Abstract: An apparatus for soaking and preserving several paint roller covers in wet suspension in a receptacle comprising a rack on which several easily removable paint roller covers are positioned in spaced relationship. The apparatus provides economical cost saving use of paint rollers, convenience, time saving and ecological advantages whereby no washing or rinsing is necessary, from a faucet or hose, for instance, thereby conserving water. The resulting apparatus allows a person the capability of extending the useful life of a paint roller covers by preserving used paint roller covers and rejuvenating them for further use.

Abstract: Disclosed is a novel means for cleaning a paint roller brush. At the end of a painting operation, the painter sets the cylindrical applicator portion of the roller into a cradle having slots located at the ends for supporting the applicator axle at a central elevation which allows the applicator to free wheel, or spin. The roller handle is then brought around to rest in an opening located in the handle portion of the present invention and is rigidly held there during the cleansing operation. The painter then attaches a fluid source to a nozzle assembly slidably attached to rails located along the cradle wall. The pressurized fluid exits the nozzle through a plurality of spray jets onto the applicator at such an angle as to cause it to spin. The painter reciprocally moves the spray the entire length of the applicator until clean. The spin thereby centrifugally displaces the back wash, leaving the applicator relatively dry.

Abstract: A paint roller assembly having an integral paint roller sleeve washing apparatus for washing a paint roller sleeve without having to remove the sleeve from the paint roller assembly. The paint roller assembly comprises a shield, a manifold connected to the shield and a plurality of tubes. The paint roller shield has a plurality of apertures therethrough. One end of each tube is connected in fluid flow communication to a corresponding one of the apertures and the other end of each tube is connected in fluid flow communication to the manifold. The manifold is connected in fluid flow communication to a fluid source whereby a fluid is sprayed on the sleeve rotating the sleeve and flushing the paint therefrom.

Abstract: A tool for effecting rotating of a paint roller to clean and condition the roller. The inventive devices includes a handle member for coupling to a brush spinner or for manual rotation between opposed palms of a pair of human hands. A central engaging member extends from the handle member for engaging a center of a roller to permit rotation thereof within a solvent.

Abstract: An apparatus for treating work objects, the apparatus having a housing with an interior dimensioned to receive the work object therewithin; a source of fluid under pressure for treating the work object; and an assembly for interconnecting the source and the interior of the housing for release of the fluid under pressure from the source into the interior and against the work object substantially along a predetermined axis to treat the work object.

Abstract: An adapter for a rotating device such as a manually operated spinner or electric drill is disclosed for the cleaning and drying of paint rollers. In painting, small rollers known as "weenie rollers" or "slim jims" are employed to permit paint to be applied to hard to reach areas such as on top of doors or behind radiators. Currently these small rollers are single use and intended to be disposed. The adapter of the invention will permit these small rollers to be cleaned and reused. The adapter will be intermediate the small roller and the device imparting rotating motion. The small roller includes a centrally disposed aperture which receives a mating portion of the adapter. A roller scraping element is disposed on the body of the adapter. The adapter includes a portion for coacting with various devices which impart rotary motion. The adapter may be constructed of plastic or other suitable material. The adapter may be mass produced by plastic injection molding techniques.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for cleaning various types of paint from a conventional paint roller cover without the necessity of removing the cover from their paint roller handle. The device includes a cylindrical containment vessel having a paint-roller-handle access slot, an access-slot spray shield, four support legs, a hinged lid, a transport handle, a cleaning solution supply valve, a drain valve, and a pair of parallel and longitudinally disposed spray bars. The two spray bars direct streams of water under pressure tangentially to opposite sides of the paint roller cover, that is manually positioned in a plane halfway between them. This causes the paint roller cover to rotate at a high velocity on its axis and thereby clean the roller cover by the water and centrifugal force thus generated. Water is supplied to the device by means of a standard garden hose which is connected to an exterior fitting of the supply valve.

Abstract: A hollow tubular housing is provided having a freely rotatable support frame for holding a paint roller pad while cleaning. The housing is closed at one end and includes a series of openings down one side. A movable spray-tube is provided on the outside of the housing and includes a series of spray jets which correspond to the openings to spray water into the housing. The movability of the spray tube allows the user to change the direction of the water spray before or during cleaning in order to vary the speed and/or direction of the rotating roller pad inside. A second spray tube having a series of spray-openings therein is fixedly provided as the center shaft of the rotating internal support frame. A closable valve on the outside spray tube allows the user to adjust the flow of water to the sprayers. A specially formed gapped end piece is provided in the support frame to allow water from the inside spray tube to escape.

Abstract: A pressure cleaning device for cleaning paint from a paint roller is described. An elongated housing of any selected cross section having an open end and a closed end is provided with a solvent inlet either adjacent to or in the closed end and a flexible seal partially closing the open end. A paint roller is forced into the cylinder past the flexible seal and pumped up and down two or three times so that solvent pressure builds up in the cylinder and cleans the roller quickly and with minimum solvent use. In a preferred embodiment the paint is a water based paint and the solvent is water.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaning device includes a housing covered with a cover to hold the cylindrical brush of the paint roller on the inside, a spray tube received inside the housing and controlled to eject water onto the cylindrical brush of the paint roller causing the cylindrical brush washed or causing it turned to shake off water.

