifold is supported within the housing in laterally spaced relation relative to the roller support structure and for adjustable angular displacement about the longitudinal axis of the manifold. The manifold includes water outlet jet discharge structure spaced therealong and opening outwardly from one side of the manifold toward the roller support structure. The manifold includes water inlet structure for supplying water under pressure to the interior of the manifold and structure is provided on the exterior of the receptacle for adjustably angularly displacing the manifold.

Abstract: The wash shield disclosed herein comprises a sheet material in substantially cylindrical shape having a slot running parallel to the axis of the cylinder, in which cylindrical shape a paint roller is enclosed while a stream of wash water is directed to the surface of the roller for the purpose of removing paint therefrom. The cylindrically shaped sheet has a cover at one end of the cylinder which is at the top when the cylinder is held in a vertical position, and the opposite end or bottom end is open and extends at least several inches beyond the end of the roller contained therein. Between the cover and the main body of the cylinder there is another slot, in a horizontal position when the cylinder is held vertically, into which slot the handle of the roller will fit and rest on the cylinder body while the roller is being washed.

Abstract: A pair of housing members, having latches for releasably holding them together, define an elongated chamber for supporting therein a paint roller. An inlet manifold extends along a wall of the chamber and has a portion extending through a housing wall for connection to a source of cleaning liquid under pressure. Within the chamber, the manifold has outlet openings to direct cleaning liquid toward a paint roller supported in the chamber. The manifold is movable to direct liquid at different angles toward the paint roller. The housing members provide a discharge opening through which the cleaning liquid escapes from the chamber. A valve arrangmeent is provided for admission of air under pressure to the manifold, for drying of a cleaned paint roller within the chamber.

Abstract: A paint roller structure is provided comprising an elongated handle including first and second ends. A roller support frame is supported from one end of the handle and projects outwardly therefrom. An outer portion of the frame is laterally offset to one side of the handle and terminates outwardly in an end portion projecting toward and extending outwardly beyond the other side of the handle. The end portion of the frame has a paint roller journaled thereon and the handle includes water conduit structure extending therealong having a first end remote from the end of the handle from which the frame is supported adapted for communication with a source of water under pressure and a second end opening outwardly of the end of the handle from which the frame is supported and along a path extending along a chord of the roller.

Abstract: An arrangement for cleaning paint rollers after their use. The paint roller is held between bearings within an enclosure, and is freely rotatable on said bearings. The enclosure communicates with a source of cleansing fluid which is directed through an elongated orifice along the length of the roller. The orifice in the enclosure is displaced above the axis of the roller, and the force of the cleansing fluid impinging on the surface of the roller, causes the roller to rotate and become cleansed on the surface thereof.

Abstract: A cleaning machine for cleaning dirty, greasy or otherwise polluted metal parts comprises a foraminated basket for receiving said metal parts, which basket is rigidly mounted for rotation with a rotatable wheel. The wheel is driven by spray jets from spray nozzles around the periphery of the wheel. The spokes of said wheel have their free ends provided with vanes mounted thereon in a freely swingable position. Within certain limits of the rotation speed of the rotor the vanes are hit by the spray jets. If a specific speed is exceeded, the vanes are swung outwards by centrifugal forces and brought beyond the effective operation area of the spray jets. In the absence of a driving force the rotation speed will go down. In this way an automatic controlling of the rotation speed is possible.