Abstract: An apparatus for cleaning paint rollers through plural sprays which turn and clean supported rollers comprising a container in a cylindrical configuration extending vertically from the bottom wall to the top. The container also includes a lid positionable over the top. The bottom wall is of a conical configuration to allow the flow of fluid from the container. The container also includes legs to support the container in its vertical orientation. A support mechanism is vertically positioned in the center of the container and is adapted to receive the interior surface of a paint roller to be cleaned. A manifold assembly includes a vertically extending first manifold and support mechanisms with radially extending apertures therethrough. A pair of exterior vertically extending manifolds are provided. They are located parallel with the first manifold and adjacent to the interior faces of the side walls to define the space between the exterior manifolds for the receipt of the roller to be cleaned.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaner includes a substantially tubular vertical housing incorporating a base for stability and a frame guide for conveniently securing a roller in vertical position within the housing. The frame guide snaps quickly onto the wire frame of the roller, and is so unobtrusive that it may be left on the roller frame during the painting process itself. In use, the frame guide seats easily within a side opening at the top open end of the housing. The frame guide is of substantially T-shaped configuration, with a circumferentially curved head and a stem. In alternative embodiments, the frame guide may be constructed so as to offer a plurality of positions for the roller when secured within the housing. The roller cleaner receives water from an outside water supply and directs the water jets against the paint roller being cleaned. The water jets make contact with the secured roller such that the rotatable mounting piece of the roller spins quickly.

Abstract: A roller cleaning assembly for cleaning water-soluble paint from a paint roller cover has two major components, namely an enclosure and a spray jet component. The enclosure has a rigid sidewall, preferably of rectangular cross section, open at the bottom to permit free drainage and has a top wall with a central round opening of sufficient diameter to accommodate the roller cover. A u-shaped channel can grip the neck portion of the roller handle. The jet component is biased by a spring-like interference fit in the interior of the enclosure. A jet component has an inlet tube with a female fitting to attach to a source of water, and first and second riser pipes that rise from the inlet tube and which contain jet outlets that are spaced at intervals. The riser pipes direct jets of water and the roller cover to dislodge paint from the nap and to impart a spin to the roller. A bracket can be employed to mount the enclosure on a tank or bucket.

Abstract: Disclosed is a paint roller cover cleaning device comprising a drum having a perforated base, a cylindrical sidewall and an open top fitted with a removable lid. The device has a support member for frictionally engaging a paint roller cover rotatably secured to the base of the drum. The cylindrical sidewall has a vertical slot opening that allows the user to selectively direct a pressurized stream of solvent from a nozzle against the outer periphery or nap of the paint roller cover.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaner, for water based paints, that is inserted through a specially designed paint roller and that is attachable to the standard garden hose with the purpose of cleaning the nap of the paint roller. The structure is made of a sixteen-inch plastic tube with one end closed and the other end with a hose attachment. The first nine inches from the closed side has eight rows of twenty-four one-sixteenth holes, evenly spaced, and a raised handle that keeps the paint roller in place. Structural means are provided for directing the water flow in such a manner that water sprays perpendicularly outward through the holes and through the nap with equal intensity from the top to bottom of the roller.

Abstract: A process for removing residual oil from used oil filters. The process includes washing the oil filters with a wash water while simultaneously crushing the oil filters. The wash water has a carefully selected and limited surfactant to effectively remove the residual oil while reducing emulsification of the removed residual oil into the wash water. The oil is recovered and the wash water is recirculated after having been amended with surfactant and/or water to assure that the surfactant remains within the desired limits.

Abstract: A rigid primary conduit directs fluid into an arcuate manifold. The arcuate manifold includes a concave surface having a plurality of spray nozzles directed into the manifold in fluid communication with the primary conduit to direct individual spray applications about the surface of an associated pool filter to enhance cleaning thereof.

Abstract: A cleaning mechanism for a filter cartridge is described, which includes a tubular flow duct, having a series of flow ports, spaced along its length. One end of the flow duct is closed, while the other, open end of the flow duct, has a hose coupling, that can be screwed onto a conventional hose, so that pressurized water, or other cleaning liquid, can be admitted to the flow duct. An annular filter cartridge, is mounted on the flow duct, between two circular disks carried at opposite ends of the flow duct. One of these disks, is removable from the flow duct, in order to permit the filter cartridge, to be installed onto the flow duct, or removed from the flow duct. When a pressurized cleaning liquid is admitted to the flow duct, the liquid pressure forces the liquid radially outwardly, through the filter cartridge, so as to dislodge contaminants from the annular filter body.

Abstract: A paint roller cleaning apparatus comprising a tubular barrel-shaped roller container. The container includes two C-shaped sections. A hinge joins the C-shaped sections along adjacent edges and with the C-shaped sections being relatively movable to one another into open and closed positions for enabling a paint roller to be inserted into the container for cleaning. A motor is retainingly mounted on one end of the tubular barrel-shaped roller container. A roller coupler is located inside of the tubular barrel-shaped roller container and is connected to the motor for driving connection to one end of a paint roller to rotate a paint roller within the tubular barrel-shaped roller container.

Abstract: A painting implement flushing device is designed for use with both paint rollers and paint brushes, and will also work with sponge brushes. The unit connects to a garden hose, and comprises a toroidal irrigation ring with ports on the inner surface, and upper and lower plates which sandwich the toroid therebetween to define a flushing department. The upper and lower plates have pass-through openings dimensioned to receive the cylindrical portion of a roller, or the bristles of a brush, with the upper plate being dimensioned to fairly snugly fit the painting implement, and the lower plate having a plurality of apertures to drain the flushing water from the flushing chamber.

Abstract: A paint roller cover applicator cleaning apparatus for cleaning a hollow, cylindrical paint roller cover is disclosed. The apparatus contains a cylindrical sleeve, a first end cap, a first plug connected to the first end cap, a second end cap, and a second plug connected to the second end cap. The apparatus also contains means for impeding the flow of liquid through the first end cap, the sleeve, and the second end cap.

Abstract: A paint roller flushing stand for supporting a generally cylindrical paint roller having an open upper end under a faucet to facilitate flushing accumulated paint from the paint roller. The paint roller stand includes a base and a disk-shaped mounting pedestal for mounting the paint roller on the base such that the paint roller extends generally upwardly from the base with the open upper end of the paint roller facing generally upwardly. In this way, the paint roller is positioned for receiving water from the faucet into the interior of the paint roller. A leveling mechanism associated with the base can be used to selectively adjust the orientation of the paint roller to maintain portions of the paint roller surrounding the open upper end in a generally horizontal plane such that water received into the paint roller, upon filling the interior volume of the paint roller, spills over the upper end of the plant roller and down all sides thereof in generally equal volume rates.

Abstract: A device for cleaning paint rollers (12) while part of an assembly (17) including a paint roller (12) on a roller holder (14) on a holder shaft (15) which has a handle (16). The device consists of a spray shield (26) which when detachably attached to a liquid manifold (24) houses a paint roller (12) to be cleaned. The liquid one piece manifold (24) has one or more integral slots (28) positioned parallel to the long dimension of the manifold (24) and the attached spray shield (26). The slots (28) receive the holder shaft (15) of the paint roller assembly (17). The liquid manifold (24) is fitted with a recessed (19) liquid inlet connector (18) for the induction of liquid into the manifold (24) for conveyance to a multitude of apertures which produce spray jets (20). The spray jets (20) impinge upon the full length of the paint roller (12). The spray jets (20) are positioned to pivotly force the holder shaft (15) into the shaft slot (28) for secure retention without additional attachment.

Abstract: There is disclosed an apparatus suitable for cleaning the cover of a paint roller applicator. This apparatus contains a hollow body member, a spray ring disposed in one end of the body member, and a pressure relief valve disposed in the other end of the body member. A plug is used at each end of the body member to keep the cover properly disposed within the interior of the body member.

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment, a sink drain paint roller holder having a base structure mountable within a sink drain, and mounted on an upper portion of the base structure there being upright elongated support structures around which a paint roller of any of variable sizes fits, the elongated support structures including a plurality of upwardly-extending yieldable and/or flexible elongated members having radially-inwardly directed upper distal ends and lower proximal ends relative to the mid-portions thereof and relative to an imaginary longitudinal axis of the upwardly extending support structures, and the base including a plurality of downwardly flexible elongated members having radially-inwardly directed lower distal ends and upper proximal ends relative to the mid-portions thereof and relative to the imaginary longitudinal axis of the upwardly extending support structures, the base structure and the upwardly extending support structures jointly forming a drain flow path into a sink drain for liquid draining

Abstract: A double walled, tubular vessel is configured with a central cavity into which a paint roller can be placed for washing while the roller cover is mounted on a handle frame. A hose fitting is provided to enable connection to be made to a kitchen or bathroom faucet or spigot, or to a pump to provide pressurized water or solvent to the double walled shell manifold from which the liquid sprays through openings in the inner wall into the cavity, impinging on the roller tangentially. The nap of the roller cover is penetrated by the liquid and the roller is caused to spin on its handle resulting in the paint and liquid wash being discharged centrifugally against the wall of the cavity, from which it drains by gravity without mess or splatter into a collecting vessel.

Abstract: An elongated tubular housing enclosed on both open ends with housing end walls, and lengthwise horizontally disposed in use. Each housing end wall contains a small fluid discharge opening for elimination of fluid and paint residue. A living hinge attached door over an opening is provided in the housing to allow installation of a paint roller brush. A pressurized fluid receiving and fluid distribution system within the housing is affixed with a plurality aimed fluid emission nozzles which can be manually repositioned to rotate a roller brush first in one direction then another direction for improved cleaning. A removable rigid member extending perpendicular to the housing serves as a support brace which prevents rolling of the housing during use. The surface of the rigid member is affixed with a spring clip for securing the handle portion of a paint roller.